Office for Children with Special Health Care
Needs (OCSHCN), in collaboration with the
Arizona Governor’s Council on Spinal and
Head Injuries, assists in providing access
to coordinated services throughout Arizona
communities that will more effectively meet
the needs of children and youth who have
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and their
families. The intent is to identify families
where a child/youth has a TBI, and offer
services available in the community to
assist with a variety of issues that might
be facing the family. OCSHCN Family Resource
Coordinators coordinate with local providers
and resources to develop systems of care
that will more effectively meet the needs of
children and youth who have traumatic brain
injuries and their families.
Arizona has a statutory definition of
Traumatic Brain Injury in legislation: A.R.S.
Section 15-761 (37): "Traumatic Brain
Injury:"
"(a) Means an acquired injury to the brain
that is caused by an external physical force
and that results in total or partial
functional disability or psychosocial
impairment, or both, that adversely affects
educational performance. (b) Applies to open
or closed head injuries resulting in mild,
moderate or severe impairments in one or
more areas, including cognition, language,
memory, attention, reasoning, abstract
thinking, judgment, problem solving,
sensory, perceptual and motor abilities,
psychosocial behavior, physical functions,
information processing and speech. (c) Does
not include brain injuries that are
congenital or degenerative or brain injuries
induced by birth trauma."
Children and youth who are survivors of
traumatic brain injury sustained before the
age of 18 may qualify for Family Resource
Coordination. Young adults may continue to
receive services, as needed, until age 21.
Provision of services is based upon
self/caregiver report and/or medical
documentation of a traumatically induced
physiological disruption of brain function
as a result of:
- The head being struck
- The head striking an object
- The brain undergoing an
acceleration/deceleration movement
without direct trauma to the head
- Hypoxia/anoxia related disruptions
in brain function because of a traumatic
event
Head injury does not include vascular
accidents, aneurysms, and congenital
defects. Excluded are disruptions in brain
function caused by stroke, tumor,
encephalitis, etc.
Further information may be obtained by
contacting the Office for Children with
Special Health Care Needs at (602) 542-1860.
Links:
Family Resource Coordination Contractors By
County [PDF 13K] 9/9/07
Children and Youth with Special Health Care
Needs Resource Coordination (CYSHCN)
Family Resource Coordination Policy and Procedure Manual (updated 9/9/07)
SFY 2008 TBI/SCI/CYSHCN Family Resource
Coordination Compliance Calendar
[PDF
78K] (updated 9/9/07)
Resources
for Families
Further information may be obtained by
contacting the Office for Children with
Special Health Care Needs at (602) 542-1860.
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