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Brain Injury and Family Intervention
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The Best Practice Committee of the Toronto ABI Network is collaborating with investigators and clinicians to support knowledge mobilization activities related to the Brain Injury Family Intervention (BIFI) model of support and the recently adapted version for adolescents with ABI and their families (BIFI-A).
We are working with Caron Gan of Bloorview Kids Rehab, Dr. Jeffrey Kreutzer and Taryn Stejskal, both of Virginia Commonwealth University, to develop a two-day workshop that will:
- Introduce participants to the BIFI and BIFI-A models of support.
- Provide participants with the tools to better support families in the topic areas that families have identified as important (e.g. common changes after ABI and its effects on the family, being a teen and achieving independence, emotional and physical recovery, problem solving, stress management, and preparing for school/work).
- Provide an opportunity to problem-solve around particularly difficult case scenarios.
The first workshop is scheduled for February 12-13, 2009 and invitations will be sent out shortly. As we have limited space we will be giving our member organizations the opportunity to register first and, if space permits, an open invitation to all stakeholders will be sent out.
We anticipate offering this workshop again; therefore, if you are unable to register this time, other opportunities will become available.
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