Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head
Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head
Never Give Up Tona TreeTop described what it was like to find out her 5 month old son Mateo had sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), “It was life-altering. You don’t ever think something like that is going to happen. Then, it was like being in a tornado of all the legal and medical issues. It was overwhelming at times. I was trying to understand what the doctors were saying and I thought, ‘I don’t know enough.…
Homework 5 1. One of the important things that a caregiver must remember is that you cannot shake a baby to make them stop crying. While shaking a baby can lead to many other painful things to the child it can also give the child shaken baby syndrome. As it is stated in the book, caregiver might get frustrated with the child crying, and think shacking it will make it stop but all instead it can lead to this life threatening condition.…
A Growing Concern: Child Maltreatment It is said by Naughton that, “for every child in the child protection program there are another eight ‘hidden’ children being maltreated,” (Preventing a child maltreatment epidemic, 2014). Child maltreatment is an ever growing problem across the globe. There are several variations of maltreatment, including physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and negligence. Physical abuse is broadly defined as any act that causes or has a potential to cause physical harm.…
Thesis: Fighting should be banned in professional hockey • Athlete may get a concussion • Trauma can happen through harsh physical contact to head or face or hit any other part of the body can cause a concussion (can happen in a variety ways). • Concussions cannot be detected by machines such as CT scans or x-rays • Concussions can have lasting symptoms (such as memory lost, concentration, emotionally damaged). Or short term symptoms such as dizziness or headaches • Majority of concussion in hockey happens during the second period. No position is most often associated with concussions (such as goalies, forwards and defense • Persons who had many concussions in a short amount of time can develop a disease called ‘Concussion Tau’ – which is abnormal protein the human brain; which has no cure.…
“Concussion, the Major Sport Injury” Between 2001 and 2009, there were an estimated 173,000 people treated in the emergency room for concussions related sports or recreation activities. A concussion is a serious type of brain injury. The word “concussion” comes from the Latin word “concutere” which means “to shake violently.”…
For 43 years and counting, an explanation for a medical phenomenon without scientific evidences is still supported. Shaken Baby Syndrome has been drilled into the minds of Doctors and Pediatrician as fact, and is here to stay. Shaken Baby Syndrome was first coined by John Caffey in 1972. This syndrome was based on his personal observations of babies who had these three symptoms, but no obvious signs of physical trauma to the head or neck. “The state’s theory is that a person can pick up a baby and shake the baby hard enough to create subdural bleeding in protective layers of the brain, bleeding in the eyes and brain swelling that can leads to the baby’s death.…
Describe the two types of injuries that can lead to Traumatic Brain Injury. There are two different types of traumatic brain injuries (TBI). One type of a TBI is called an open head injury. An open head injury is caused when the skull is punctured. Not all of open head injuries are fatal.…
The foster care system is based on providing care for those who are neglected, abandoned, and orphans. Each year many children are suffering due to many complications in their lives. About 4,000 children are put into the foster care system in Riverside County alone. Additionally, about 1,500 foster kids live in the Coachella Valley. Approximately 65 children are removed their homes each month as a result of abused.…
Social workers by definition are practice-based professionals that promote social change and empowerment of people. When it comes to working with vulnerable people, or specifically children who have experienced trauma, social workers curriculum has adapted over the years. Historically social work education was very specific and didn’t take into account the many overarching themes that occur no matter what type of trauma has happened. The curriculum that social workers were educated to approach was primarily child abuse. Over time social workers were then educated on approaching any type of situation from natural disasters to abuse or neglect.…
According to Cohn this type of abuse is a type of behavior that is at odds with a child’s emotional development and identity of themselves. What could also be included is intense specific demands or expectations on a child beyond his or her capacity. These actions stunt personal growth and development a lot. Ganzarain & Buchele, two doctors in psychology exclaimed it can also leave victims to be ill-equipped to deal with the legitimate emotional reactions of others. Many people exposed to this horrendous type of abuse have also experienced uncontrollable mood swings, like going from a feeling of fierce terror, to a sense of extreme helplessness as cited in (Smullens,2010,…
Every time a football player laces up his cleats, straps on his helmet, and steps on that field, he could be making one of the biggest mistakes of his life. Brain damage caused by multiple blows to the head has never received the appropriate attention that it deserves. A recent study by researchers at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ brain repository in Bedford, Massachusetts showed that of the brain tissue from 128 former football players examined, 101 (78.9%) of them tested positive for CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) (Goff). CTE is a degenerative brain disease the results from head trauma, and contains symptoms such as: memory loss, confusion, aggression, depression, suicidal thoughts, parkinsonism, and progressive…
Effects of abuse include, anxiety, bruises, broken bones, burns, constant state of high alert, and depression. According to the NIS-04 Report, 1 in 58 children experienced some type of abuse during the years 2005-2006 with upwards of 90% of the physical abuse visible to the naked eye (Hilton,…
What is the Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury? "Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is something everyone should know about; every year 1.7 million people are affected from traumatic brain injury and the number keeps rising" (Xu L). I was not familiar with traumatic brain injury until I experienced it myself. Understanding what traumatic brain injury is, the effects of it, and how to recover from it are all important information to know.…
“Devil lives in the details” Is an English proverb that means small or even tiny things can make the heaviest effect. Imagine that a nice thing like playing with your child could change his life forever. Since children can be affected by small things, they are more susceptible to diseases and trauma. Head trauma can be defined as any damage to the scalp, skull or brain caused by injury-1. Head trauma can be classified into different kinds, abusive head trauma is one of them.…
1.) Biological (including neurobiological), psychological, social, and developmental factors that are important for understanding the child’s behavior. Some of the biological and neurological factors that would be considered in this case are the effects of trauma on the child’s brain development. Applegate& Shapiro (2005) explained, “Thus, while the brain is thought to remain plastic and responsive to new experience throughout life, early childhood experience is particularly salient because the neuronal organization and structure of the brain is still in its formative stages” (p. 15).…