Psychosocial Markers of Acquired Brain Injury Related Disability: Tools for Support Planning
Welcome to the acquired brain injury (ABI) blog series. Regulating emotional responses and behaviours are at the heart of acquired brain injury related disability and has the greatest impact on how disability supports are received. I want to simplify this information for you and your NDIS participants. In a series of blogs over the coming days, I will talk about key psychological, cognitive, and mental health issues to watch out for as well as tools for disability support to consider.
What will the blog series cover?
Simplify and clarify key terms used in the area, such as the difference between traumatic brain injury vs. acquired brain injury, what neurobehavioural disability is, what is meant by cognition, etc.
Outline what psychosocial disability associated with ABI looks like and how it may differ based on pre-injury personality traits, post-injury learning/input, and a variety of environmental influences.
How these issues affect interactions with formal disability supports (support workers, coordinators, engagement with services) and the legal system.
Making the case for better, fit-for-purpose supports for your participants with ABI - a guide for support coordinators.
I hope you find this series useful.