Headway Academy: Brain Injury Awareness Training Day

 

Monday 9th May

9:30am-4.00pm

Places still available

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Do you offers services to, or do you have clients That have suffered serious head injuries?

We can offer you and your employees a Brain Injury Awareness Training day

Oxford Head Injury Services has almost 30 years experience of working in the community with people who have suffered serious brain injuries, their carers and families.

Our Headway Academy Training days are held at our Activity and Rehabilitation Centre in Kennington and are hosted by our team of Carers and Community Support workers.

Timetable and content: Headway Academy Brain Injury Awareness days 

9.00 am: Arrive at Oxford Head Injury Services, 4 Bagley Wood Road, Kennington OX15PL

9.30 am: An introduction to brain injury followed by a brief Q & A with one of our service users who has experienced a haemorrhagic stroke

:A session on the Emotional and Behavioural Effects of a brain injury with case studies from the point of view of the client and the supporting partner or family member

:A Q & A with one of our clients wives to talk about the carers perspective of being with someone who has sustained a brain injury

:A talk on the cognitive effects of a brain injury- focusing particularly on the hidden aspects of disability following a  brain injury with interactive 1:1  discussions and group work tasks

:An overview of the Care Act 2014 and the implications for professionals working with people who have a brain injury

:A look at Oxford Head Injury Services and the services we provide; Activity and Rehabilitation centre, Personal Assistant service and our Community Support Workers

4.00 pm: Day ends

Please note we do have a limited number of car parking spaces at the centre, so please let us know if you would like to use one when booking your Brain Awareness Day.

If you would like or book your place on this Headway Academy Brain Awareness Training day

 Call Stephanie Nunley at Bower & Bailey Solicitors on 01793 610466

Or email snunley@bowerandbailey.co.uk

For more information on our courses or to talk about arranging a Head Injury Awareness training day for your employees

call Claire Twinn or Charlotte Carlisle 01865 326263

Or e-mail Claire Twinn: servicemanager@headway-oxford.org.uk

 

This week one of our clients at Oxford Head Injury Services is marking the first anniversary of the day that changed and saved her life. She has decided to put down her thoughts in words and has very kindly allowed us to share them with you.

“A Strange Anniversary. A year ago today I had surgery to remove a brain tumour, a 14 hour operation that amongst other things saved my sight and saved me (my personality). 

 It is likely that the tumour developed as a late side-effect of radiotherapy used to treat the cancer I had as a child. If you know anyone who has had cancer treatment involving radiotherapy to the head please make sure that you and they know the symptoms of meningioma. It is relatively common for people with this medical history and can take many years to develop (around 25 in my case). 

 A year after the surgery I am still healing, learning more about my brain injury and trying to develop strategies to cope. They say to expect most improvement within two years. Again, if you know anyone with acquired brain injury of any sort (eg stroke/trauma/infection) please be patient and understanding, life is rarely the same again and it takes time to adjust.

 Living with an acquired brain injury can be hard, but I am thankful to the amazing surgeons and clinical teams at the JR hospital and Oxford Centre for Enablement, the charity Headway, OXPIP and Crossroads Care, who are helping me to become a mum again. And I am so grateful for my incredible family and friends who have been wonderful. I’m looking forward to seeing what the next year will bring.”