Outcomes

• Highlights

Adult Programs

• Coma Stimulation
• Slow to Recover
• Complex Care
• Dual Diagnosis
• Outreach and Clinic Rehabilitation Services
• Clinic Services
• Community Based Programs
• Independent Living Services
• Residential Rehabilitation
• Adult Groups

Children, Youth, and
Family Programs

• Paediatric Programs
• School Re-entry
• College/University Supports
• Kids On the Go Camp
• Family Services

Program Locations

• Etobicoke
• Mississauga
• Hamilton
• Toronto
• Outreach

 

The following presentations are available for download in PDF format. To request a copy instead, please send an email with the name of the presentation in the subject line to wecanhelp@nrio.com.

General Acquired Brain Injury Presentations

The Graying of Brain Injury: Aging and Lifespan Issues (3.50 Mb)

Shaken Not Stirred (8.8 Mb)

Suicide Attempts Following Traumatic Brain Injury (5.5 Mb)

Psychiatric Issues in Traumatic Brain Injury (2.7 Mb)

Individuals with Complex Care Needs Following Brain Injury: Ten Years Later (0.2 Mb)

What Happens When Rehabilitation Ends? Social Role Issues Ten Years Later (0.9 Mb)

Maintaining Intimacy After Traumatic Brain Injury (0.3 Mb)

Drugs, Alcohol and Brain Injury: The Difficult Road to Recovery
(coming soon)

School and Educational Presentations
Coming soon

ABILITY Program: Understanding ABI, Student Education and Advocacy Program

Catherine Dodds, B.A, B.Ed; School Re-Entry Coordinator, NRIO

School Re-Entry Process – Strategies to Facilitate and Coordinate Return to School

Catherine Dodds, B.A, B.Ed; School Re-Entry Coordinator, NRIO

School Re-Entry Services: Understanding the Methodology of Direct Instruction

Catherine Dodds, B.A, B.Ed; School Re-Entry Coordinator, NRIO

Unlocking the Myths: Keys to Success

Effective Behavioural Strategies for Children and Youth with Acquired Brain Injury

Presented By: Catherine Dodds
and Rebecca Swift-Weir

One of the most distressing consequences of acquired brain injury is personality change and challenging behaviour. Family members of children and youth with ABI often report that they can cope with changes in their child’s physical and cognitive needs, but it is the behavioral issues, which impact on the child’s ability to learn and to complete daily routines, that they find the most difficult to understand.

Behaviours that emerge after a brain injury are unique to each child and are usually linked to cognitive issues. What is often labeled as “acting out” or “inappropriate behaviour” may actually be a result of loss of cognitive skills which have been affected by the injury, such as confusion about what is expected, difficulty understanding abstract language, lack of insight into limitations and memory impairment, to name a few. Children with ABI cannot benefit from consequence-based models of behavioral intervention when the injury impacts their ability to remember rules from day to day, nor when they are unable to anticipate the consequence of their behaviour.

This interactive workshop, designed for parents as well as professionals, will introduce participants to an approach to managing challenging behaviours in children with acquired brain injury that focuses on interventions which anticipate behaviour rather than react to behaviour.

Participants will explore their own ideas of challenging behaviours and will build a strategy keychain to effectively work with children with acquired brain injury who exhibit those behaviours.

Click here to download the ABI Order Form.