Better Conversations with Brain Injury: for Kids

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What's a brain injury?

An acquired brain injury (ABI) is an injury caused to the brain since birth.  There are many possible causes, including a fall, a road accident, tumour and stroke.

Who is this resource for?

This resource is for speech and language therapists working with young people between 5 - 11 who have an adult in their life with a brain injury and communication difficulties.  Using this resource speech and language therapists can help both adults with aphasia and the children in their lives to communicate more effectively.

What's in the resource?

This resource utilises the principles of Better Conversations with Aphasia (BCA) communication partner training to help young children develop communication strategies to use with their parent, grandparent or relevant adult with aphasia.  It allows space for children to reflect on brain injury and language impairment and helps them to find ways to communicate more effectively with their relevant adult with aphasia.

What's the evidence?

This resource is primarily based on Better Conversations with Aphasia:

Best W., Maxim J., Heilemann C., Beckley F., Johnson F., Edwards S.I., Howard D. & Beeke S. (2016) Conversation Therapy with People with Aphasia and Conversation Partners using Video Feedback: A Group and Case Series Investigation of Changes in Interaction. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 10:562 https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00562