Recovery and Outcome
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Recovery and Outcome from Acquired Brain Injury
Developmental Expression of Symptoms
Illustration 2: Late Onset Effects
Peter sustained a moderate TBI in a motor vehicle/bicycle accident as a seven-year-old second grader. His pre-injury history was completely normal. Once he returned to school, he kept pace with his peers up until the sixth grade, at which time problems in organization and planning of schoolwork and activities (
executive functions) became apparent.