Neurobehavioural approach

The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust has developed its own system of brain injury rehabilitation over the years known as the neurobehavioural approach to rehabilitation.

This combines the best evidence-based, scientific methods of training and changing behaviour with an understanding of the exact nature of brain injury and a philosophy of community based rehabilitation.

Clients are helped to overcome their problems in a constructive and rewarding way. In order to encourage and motivate clients we give as much support as they need to achieve success, gradually reducing support so that the client becomes more and more independent.

Real life settings

The focus is on rehabilitation carried out in real life settings, such as going to the shops, travelling on public transport or going to work placements.

This method has been shown to be much more successful than concentrating on doing exercises in a rehabilitation centre.

In order to facilitate this all our centres are in ordinary residential areas close to local amenities and with good public transport.

Clients may be taught strategies to help them compensate for their difficulties. For example, memory deficits can be successfully overcome by the routine and appropriate use of strategies.

For each client specific goals are agreed, depending on their needs, and progress towards these goals is carefully documented.

In this way progress can be monitored and if the rehabilitation is not achieving the desired results the programme can be adjusted to ensure greater success.

This text is also available to download in the leaflet neurobehavioural approach to brain injury rehabilitation (download pdf)

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