Head injury causing tick

[Picklebob123]

Ds6 was pulled over by friend at school, pre warned he would do it. Ds fell back, hurt his back, belly and head and has developed a bad facial tick.

School said the other kid said it was an accident, didn't intend to hurt ds so just had a chat with him to play nicely in future. His parents will be told but not the severity of having a tick. Do you think this is right? What would you expect?

Has he been to A&E?

That must have been a serious head injury to result in a tick. So what have A and E said?

He went a & e. Low level concussion and the tick is anxiety trauma

Not enough information given. When did it happen, what exactly does the tick entail, who diagnosed him as having anxiety trauma.

Unless a medical professional is willing to categorically state that the tick is a result of this head injury then there isn't really anything you can do.

Out of interest - what outcome would you like here?

Your poor DS. Keep him still with low level lightning. Hopefully he's better in a few days. If not, back to a&e.

As for an answer to your question, as distressing as it is to you. From your description the school is right- it wasan accident!

From my view if it was an accident there still needs to be a consequence for the condition my son has now been given.

If I drive my car and "accidently" hit the car infron I'm still responsible for the damage to the driver for example.

Anxiety trauma from being pulled over in the playground?

When did this happen?

He had a tic when younger. They said the tic was the brains way of responding to the incident. The tick gets worse when talking about school etc so flames up with anxiety.

If he’s previously had a tic it seems a bit far fetched to blame this incident for causing it.

Do you mean that ‘they’ said that the tix is your DS’s way of dealing with stress?

How old is ds? Is he anxious he'll be pulled over again? Was it malicious or his friend being daft?

He had a tutting tic for 6 months when he was about 3.

The tic arose straight after the incident as his brain got damaged.

Tics following a head injury are known to occur in some patients suffering from moderate to severe Traumatic brain injury.

OP, based on your most recent update, has your son seen a neurologist?

How bad was rhe fall over that medics are saying it caused brain damage?
How long was he in hospital for from it?

I think you’ve said your ds is 6? At this age children are still learning. What consequence do you consider acceptable?

Focus on your ds and getting him better. If things are as severe as you say, are you seeking proper medical attention?

You have quite a few threads about his anxiety around school. Has he had help for this ?

When did this happen?

You said he had ‘low level concussion’ though, not moderate to severe? If he had a previous tic and the stress is making a new one more apparent, then that’s not really as a consequence of the incident. Any stress could have caused it.

In terms of what to expect - they’re 6! I’d expect that school would do exactly what they’ve done, have a word about not playing so rough, and to be careful.

Yes, I actually think if this 'incident has been recently that as you've been posting about school anxiety for over a year, to try and blame a young child and demand consequences is actually dreadful of you.

I would expect for the school to keep my child safe. Allowing bullying doesn't meet this basic expectation.

Sadly schools seem happy for relatively high levels of violence to go on with relatively little consequence. You and your DS very much have my sympathy OP.

Thank you, I appreciate that. He literally banged his head at lunch time, came home and was displaying facial tics. All relevant and due to the same incident, others seem to not be understanding.

The school classed it as an accident and 'boy behaviour". Now my son has a tic to contend with and this boy gets away scot free.

What are the doctors saying? Who said this has caused a brain injury? Has he had a head ct that showed this?