INSTRUCTORS: Kit Malia & Anne Brannagan
'The patient needs and deserves a time to place his or her tragedy into perspective and to construct their life not in spite of brain damage but in the face of it'

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This 4 hour webcast is suitable for professionals working with adults who have insight problems following brain injury. The course presents a practical model within which to understand awareness and acceptance problems following brain injury. The webcast encourages the development of practical activities that can be put into practice within teams.

We recommend allocating a full day to watch this webcast as our timings do not include times for breaks or any pauses or rewinds you may wish to take.

This a 'Webcast on Demand' meaning that you can watch it at any point during the broadcast; You can rewind, pause or fast forward; Watch it all in one go, or split it up as suits you.

Wherever you are in the world you will have access to the webcast for the full 24 hours of the date advertised, in your local time.

Note that the actual broadcast lasts for 48 hours, starting at noon (UK time) on the day before the date advertised and ending at noon (UK time) on the day after the date advertised. This is so that you can spread your viewing across 2 or 3 days (depending on your location in the world); Use this chart to calculate the equivalent times if you are not based in the UK:

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

AIMS:

• To extend skills and knowledge about the concept of insight following brain injury
• To introduce materials that can be used to assess insight
• To provide practical treatment approaches to take away and use with clients/patients

Programme

INTRODUCTION 33 minutes
Defining 'insight'; understanding related terms; awareness and acceptance.

MECHANISMS OF AWARENESS 14 minutes
Practical exercise - how to know what are you're strengths and weaknesses; why awareness problems exist following brain injury; denial as a protective mechanism; effects of cognitive, executive and metacognitive problems.


AREAS OF THE BRAIN INVOLVED IN AWARENESS 20 minutes
Presentation of the concept of Association Cortex with Heteromodal and Unimodal dimensions.

WHY DO WE NEED TO IMPROVE AWARENESS? 15 minutes
The importance of dealing with awareness issues; implications for rehabilitation


A PRACTICAL MODEL OF AWARENESS 19 minutes
Presenting Crosson et al's model (1989) with modifications; intellectual awareness; emergent awareness; anticipatory awareness.

ASSESSMENT OF AWARENESS 41 minutes
Assessment using Crosson et al's model (1989)


TREATMENT OF AWARENESS 42 minutes
Issues of timing of intervention, hope, emotional distress and denial.


ADJUSTMENT ISSUES 45 minutes
How to tell people; the grieving process; loss; how to deal with the distress/anger

WHAT DO YOU NEED NOW 4 minutes