This Certificate Training Program will focus on providing information about behaviours after ABI that relate to learning and community participation. Children and youth with brain injury experience a wide range of challenges that affect their ability to manage at school, home and the community. Emphasis is on describing the cognitive-communicative problems that affect classroom learning, behaviour and community participation. Group problem solving activities will develop methods for assessing and treating educational and social challenges for these individuals from a functional perspective.
Who should attend:
This course will be extremely valuable for those working in community rehabilitation programs, social workers, therapists, educators and those working in the criminal justice system.
This course will:
- Address behaviours in the home, school and community that may indicate issues with learning and behaving
- Describe the cognitive-communicative problems that affect classroom learning, behaviour and community participation
- Provide treatment strategies
- Describe family resilience and means for support
- Illustrate how to use social communication to aid learning and behaving
- Plan for context-specific functional placements and outcomes
Date:
- March 27 – 28, 2025
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Please direct all inquiries to:
Leah Hughes, Training Coordinator & Special Projects
Ontario Brain Injury Association,
PO Box 2338,
St. Catharines, ON L2R 7R9
Ph: (905) 641-8877 ext. 102 or 1-855-642-8877
Email: training@obia.on.ca