ABSTRACT
The primary causes of brain damage are genetic, congenital, accidental, and/or traumatic. Regardless of specifics, it comes as a totally disrupting element in the life of the child and his/her family. The child may need the services of one or more medical specialists and may be impaired for a short period of time or for the remainder of his/her life. The child may become intellectually impaired as a consequence or develop strange behavioral patterns. It is fair to say that the lives of all involved are forever changed as a consequence of brain damage. Strauss' theoretical views, in part at least, stemmed from the studies of other researchers, such as Head and Goldstein, who worked with brain injured adults during the First World War. Frequently young soldiers demonstrated a loss of intelligence after they had undergone damage to the brain following cerebral infectious diseases, serious concussions, or skull fractures.
