Through appropriate medical care and rehabilitation, improvement is possible. Because of the complexity of the brain and the unique effect each brain injury has on the survivor, it is impossible to say exactly how long it will be; especially in the first hours, days, and weeks, before you know the outcome.
Washington Youth Academy. The mission of the Washington Youth Academy is to provide a highly disciplined, safe, and professional learning environment that empowers at-risk youth to improve their educational levels and employment potential and become responsible and productive citizens of the State of Washington.
Fittingly enough, one of the themes of ''The Dreamers,'' adapted by Gilbert Adair from his novel ''The Holy Innocents,'' is the passion and folly of youth -- not just youth as a universal aspect of the human condition, but youth in Paris in the spring of 1968, one of those enchanted historical dawns when, to quote Wordsworth, ''to be young was very heaven.''