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Learn To Identify the Symptoms of Brain Injury So Your Family Member Gets Treatment Sooner! A traumatic brain injury is a serious condition that can vary in severity from mild to severe. It occurs when the head suffers some sort of trauma, such as a blow or jolt, which causes damage to the brain cells and tissue. Typically, the damage due to…

Revolutionary New Blood Test for Brain Injury Can Be Done Quickly A new biomarker blood test for brain injury has been developed by a team of scientists. The test relies on molecular signatures in the blood to detect and diagnose TBI, which is a revolutionary advancement in diagnosing concussions. Currently, emergency room doctors often rely on CT scans and MRIs to diagnose…

Schools Can Hide Key Information From Student Victims of Sexual Assault How far can we trust our schools? Our sense of what is fair can turn to outrage when we hear how some students are treated after being victimized by sexual assault. It’s important to realize, however, that legal rules may limit what an assault victim is allowed to know. The Case of…

What Statutes of Limitations Mean for Child Victims of Sexual Abuse Above all, the American justice system strives to be fair. The federal government and most states have adopted a system called statutes of limitation to provide a measure of fairness to people who make bad decisions. A person who commits a crime or hurts someone else should not have to worry…

Heads Up: Some parents are finding that they cannot block their child’s access to social media access on school devices. Many schools now issue electronic devices, such as an iPad, to their students.  The question for parents is what control do they have to control or block their students’ access to social media through those devices?  As reported by Startland news, the answer may be…

Understand the Connection Between Bullying and Sexual Assault Sexual assault is a physical violation of someone’s bodily integrity.  The physical damage is undeniable.  But it is the psychological damage that cuts the deepest and becomes the hardest to heal from.  Both sexual assault and bullying are forms of psychological abuse. Bullying is intimidation and harassment that has the effect of humiliating and isolating a child from…

L.G. v. Columbia Public Schools, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83348, Holds That Students Have Constitutionally Protected Rights During the School Day On May 12, 2020, U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey, declined to dismiss a wrongful detention lawsuit against a school resource officer and an assistant school principal, thus allowing the lawsuit to proceed. This suit stems from an incident in the Columbia…