Including children in family-focused acquired brain injury rehabilitation: a national survey of rehabilitation staff practice

Webster, Guinevere; Daisley, Audrey

doi:10.1177/0269215507079833

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“…A national survey in England showed that few (19%) rehabilitation staff actively involved children in efforts to support the families of brain injured people [27]. There were several explanations for this and most of the professionals asked did not consider themselves skilled in working with children.…”

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Hidden loss: A qualitative explorative study of children living with a parent with acquired brain injury

Kieffer-Kristensen

Johansen

2013

Brain Injury

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Hidden loss: A qualitative explorative study of children living with a parent with acquired brain injury

Kieffer-Kristensen

Johansen

2013

Brain Injury

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“…A national survey of TBI rehabilitation staff practices revealed that 19% of participants had worked with a child relative in the past month [149]. The staff's perception of their ability to work with the child relative was a significant predictor of involving children in rehabilitation.…”

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Parental Combat Injury and Early Child Development: A Conceptual Model for Differentiating Effects of Visible and Invisible Injuries

2009

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The injuries (physical and emotional) sustained by service members during combat influence all members of a family system. This review used a systemic framework to conceptualize the direct and indirect effects of a service member's injury on family functioning, with a specific focus on young children. Using a meta-ethnographic approach to synthesize the health research literature from a variety of disciplines, this review makes relevant linkages to health care professionals working with injured veterans. Studies were included that examined how family functioning (psychological and physical) is impacted by parental illness; parental injury; and posttraumatic stress disorder. The synthesis of literature led to the development of a heuristic model that illustrates both direct and indirect effects of parental injury on family functioning and the development of young children. It further illustrates the contextual factors or moderating variables that buffer detrimental effects and promote family resilience. This model can be a foundation for future research, intervention, and policy.

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“…Despite the recognition by rehabilitation professionals that children can be negatively impacted upon by parental brain injury, rates of inclusion of children with rehabilitation and the work carried out with their injured parents remains low (Webster and Daisley, 2007).…”

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How is ABI assessed and responded to in non-specialist settings? Is specialist education required for all social care professionals?

Holloway¹

2014

Social Care and Neurodisability

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Mark Holloway is a Brain Injury Case Manager, based at Head First, Hawkhurst, UK. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to examine the research into prevalence of acquired brain injury in non-ABI specialist services, the impact of the invisible aspects of executive impairment and loss of insight upon functioning and to question how this is assessed and managed by generalist services. Design/methodology/approach -A literature search was undertaken to identify where people with an ABI may come in to contact with services that are not specifically designed to meet their needs. Findings -ABI is prevalent amongst users of a variety of community, inpatient and criminal justice services. The common albeit invisible consequences of ABI complicate assessment, service use and or treatment particularly in the context of a lack of under pinning knowledge and experience amongst the staff in non-specialist ABI services. As a consequence risks to children and adults are increased, opportunities for rehabilitation and growth are lost and human potential squandered. Addressing the first stage in this process, developing knowledge of the consequences of ABI and how to assess need, is a pre-requisite for change. Practical implications -An absence of basic underlying knowledge of the consequences of ABI impacts upon assessment and so limits the effectiveness of services. A consequence of this is manifest in the over-representation of people with an ABI to be found in non-specialist settings. Originality/value -Little research is undertaken from a social and community perspective into the impact of ABI over the longer term for those who have no contact with specialist services and yet, quite clearly by their use of other services, have unidentified, unrecognised and un-responded to needs. Keywords Acquired brain injury, Assessment of need, Executive impairment, Loss of insight, Social work, Non-ABI specialist services Paper type Viewpoint As those working in the field of social care our assessments and the knowledge that underpins and informs those assessments are key to our roles. My professional practice as a social work qualified brain injury case manager leads me to question how we develop that knowledge when it sits outside of what we (or our employers) may expect? If our knowledge excludes factors that have a major impact upon what we are assessing can we Safeguard children for example?In this paper I outline the prevalence and impact of acquired brain injury and the likelihood that such injuries are a daily feature of social work and social care practice, whatever our chosen field of endeavour. I argue that the impact of acquired brain injury is a fact of our professional lives, one which many individuals and services seem structurally ill-equipped to deal with, starting with a very basic absence of knowledge of the impact of acquired brain injury.

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Including children in family-focused acquired brain injury rehabilitation: a national survey of rehabilitation staff practice

Abstract: Little work is carried out with child relatives by acquired brain injury rehabilitation staff, influenced by several factors. A priority in addressing this is to provide staff training.

Cited by 14 publications

References 17 publications

Hidden loss: A qualitative explorative study of children living with a parent with acquired brain injury

Hidden loss: A qualitative explorative study of children living with a parent with acquired brain injury

Parental Combat Injury and Early Child Development: A Conceptual Model for Differentiating Effects of Visible and Invisible Injuries

How is ABI assessed and responded to in non-specialist settings? Is specialist education required for all social care professionals?

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