Dr. Brenda Eagan-Johnson is highly specialized in a niche area of education & transition following pediatric child, teen, & young adult brain injury. She received her Doctorate from Johns Hopkins University specializing in Mind, Brain, & Teaching (educational neuroscience).

Dr. Eagan-Johnson investigates brain injury from a functional neurodevelopmental & clinical perspective, looking at cognitive, behavioral, socio-emotional, & learning skills by examining a student's home, school, & community activities of daily living following all severities of pediatric brain injury. Additionally, she excels in the field of return to school concussion management policies and procedures.

School-based pre- & post-brain injury investigation is a nuanced area that requires expert interpretation. Dr. Eagan-Johnson identifies if & to what extent a brain injury has impacted learning & behavior. Brain injury can affect skills that have not yet matured, depending on areas of the brain that were damaged & at what point in development. New cognitive or behavior deficits can emerge as the child's brain develops over time.

Dr. Eagan-Johnson determines supports & services required after a brain injury for optimal outcome. She is skilled in the field of special education, brain injury school & community supports, services, & proper identification of brain injury in students at school who have been misidentified. She creates comprehensive education & transition plans for students into adulthood.

Adjunct Instructor: George Washington University's Graduate School of Education & Human Development teaching brain injury coursework since 2015,

Board of Governors: Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists under the Brain Injury Association of America,

Certified Brain Injury Specialist Trainer,

Teaching certifications: Elementary Education; Special Education; Reading Specialist,

Executive Board: National Collaborative on Children's Brain Injury,

Well-Published: Brain Injury Peer-Review Journals,

Presents Regularly at the State, National & International levels,

Multiple State & National Awards for her work in pediatric brain injury,

Co-led: 1st National Concussion Return to Learn/Return to School Consensus

Specialties

• Education & Schools
• Brain Injury Medicine

Subpecialties

• Pediatric brain injury
• personal injury
• acquired brain injury
• TBI
• concussion
• traumatic brain injury
• school concussion policy
• MVA
• carbon monoxide
• lead poisoning
• near drowning
• development
• brain
• school
• education
• transition
• child
• teenage
• young adult
• college
• academic
• special education