Acquired brain injury resources

Articles and publications

• ADHD and acquired brain injury article in Neuro Rehab Times
• Brain injury in the context of domestic abuse: too many to count by Brainkind
• Collaborative Brain Injury Intervention: Positive Everyday Routines by M. Ylvisaker and T. Feeney
• Domestic Abuse and Brain Injury: A Link Often Missed by S. Ali
• Ethnic differences in traumatic brain injury by D. Earnshaw at Brainkind
• Reflections on Dobermanns, poodles, and social rehabilitation for difficult-to-serve individuals with traumatic brain injury by M. Ylvisaker and T. Feeney
• Social and Communication Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury by S. McDonald et al.
• Substance Misuse and Acquired Brain Injury by G. Seale
• Systemic Approaches to Brain Injury Treatment: Navigating Contemporary Practice by N. Boakye and A. Mwale
• The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Workbook edited by R. Winson et al.
• Transforming Cognitive Rehabilitation: Effective Instructional Methods by M. Sohlberg et al.
• Traumatic brain injury and offending: An economic analysis Centre for Mental Health report by M. Parsonage

Screening tools

• BISI: brain injury screening index by Brainkind
• Cognitive-Communication Checklist for Acquired Brain Injury by S. MacDonald (can be used for children and adults)
• Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool (CHAT)
• SCAT3 sport concussion assessment tool

Clinical resources

• ABI Communication Lab resources – includes the social brain toolkit (Interact-ABI-lity, Social-ABI-lity and Convers-ABI-lity)
• Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (ASSBI) – includes a number of assessment and intervention resources for SLTs
• Mental Capacity Assessment Support Toolkit (MCAST)
• NeuroBITE: NeuroRehab Evidence Resource – a database listing studies of treatments for symptoms of ABI
• PrOjecT ImplementatiON (POTION) – a resource highlighting project-based interventions in clinical practice
• Rehabilitation Matters blog by Professor Derick Wade – details aspects of rehabilitation
• SpeechBITE – a database listing evidence on speech and language therapy treatments
• TBIBank – a shared database of multimedia interactions for the study of communication in people with TBI
• The Evidence-Based Review of Moderate-to-Severe Acquired Brain Injury (ERABI)
• Training Communication (TANGO): Partners of people with acquired brain injury – a study detailing communication partner training programmes for ABI

Charities

• Brainkind
• The Brain Charity
• The Brain Tumour Charity
• Brain Injury Matters
• Change Grow Live
• The Children’s Trust
• Dyscover
• FND Action
• FND Hope UK
• FND FrieNDs
• The FND Society
• Headway: the brain injury association (has printable information, videos and educational materials for individuals and families)
• Head Injury Information Directory (HIID)
• Heads Together
• The Neurological Alliance
• Pink Concussions
• SameYou
• Scottish Head Injury Forum (SHIF)
• Silverlining Brain Injury Charity
• Stroke Association
• United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum (UKABIF)

Research networks

• The Brain Injury Social Work Group (BISWG) – practical guidance for social care professionals
• Community Rehabilitation Research Network (CRRN) – NIHR-funded network for community-based research projects
• Heads Together – NIHR-funded collaboration across universities in the UK, exploring brain injury social work education
• Society for Research in Rehabilitation (SRR) – UK multidisciplinary group
• United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum

Clinical excellence networks (CENs)

See RCSLT’s CEN directory for further information. Some useful CENs could include:

• Acquired brain injury (ABI) CEN
• Acquired brain injury in children and adolescents (ABICA) CEN
• Adult acquired dysphagia CEN
• Eating and drinking with acknowledged risks (EDAR) CEN
• FND CEN
• Homelessness CEN
• Medico-legal CEN
• Mental capacity CEN
• Neuropsychiatry CEN
• Paediatric dysphagia CEN
• Clinical academics in SLT CEN

Children and young people specific resources

General information

• Social communication after childhood traumatic brain injury by V. Anderson

Practice guidelines

• Evidence- and Consensus-Based Guidelines for the Management of Communication and Swallowing Disorders Following Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury by C. Mei et al.
• Further recommendations of the International Paediatric Brain Injury Society (IPBIS) for the post-acute rehabilitation of children with acquired brain injury by M. Linden et al.

Charities

• Child Brain Injury Trust (CBIT)
• The Children’s Trust

Returning to education and transitioning to adult services

• ABI Return – guidance for schools, children and young people and their families on returning to education with ABI by United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum
• Concussion: Return-to-school guidance by the National Acquired Brain Injury In Learning And Education Syndicate (N-ABLES)
• Transition Information Network – information and good practice for disabled young people, families and professionals from the Council for Disabled Children

National guidance

World Health Organization

• Rehabilitation 2030 initiative

British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine (BSRM)

• Rehabilitation in the wake of COVID-19 – a phoenix from the ashes
• Standards for rehabilitation services mapped on to the National Service Framework for long-term conditions
• Vocational rehabilitation: BSRM brief guidance

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

• Head injury quality standard QS74
• Head injury: assessment and early management guideline N232
• Major trauma: assessment and initial management guideline NG39
• Rehabilitation after traumatic injury guideline NG211
• Rehabilitation for chronic neurological disorders including acquired brain injury guideline NG252
• Stroke rehabilitation in adults guideline NG236
• Transition from children’s to adults’ services quality standard QS140

Royal College of Physicians (RCP)

• Prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC) following sudden onset brain injury – national clinical guidelines

Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health (RCPCH)

• Stroke in childhood – clinical guideline for diagnosis, management and rehabilitation

Northern Ireland

• Brain Injury Matters
• Brainwaves NI
• FND Matters NI
• Stroke Action Plan (2022)

Scotland

• Neurological care and support: framework for action 2020 – 2025 by Scottish Government
• Rehabilitation and Recovery: A Once for Scotland Person-Centred Approach to Rehabilitation in a Post-COVID Era by Scottish Government
• Scottish Acquired Brain Injury Network (SABIN)
• Scottish Head Injury Forum (SHIF)

Wales

• ABI return – Wales: guidance for children and young people with ABI’s return to education in Wales by UKABIF
• All Wales guidelines for the management of devastating brain injury by Welsh Government
• Concussion return to school guidance for Wales by UKABIF
• Specialised Services Commissioning Policy: CP140 – Specialised Neurological Rehabilitation by Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee