1st Edition

Psychological Therapy for Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury Innovations for Children, Young People and Families

Edited By Jenny Jim, Esther Cole Copyright 2020
    280 Pages
    by Routledge

    280 Pages
    by Routledge

    Children, young people and families living with an acquired brain injury (ABI), whether through accident, illness, injury or abuse, are rarely offered psychological therapy, and yet the benefits of such interventions can be profound. This important new book, providing a selection of practice examples and insights from frontline practitioners, will be essential reading for any paediatric therapist or clinician.

    Beginning with a "life story" of the brain where emphasis is placed on how brain development is fundamentally related to its environment, the book offers key background knowledge before showcasing the core topics of assessment, psychological formulation and intervention. It features a range of therapeutic models, includes direct and indirect work, group work and family therapy, with settings varying from inpatient neurorehabilitation to community work and the transition to education. The long-term needs of those in the criminal justice system are also addressed. The closing chapters focus on the debate around effective outcome measurement and outline a vision for better services.

    Elevating the voices of our children, young people and families living with ABI, this pioneering book will provide practitioners with the confidence to work collaboratively across a range of children and young people with disorders of consciousness or communication to those with behaviour that challenges others to manage. It offers new ways to understand both children’s pasts and their futures, and will be essential reading for anyone in the field.

    List of illustrations

    Editors’ acknowledgements

    About the editors

    List of contributors

    Preface

    Series editor’s foreword

    Experts by experience reflections

     

    INTRODUCTION

    Jenny Jim and Heather Liddiard

     

    PART I: GETTING STARTED
    CHAPTER ONE
    "My life story" by the brain

    Jenny Jim

    CHAPTER TWO
    An introduction to paediatric acquired brain injury

    Daniel Stark, Suresh Pujar, Isobel Heyman and Tara Murphy

    CHAPTER THREE
    Assessment in paediatric acquired brain injury

    Suzanna Watson and Fergus Gracey

    CHAPTER FOUR
    Using biopsychosocial formulations in paediatric neurorehabilitation

    Jenny Jim and Heather Liddiard

     

    PART II: INNOVATIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPY


    CHAPTER FIVE

    Narrative-inspired interview with the brain

    Jenny Jim

    CHAPTER SIX
    Child-centred play therapy for trauma: from non-verbal to narrative expression

    Anne Fullalove

    CHAPTER SEVEN
    Structured narrative therapy for children with severe acquired brain injury and severe communication difficulties

    Alison Perkins

    CHAPTER EIGHT
    Systemic and narrative therapeutic work with families whose child has sustained a profound brain injury

    Rachel Ames

    CHAPTER NINE

    Narrative approaches for behaviour that challenges post-injury

    Esther Cole

    CHAPTER TEN
    The ‘Beads of Life’ approach adapted for young people with an acquired brain injury

    Sara Portnoy and Liz Ireland

    CHAPTER ELEVEN

    Systemic storytelling following childhood acquired brain injury: a family business

    Sarah Helps

    CHAPTER TWELVE
    Psychotherapy for children and young people with brain injury in conflict with the law

    Huw Williams, James Tonks, and Simone Fox

    CHAPTER THIRTEEN
    The road to transition: a SHARED model

    Laura Carroll, Elizabeth Roberts and Gemma Costello

    PART III: WHAT DIFFERENCES CAN WE MAKE?

    CHAPTER FOURTEEN
    Reflections on outcome measurement in child neuropsychological rehabilitation: a child-centred approach

    Katie Byard and Sophie Gosling

    CHAPTER FIFTEEN
    Our children do deserve better

    Jenny Jim, Heather Liddiard and Esther Cole

    Appendix: Theory-practice links in "Narrative inspired interview with the brain"

    Name index

    Subject index

    Biography

    Jenny Jim (DClinPsy, MSc, BSc (Hons)) is a Consultant and Principal Clinical Psychologist with a passion for improving the lives of children, young people and families affected by acquired brain injury. Dr. Jim is the Deputy Programme Director (Clinical) of the Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of East London. She is a clinical academic who works with families, develops and researches innovations, lectures and trains clinical psychologists for the NHS.

    Esther Cole (PsychD, MA (Oxon.)) is a Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist who worked in the NHS for 12 years in different roles and now works in the private sector across the lifespan. Her most recent position is within a community multidisciplinary paediatric therapy centre in South West London. Dr. Cole's therapeutic orientations and research interests are broad and include investigating the effective integration of psychological approaches for adults and children with mental health and neurological conditions.