Massachusetts Personal Injury Library
May Center Teaches Children with Brain Injuries
Over three million children and youth suffer from brain injuries each year, making it the leading cause of death and disability for children and young adults in the U.S. The May Center for Education and Neuroehabilitation is a school that specializes in educating children and adolescents ages 5 to 22 with brain injuries.
Facts about brain injuries from the Brain Injury Association:
- Over three million children and youth suffer from brain injuries each year.
- It is the leading cause of death and disability for children and young adults in the U.S. More people experience traumatic brain injury each year than breast cancer, HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, and spinal cord injuries combined.
- Every 20 seconds, a person in the U.S. sustains a brain injury.
May Center for Education
The May Center for Education and Neuroehabilitation is a school that specializes in educating children and adolescents ages 5 to 22 with brain injuries. The school is located in Brockton, MA and offers:
- classrooms
- on-site residences
- a library and computer lab
- gym with sports equipment
- a medical suite
- rooms equipped for rehabilitative therapy
The Center uses an unique model that includes a day program and community and residential options with 24-hour care. The Center’s staff includes certified brain injury specialists who use the most effective methods for working with children with brain injury and related disorders.
Tthere are two types of brain injury:
- traumatic
- non-traumatic brain injury
Both types of injuries occur after birth. Many cases of brain injury go undetected and untreated for years prior to diagnosis. Every year, athletes die on the playing field because of an undetected brain injury.
Causes of traumatic brain injury
According to the Brain Injury Association, Traumatic brain injury is caused by an external force such as a motor vehicle or sports-related accident, assault, child abuse, or falls. Traumatic brain injury impacts approximately one million children annually, with 165,000 requiring hospitalization. Adolescents, young adults, and the elderly are at the greatest risk for traumatic brain injury. Non-traumatic brain injury can be caused by strokes, brain tumors, pediatric AIDS, meningitis, infection, substance abuse, neurological disease, or other illnesses and diseases.
Brain injuries can result in:
- the ability to function at school and home
- include memory loss
- organizational difficulties
- speech and communication problems
- difficulty in reasoning and problem-solving
- a decline in social skills
- impairments in vision, hearing, coordination, balance, or muscle tone
The Brain Injury Association website urges parents to protect their children from brain injuries by:
- teaching them street safety at an early age
- wearing properly fitted helmets when riding bikes, scooters, skateboards, rollerblading, hockey, soccer, and other impact sports
- teach their children to only ride on designated bike trails and not busy streets
- children under age 12 should ride in the back seat of cars and wear seatbelts
- babies should always travel in car seats
For more information, go to the National Institute of Health.
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