Great to see Social Work integrated in research + rehab service provided by Czech colleagues for ppl with ABI. Interdisciplinary working is essential for people who have complex needs that cross professional and other boundaries. (Shared article written in English) cp-medical.com/index.php/jo...

Not one but 2 useful papers about Case Management for people with an acquired brain injury from colleagues in the Netherlands: lnkd.in/e6t-vzhS lnkd.in/ecWY4_g4

❗️Work with individuals with Acquired Brain Injury? Living with #ABI? Family member? Updated guidance from The Royal College of SLTs👇🏻 Guidance = ABI experienced across lifespan 👶🏼> 👵🏼 Consultation open: contribute to ensure guidance is collaborative & inclusive 📖 www.rcslt.org/news/acquire...

Useful paper on self-neglect and safeguarding, and the need for interprofessional working to include a: (3) Shared vision of the person and situation “in the round”; @biswg-uk.bsky.social @babicmorg.bsky.social @ukabif.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Heading for Preston to present at the @juswec conference with @carolinejbald.bsky.social (our slot is Friday) so time to pace & take it carefully too. A change of scene will be good though. Ducks on the nails as we are talking about @headstogether.bsky.social 🦆

Nice article about the importance of hope in ABI rehabilitation and of the relationship between staff and person with an acquired brain injury. www.frontiersin.org/journals/reh...

Lovely paper thinking about wellbeing of people with an ABI and the use of ecotherapy to promote this. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Second lovely paper of the day to share, using a letter writing approach to help family members of people with ABI understand their grief and reconnect to the person prior to the ABI journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

"Prisons are full of people like me" Useful article about brain injury and criminal justice, written by 2 people I am proud to call my friends. www.probation-institute.org/news/brain-i...

This is lovely. When my daughter was about 5 she was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up and she answered, in all seriousness, "a butterfly". She has instead grown up to be an Occupational Therapist. @profaliceroberts.bsky.social

Staggering cost to UK economy of ABI, and these are just the easier costs to count. Please share, ABI should be a public health priority, we could save money and improve lives and outcomes at the same time. @babicmorg.bsky.social cdn.ymaws.com/ukabif.org.u...

Interesting article about what ABI rehab services need to do/need to be. Particularly theme 3) "well-connected and having a central coordinating role" this is logical and is the antithesis of silo services with no one overall coordination role over the long term www.publish.csiro.au/IB/IB24056

As always, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social says it best

another reason for interested researchers and people experienced in this area to hold the date <4 November> for an exciting event... contact me if you are hoping to do research in this space whatever you do, come to @ukabif.bsky.social summit

More evidence re ABI and homelessness + how service provision is misaligned with the needs of people with ABI. So much money wasted by making services inaccessible for ppl with ABI @dralysonnorman.bsky.social @andrewbateman.bsky.social @biswg-uk.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Excellent opportunity for a funded PhD re cognitive emotional and social consequences of childhood encephalitis. Pls share this @dralysonnorman.bsky.social @cjwhiffin.bsky.social @dr-fergus-gracey.bsky.social www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

📢 Save the date! We are excited to announce our next brain injury conference - The Lifelong Nature of Brain Injury. 📅 Thurs 16 Oct 2025 📍 Headway East London Expect insightful discussions, expert speakers, and real-life perspectives from those with lived experience. Stay tuned for more details!

⭐️A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY!⭐️ When: 04/04/2025 Time: 12:00 - 15:00 Where: James Cook University Hospital Marton Road, Middlesborough TS4 3BW Contact: [email protected] #UKABIF #NABIF #ABI #AcquiredBrainInjury

Honoured to know the subject of this film, a testament to perseverance, musicianship, and working together. Please share. @mrjohncrace.bsky.social something to cheer you on this week that has been very taxing, I hope you enjoy vimeo.com/230146752

"Her body has caught up with her mind" What a wonderful phrase @mrjohncrace.bsky.social and I am sorry to hear of your mother's passing, even if written about so wonderfully. Thank you.

The Magic of Chaos won the Bronze Award! Last night at the Smiley Charity Film Awards at the O2, our members and staff were thrilled to discover that The Magic of Chaos won the Bronze Award – Judges' Choice in the Long Form category. 👏 Huge congratulations to everyone involved!

On annual academic book royalties day, do spare a thought for those who slaved over publications for decades and who today have tangible evidence that this may not have been a good use of time....

Voting has opened for the Royal College of Physicians of London. Following the worst governance crisis in the College's history, it's TIME FOR CHANGE. I have voted for - Dr Asif Qasim (President) - Dr Louella Vaughan (VP) - Drs Nick Hopkinson, Philip Pearson, Barry Monk, Dilesh Lakhani (Council)

Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Dr Alan Gray joins the Ahead Together family for a talk titled: Hope in rehabilitation: an “overlooked asset”? Find out about more: www.rwkgoodman.com/aheadtogether 🎟️ Limited in-person tickets left but virtual tickets available! #AheadTogether

Getting very angry with @nihr.bsky.social journals people who now run all submissions through a crazy piece of 'plagiarism' software and ask you to insert a lengthy copyright disclaimer whenever they spot a sentence that is the same as, or similar to, a sentence you have published previously.

