Working together to improve the lives of people with brain impairment

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We have planned a series of webinars on Fridays at 1pm and 5pm (EST) to the end of 2021 and I hope that you register for one or more.

All the webinars will be going out live and will be available as an MP4 in our ONLINE STORE no more than 2 days afterwards.

Please see below for dates, topic and speakers and CLICK HERE for costs, synopsis' as well as speakers bios. You can also register via this link.

Rangatiratanga: Indigenous peoples taking charge of rehabilitation outcomes

This 60 minute webinar is brought to you by Dr Matire Harwood

Synopsis of session:TBC

Level aimed for: TBC

Learning objectives: TBC

Better together: Enhancing family-centred care during rehabilitation for children with acquired brain injury

This 60 minute webinar is brought to you by Dr Sarah Knight

Synopsis of session: The philosophy of family-centred care has been embraced by paediatric rehabilitation services around the world. At its essence family-centred care incorporates collaborative family-provider partnerships, effective communication, responsiveness to family priorities and choices, and interprofessional teamwork. Ongoing challenges in delivering family-centred care for children with acquired brain injury (ABI) are reported by paediatric rehabilitation services both nationally and internationally. This webinar will provide an overview of (a) contemporary models of family-centred care; (b) the evidence supporting a family-centred approach for children with ABI; and (c) the factors influencing implementation of family-centred care from child, family and service provider perspectives. A knowledge translation framework aimed at enhancing family-centred care in paediatric ABI rehabilitation will be introduced and key learnings from a series of projects involving the co-design of interventions targeting different aspects of family-centred care will be shared.

Learning objectives:

1. To develop an understanding of the key concepts of family-centred care in paediatric rehabilitation 
2. To gain knowledge of the contemporary models of family-centred care 
3. To be able to identify factors that influence the implementation of family-centred care in paediatric rehabilitation for children with ABI
4. To become familiar with knowledge translation methodologies and intervention content that may enhance family-centred care for children with ABI

Technology to suport remembering and goal management: Can an ApplTree inprove me PM?

This 60 minute webinar is brought to you by Prof Jon Evans

Synopsis of session: The ability to remember to do things is compromised in many neurological and psychological conditions. People with brain injury, dementia, depression or psychosis have difficulties with prospective memory (PM) that makes it more difficult to function effectively in everyday life. Over the last two decades we have demonstrated (in single case experimental design studies, a randomised controlled trial, and meta-analysis) that technological solutions can support PM and improve everyday functioning. But uptake of reminding technology remains low amongst those who need it most. I will discuss our work on identifying barriers to use of ‘off the shelf’ reminding technology and current work on developing and evaluating, in conjunction with people with brain injury, a new reminding app – ApplTree. Our work with voice assistants, which offer an alternative means of supporting learning of new tasks and remembering to do things, will also be described. Digital health interventions have great promise for supporting everyday functioning, but new technologies need to take proper account of the needs of people with cognitive impairment, ideally be co-designed with the people who will use them and be demonstrated to be both usable and useful. 

Learning objectives: At the end of the webinar participants will:

1. Understand how reminding technology can support prospective memory and goal management
2. Know the evidence for the efficacy of reminding technology for improving everyday remembering in people with brain injury.
3. Understand the potential barriers to the uptake of reminding technology and potential solutions.

Helping others: Finding meaning in projects for people with brain injury

This 60 minute webinar is brought to you by Dr Nicholas Behn

Learning objectives:

1. Understand the relevant literature and essential elements of delivering project-based therapy for people with brain injury.
2. Learn about setting and achieving individualised social communication goals for people with brain injury within a group setting
3. Discuss the feasibility of delivering project-based therapy to people with brain injury.

The effect of sleep-wake disturbance in relation to cognition and brain degeneration

This 60 minute webinar is brought to you by Dr Sharon Naismith

Learning objectives: TBC

Help Disrupt the Isolation Industry

This 90 minute FREE webinar will be brought to you by Caleb Rixon and the GenYus Group

Recognising and managing mild TBIs in the community

This 60 minute webinar is brought to you by Dr Alice Theadom

Learning objectives: TBC

An occupation-based approach to facilitating self-awareness after TBI

This 60 minute webinar is brought to you by Prof Jennifer Fleming

Learning objectives:

1. An understanding of the relationship between feedback on occupational performance and self-awareness after brain injury
2. Exposure to a repertoire of metacognitive training strategies for use in conjunction with meaningful occupations
3. Knowledge of the type of clients with impaired self-awareness for whom an occupation-based approach is most effective.