Related Resources

Safely Returning Children and Youth to Activity after mTBI/Concussion

The decision regarding return to activity following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)/concussion is one of the most difficult and controversial areas in concussion management.
Read Resource about Safely Returning Children and Youth to Activity after mTBI/Concussion

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) Study

This project involves determining how useful two different approaches to rehabilitation are at improving concussion symptoms and the individual’s overall quality of life.
Read Resource about Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) Study

Exertion Testing in Children with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion

The decision regarding return to activity following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury/concussion is one of the most difficult and controversial areas in concussion management.
Read Resource about Exertion Testing in Children with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion

Metformin and Neural Repair in Mouse Models of Cerebral Palsy

Metformin is an promising drug that may be effective in the treatment of people with CP following brain injury.
Read Resource about Metformin and Neural Repair in Mouse Models of Cerebral Palsy

CP & the Brain (Video)

Darcy Fehlings explains how CP can effect the brain depending on the type and location of the brain injury.
Read Resource about CP & the Brain (Video)

Meet Jessica (Video)

In this video, Jessica (a community advisor on cerebral palsy research and person with lived experience) and Jan Willem (a clinician researcher studying cerebral palsy) tell us about cerebral palsy, some of the misconceptions that surround it and what we can do to tackle them. Produced by the Ontario Brain Institute for Brain Awareness Week 2017.
Read Resource about Meet Jessica (Video)

Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Guideline Brochures

Child specific Return to Activity guidelines, which are more conservative than adult guidelines, were developed to guide management when youth sustain a concussion.
Read Resource about Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Guideline Brochures

The Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation (CASP)

The Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation (CASP) measures the extent to which children participate in home, school, and community activities as reported by family caregivers.
Read Resource about The Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation (CASP)

Casts, Splints, and Orthoses – Upper Extremity Review of effectiveness literature for children with neurological disorders

Children who have a neurological condition, such as cerebral palsy or brain injury, often have difficulty moving their body. Muscle spasticity is one of the most common reasons for this difficulty.
Read Resource about Casts, Splints, and Orthoses – Upper Extremity Review of effectiveness literature for children with neurological disorders

The Use of Botulinum Toxin in Children with Muscle Stiffness: An Update

This Keeping Current is one of a series of reports that discuss the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions for children and youth with brain injury.
Read Resource about The Use of Botulinum Toxin in Children with Muscle Stiffness: An Update

Transitions experienced by children and their families after acquired brain injury

What are the factors that influence transitions to home, school and community / recreational activities for the school-aged child with an acquired brain injury (ABI)?
Read Resource about Transitions experienced by children and their families after acquired brain injury

Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Guidelines

Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury has been receiving warranted attention over the past 2 years, after years of the impact of concussion being minimized.
Read Resource about Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Guidelines

Ontario Brain Injury: Pilot Project on Imaging of Concussions

Concussions are traumatic brain injuries sustained when the head hits an object or a moving object strikes the head or another part of the body.
Read Resource about Ontario Brain Injury: Pilot Project on Imaging of Concussions

Feeding and Eating Interventions for Children And Youth With Brain Injury

This Keeping Current is one of a series of reports that discuss the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions for children and youth with brain injury.
Read Resource about Feeding and Eating Interventions for Children And Youth With Brain Injury

The Motor Learning Strategy Rating Instrument

The Motor Learning Strategy Rating Instrument (MLSRI) is an observer-rated instrument that measures the extent to which physiotherapists use motor learning strategies during physiotherapy interventions for children with acquired brain injury (ABI).
Read Resource about The Motor Learning Strategy Rating Instrument

Serial Casting in the Upper Extremity of Children with Cerebral Palsy

Serial casting is an intervention practice that is becoming more commonly used in occupational therapy (OT) practice, in addition to other treatment modalities/protocols for children with cerebral palsy to manage spasticity and related contractures.
Read Resource about Serial Casting in the Upper Extremity of Children with Cerebral Palsy

“My child doesn’t have a brain injury, he only has a concussion”

The term concussion is frequently used to describe head injuries in children but there is a lack of agreement about how this term is defined.
Read Resource about “My child doesn’t have a brain injury, he only has a concussion”

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Concussion) Education

n collaboration with the College of Family physicians and the Provincial MTBI Strategy, the team will work to develop and evaluate user-friendly materials that help physicians in: identification of MTBI; recommendations for return to activity and school; referral guidelines for further services, specifically for children/youth in their practice.
Read Resource about Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Concussion) Education

Disability and Child Development: Integrating the Concepts

The purpose of this Keeping Current is to review the concern that, rather than being integrated, these two streams (“development” and “disability”) of thought have traditionally run more or less in parallel.
Read Resource about Disability and Child Development: Integrating the Concepts

Effective Rehabilitation for Children and Youth with Brain Injury: Analyzing the Evidence

This project includes 6 systematic reviews of different rehabilitation interventions for children and youth with brain injury. Topics to be covered are: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Casting and Splinting, Botox, Alternative Therapies, Feeding and Behaviour Therapy.
Read Resource about Effective Rehabilitation for Children and Youth with Brain Injury: Analyzing the Evidence

Cognitive Intervention for Children with Traumatic Brain Injury

This one year pilot study will examine the effectiveness of a short-term, individualized occupational therapy intervention with children 7-15 years of age who are experiencing difficulties at home and school after a traumatic brain injury. Therapists will use the Cognitive…
Read Resource about Cognitive Intervention for Children with Traumatic Brain Injury

ABI Trajectories

Trajectories and Consequences: Long-term follow-up of children and youth and their families after acquired brain injury.
Read Resource about ABI Trajectories