Looking forward to a day’s discussion with health/social care professionals about the societal & economic impact of #ABI, led by @dralysonnorman, @MarkHolloway & @CarolineJBald along with fellow lived exp. colleagues @shephard_sam & Anne Ricketts.

Excellent protocol; looking at neurorehabilitation regarding women with brain injury. Looking forward to the outcome of this. @biswg-uk.bsky.social @ukabif.bsky.social @dralysonnorman.bsky.social bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...

Come on everyone, now's the chance to do something positive (in a world that may need a bit of positivity right now...)

Open access research from Irish colleagues about he experience of having a brain injury over the long term. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Congratulations to Helen Goddard from HeadFirst and Erika Turner from Matters Case Management on passing their Advanced Assessments.

By 9am this morning I had been for a 1km outdoor swim (pool is slightly heated, I am not that hardy) and have deleted my Twitter account after 9 years. It feels a shame but I can no longer tolerate the wall of excrement it has become (referring to Twitter, not the pool).

Interesting looking weekend event at the beautiful Gower, nature-base therapy and neurorehabilitation, looks fun too. www.eventbrite.com/e/neurons-an...

BABICM are pleased to offer access to a new free webinar on the 4th February 2025. This session will introduce a new screening tool which can be used to screen for visual perception difficulties in 15 minutes with the newly developed Oxford Visual Perception Screen (OxVPS). tinyurl.com/5ab44dmx

Looking forward to seeing this scoping review progress, neurorehabilitation for women with TBI @headstogether.bsky.social @biswg-uk.bsky.social @pinkconcussions.bsky.social @headwaylondon.bsky.social bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...

Useful article about lack of professional knowledge of ABI in the criminal justice system. Our evidence base has grown significantly, but practice has not changed? @carolinejbald.bsky.social @biswg-uk.bsky.social @brainkind.bsky.social @dralysonnorman.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Are you new to brain injury and complex case management or looking to branch out into a new area? Why not join our 'Case Management Foundation Workshop Level 1' to be held in March in Milton Keynes. babicm.glueup.com/event/new-an...

For those of us, myself most definitely included, who perhaps did not achieve what they ought to have done in 2024.... Perhaps 2025 will also not be the year too???

Really pleased to see this article published as I know there is a lot of interest in the detail about experiences behind ‘the crisis in care’ Please share widely - it’s open access

Just in time for Christmas, some reading for you! Open access article re: costs of support workers and difficulties with recruitment post Brexit and covid @blimeysimon.bsky.social @neilmcrowther.bsky.social @babicmorg.bsky.social @dralysonnorman.bsky.social journal.ilpnetwork.org/articles/10....

@civlittweet.bsky.social do you know the answer to @thesmallplaces.bsky.social question?

You (and your colleagues) have written a very interesting and useful article Tobias, and it has arrived with PERFECT timing for me as I am looking at this very subject. I appreciate your efforts and am grateful.

This will undoubtedly be a very useful event for Case Managers and litigators.

Having known Suzanne for more than 30 years, I can confirm she is way smilier in person!

Delighted to see this published as @headstogether.bsky.social @biswg-uk.bsky.social @dralysonnorman.bsky.social are looking at interdisciplinary working, involving social workers in neurorehabilitation @basw-uk.bsky.social @ukabif.bsky.social www.frontiersin.org/journals/reh...

This is excellent + applies to the field of Neurorehabilitation + should be compulsory reading for those involved in personal injury litigation too, when we try and measure and explain only referring to the "bio" we miss the "psycho-social" the values and norms by which individuals live their lives

Pleased to see this published, a systematic review re ABI and Case Management. Rachel Leonard and Mark Linden of Queens University Belfast led the work and it is open access, so please share. @biswg-uk.bsky.social @ukabif.bsky.social @dralysonnorman.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This work has been an important step in identifying the current available evidence for the use of case management in supporting survivors of ABI. It represents the biggest review to date of the evidence on case management and brain injury. Access the full article here: lnkd.in/e7V3Kvgv

www.civillitigationbrief.com/2024/12/09/e... Issues with experts abound. Some interesting webinars coming up. First one this Wednesday.

Meet the team behind TANGO!👋 From experts with lived experience to researchers, from clinicians to students, we’re working together to improve support for people w/cognitive-communication disorders after brain injury. Check out our blog to learn more: 🔗https://blogs.city.ac.uk/tango/2024/12/09/1219/