Understanding Brain Injury

Headway Cambridgeshire's Understanding Brain Injury course is very popular with care workers, managers and social and health care professionals. Many new care sector personnel attend the course as part of their employment induction program. Yet the course remains as valid and vibrant for experienced members of staff looking to learn more about the effects of brain injury.

Designed for:

Anyone who works with people with a brain injury and would like to know more about the effects on the life of a brain injury survivor.

What is the course about:

Participants will learn about the causes of brain injury and the common types of problems that can occur. The training day is delivered by professionals who work with brain injury survivors on a day-to-day basis and so will also look at practical ways to interact with people who have a brain injury.

Aims

At the end of the training day participants will be able to:

List the most common causes of brain injury
Understand the common types of problems facing brain injury survivors
Identify strategies for effective communication with brain injury survivors
Identify some of the issues facing family and carers of brain injury survivors

Dates and venues for 2011 - 2012

Date	Venue
Friday 25 February 2011	The Meadows Community Centre 1 St Catharines Road Cambridge CB4 3XJ
Wednesday 18 May 2011	GPDC 42 West Street Godmanchester PE29 2HJ
Friday 5 August 2011	Oliver Cromwell's House 29 St Marys Street Ely CB7 4HF
Tuesday 15 November 2011	South Fens Business Centre Fenton Way Chatteris PE16 6TT
Thursday 9 February 2012	Orchard Park Cambridge

Duration

Registration opens at 9.30 am and refreshments will be available. The training day runs from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm including a break for lunch at 12.30 pm.

Bookings

Bookings are accepted only on receipt of a course booking form. Please complete the QWDT Courses Application Form and return it to the following address:

Lexien Gough
QWDT, Disability Service
Box 1311, Castle Court
Castle Hill, Cambridge
CB3 0AP

01223 715958
[email protected]

Confirmation letters and maps will be sent out a few weeks before the course date.

Course Fee

The course is offered at no cost within the Training and Workforce Development Consortium. However, please note that the Cambridgeshire County Council cancellation fee will be applied as described on the QWDT Courses Application Form. Where applicable, fees will be invoiced by Cambridgeshire County Council after the course.

Download a list of UBI Course Dates to print off.

Download QWDT Courses Application Form.