National Acquired Brain Injury Conference 2015

The National Acquired Brain Injury Conference 2015 is dedicated to strategies for managing the changing needs of people with an ABI.

Key Topics

• ABI training, education and resources
• ABI and NDIS - Funding source/opportunities for people
• Working with family, friends and community
• A client/consumers perspective
• Update on FASD issues reported on
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and ABI
• Young people in nursing homes / Accommodation models
• ABI and the criminal justice system response supports
• Latest innovations in rehab and community care
• Post-acute care models of social/community reintegration
• Goal setting and effectiveness
• Community development work in ABI sector
• Psycho-social adjustment [immediately - the first 6-18 months] post-brain injury
• Treatment programs for ABI- What is working?
• Facilitating successful return-to-work following brain injury
• Ongoing/long-term, taking into account some changes that can occur with age or life stage changes
• Concussion
• Alcohol [and other drug] -related brain injury
• Decision Making Support for people with ABI and the people who support them
• Interventions for "challenging behaviours"
• Self-directed funding for people with a brain injury