This workshop aims to provide an up-to-date discussion of the impact of parental brain injury on children and young people and identify emerging best practices to support them.
Globally, acquired brain injury (ABI) is a leading cause of disability, and is the leading cause of death and disability for people aged under 40 in the UK. ABI significantly impacts the injured person but also alters the lives of family members – including children and young people. While the impact of ABI on adult family members is well-recognised, the impact on young people is often overlooked. The focus of services, professionals and non-injured family members is, not unreasonably, on the injured parent. Children and young people are left feeling stressed and worried, lacking information, and grieving the loss of the parent they knew before the injury. Evidence on the longer-term impact on young people is emerging and indicates that they experience higher incidence of mental health difficulties, worse school performance and poorer social relationships than their peers, signalling an urgent need for early intervention.
This workshop brings together experts working across disciplines (psychology, nursing, social work, allied heath), with community organisations supporting families affected by ABI, to discuss how the challenges of developing and delivering evidence-based interventions to support children and young people affected by parental brain injury can be overcome.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Mia Moth Wolffbrandt, Neurorehabilitation Research and Knowledge Centre, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Kate Dawes, Flinders University, Australia [presenting remotely]
ORGANISERS
Dr Hannah Frith, University of Surrey
Dr Freddie Byrne, Living with ABI
Dr Sara Da Silva Ramos, Brainkind
Professor Charlie Whiffin, University of Derby
Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash
Workshop Report
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