Date: 14 Oct 2024
Project-Based Intervention for Brain Injury
Event Notes:
This online course will discuss the background and feasibility of project-based intervention for people with brain injury. We will discuss how to set goals, how to facilitate interaction in group sessions and create a tangible end-product. A copy of the intervention manual and references will be provided as well as an opportunity to discuss projects you have in mind for your own clients.
What will I learn?
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Gain knowledge of the evidence-base about project-based intervention and the positive impact it can have for people with brain injury.
- Understand the key principles or elements of project-based intervention.
- Learn more about how projects can be defined according to the aims, targets and ingredients of intervention using the rehabilitation treatment specification system.
- Develop a deeper understanding of the intervention and how best to facilitate the creation of projects, with insights into common pitfalls and challenges
- Identify treatment outcomes that can be used to measure whether project-based intervention has been effective.
- Be able to set individualised goals with people with brain injury and identify strategies to achieve those goals.
- Learn how to deliver project-based intervention via telehealth
- Consider how projects may be used in your own clinical service or setting.
- Create an action plan for designing a project for your own patients or clients.
Nicholas Behn
Nicholas is a speech and language therapist with over 24 years of experience in working with people with communication problems following brain injury in both Australia and the UK.
His early research was in communication partner training for people with brain injury with his doctoral research on the feasibility of project-based intervention for improving communication skills and quality of life in people with acquired brain injury. He has published multiple papers on the topic and has liaised with academics and clinicians from around the world to further his understanding of how projects can be delivered in practice. Projects can be delivered by a wide range of professionals and settings with Nicholas more recently working with local charities to have care assistants and support workers implement projects into their day services. He designed and has been running this course since 2019.
Nicholas is currently a NIHR Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer at City, University of London. His current research funding is in communication partner training. He has published 22 papers, 1 book chapter, has amassed over £750k in research funding and is an associate editor for the Brain Impairment journal and on the editorial board for Disability and Rehabilitation journal.
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