Pediatric TBI: Outcomes, Influences, and Interventions
Shari Wade, PhD, associate professor and Director of Research in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, is currently involved in three federally-funded research studies investigating child and family outcomes, parent-child interaction, and models of family intervention following pediatric head injury. Her overarching goals are to understand social environmental influences on child recovery following pediatric brain injury and to develop theoretically and empirically driven interventions to facilitate adaptation.
The first study, titled "Child and Family Sequelae of Preschool Brain Injury," is funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and provides a comprehensive examination of the effects of TBI on young children and their families with particular emphasis on the interrelationship between social environmental factors and child recovery and subsequent development.
Dr. Wade's second study, also funded by NICHD, tests the efficacy of an online family problem-solving intervention to improve caregiver and child function following pediatric TBI. Drawing upon her previous research – including findings from a randomized trial of a face-to-face intervention to be published in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation – Dr. Wade crafted an online intervention program coupling self-guided web pages with concurrent therapist-family videoconferences.
The third study, titled "A Trial of Two Online Interventions for Child Brain Injury," sets the successful on-line intervention from the previous study against a case-management online discussion group in a trial of efficacy and comparative successes. In the future, Dr. Wade intends to continue to focus on interventions to improve both child and family adaptation following TBI.
Publications
Wade, S.L., Michaud, L., Brown, T.M. (in press). Putting the Pieces Together: Preliminary efficacy of a family problem-solving intervention for children with traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.
Wade, S.L., Taylor, H.G., Yeates, K. O., Drotar, D., Stancin, T., Minich, N.M., & Schlucter, M. (in press). Long-term parental and family adaptation following pediatric brain injury. Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
Wade, S.L., Wolfe, C.R., Brown, T.N. & Pestian, J.P. (in press). Can a web-based problem-solving intervention work for children with traumatic brain injury? Rehabilitation Psychology.
Wade, S.L., Wolfe, C.R., Brown, T.M. & Pestian, J.P. (in press). Putting the Pieces Together: Preliminary efficacy of a web-based family intervention for children with traumatic brain injury. Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
Yeates KO, Armstrong K, Janusz J, Taylor HG, Wade S, Stancin T, Drotar D. Long-Term Attention Problems in Children With Traumatic Brain Injury. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2005 Jun;44(6):574-584. PMID: 15908840
Wade SL, Stancin T, Taylor HG, Drotar D, Yeates KO, Minich NM. Interpersonal stressors and resources as predictors of parental adaptation following pediatric traumatic injury. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2004 Oct;72(5):776-84. PMID: 15482036
Wade SL, Wolfe CR, Pestian JP. A web-based family problem-solving intervention for families of children with traumatic brain injury. Behav Res Methods Instrum Comput. 2004 May;36(2):261-9. PMID: 15354692
Wade SL. Commentary: computer-based interventions in pediatric psychology. J Pediatr Psychol. 2004 Jun;29(4):269-72. No abstract available. PMID: 15148349
Yeates KO, Swift E, Taylor HG, Wade SL, Drotar D, Stancin T, Minich N. Short- and long-term social outcomes following pediatric traumatic brain injury. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2004 May;10(3):412-26. PMID: 15147599
Wade SL, Taylor HG, Drotar D, Stancin T, Yeates KO, Minich NM. Parent-adolescent interactions after traumatic brain injury: their relationship to family adaptation and adolescent adjustment. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2003 Mar-Apr;18(2):164-76. PMID: 12802225
Schwartz L, Taylor HG, Drotar D, Yeates KO, Wade SL, Stancin T. Long-term behavior problems following pediatric traumatic brain injury: prevalence, predictors, and correlates. J Pediatr Psychol. 2003 Jun;28(4):251-63. PMID: 12730282
Swift EE, Taylor HG, Kaugars AS, Drotar D, Yeates KO, Wade SL, Stancin T. Sibling relationships and behavior after pediatric traumatic brain injury. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2003 Feb;24(1):24-31. PMID: 12584482
Yeates KO, Taylor HG, Wade SL, Drotar D, Stancin T, Minich N. A prospective study of short- and long-term neuropsychological outcomes after traumatic brain injury in children. Neuropsychology. 2002 Oct;16(4):514-23. PMID: 12382990
Bauman LJ, Wright E, Leickly FE, Crain E, Kruszon-Moran D, Wade SL, Visness CM. Relationship of adherence to pediatric asthma morbidity among inner-city children. Pediatrics. 2002 Jul;110(1 Pt 1):e6. PMID: 12093987
Yeates KO, Taylor HG, Woodrome SE, Wade SL, Stancin T, Drotar D. Race as a moderator of parent and family outcomes following pediatric traumatic brain injury. J Pediatr Psychol. 2002 Jun;27(4):393-403. PMID: 11986362
Wade SL, Taylor HG, Drotar D, Stancin T, Yeates KO, Minich NM. A prospective study of long-term caregiver and family adaptation following brain injury in children. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2002 Apr;17(2):96-111. PMID: 11909509
Contact Us
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 4009
Attn: Dr. Shari Wade
Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039
shari.wade@cchmc.org
Phone: (513) 636-3370
Fax: (513) 636-7360
