Understand the impact of acquired brain injury on individuals
In this tutorial you will learn:
- About acquired brain injury
- About the impact of acquired brain injury on individuals
- About the specialist communication needs of an individual with acquired brain injury
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘About brain injury’ on the website of Headway, the brain injury association
- ‘Structure of the brain’ from the Scottish Acquired Brain Injury website
- ‘What happens in a TBI?’ from Headway
- ‘Behavioural effects of brain injury’ from Headway
- ‘Adult acquired speech, language and swallowing disorders’ from Total Health.
- ‘Coping with behaviour problems after head injury’ from the National Caregiver Alliance.
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Access Headway’s Information Library that covers the legislation which affects individuals with acquired brain injuries in England and Wales, together with more articles on the effects of brain injury, and advice on practical issues and for families.
- This area of the United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum website aims to direct you to useful information about acquired brain injury. It will give you contact details for specialists, support organisations and fact sheets as well as contacts in your area.
- The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) is the UK's leading charity in brain injury rehabilitation.
- This two part article looks at ‘After brain injury: the dark side of personality change’ and looks at the impact of an ABI on an individual, and on his family and carers. Click on the link at the end of the first article to read the second part.
- Click to read ‘Effects of brain injury’ from the Synapse website of Australia’s Brain Injury Organisation. This website has helpful resources on ‘Brain injury basis’, ‘Causes of brain injury’, ‘Living with brain injury’, and ‘Family and carers’. What are your home nation’s equivalents of any organisations and phone numbers mentioned?
- Think And Challenge
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