Parenting after Brain injury

This booklet has been designed to help those parents who have had a brain injury understand how their injury has affected them in their role as a parent.

This booklet contains:

• Why might parenting change after traumatic brain injury?
• Which features of brain injury may impact on parenting?
• The many roles of a parent
• Major problems reported by parents with brain injuries
• Special issues
• Advice and guidance on overcoming issues including irritability and poor tolerance, changes in children's behaviour, major role changes in the family

Parenting after brain injury was Highly Commended in the 2009 BMA Medical Book Awards.