The purpose of this study was to investigate school psychologists' knowledge base, training, and experience in the area of traumatic head injury (THI). The results indicated that school psychologists have received little systematic training in the area of THI and consequently do not have broad-based information about this group of children. Findings are discussed in terms of their implications for training professionals who will serve THI children.
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