Navigating life after brain injury A free session for families affected by brain injury.
New for 2024, this session has been created specifically for family members of people with a brain injury. If you are caring for someone with a brain injury, or have a relative being treated in hospital, then this session should help you to understand more about brain injury, navigate some of the challenges ahead and find the support you need.
What will I learn?
This session has been created specifically for family members of people with a brain injury to provide some understanding of the hidden effects following brain injury.
The session aims to show the cognitive, emotional and behavioural difficulties that can be present in brain injury survivors.
Throughout the session, we will also provide practical tips on how to communicate with brain injury survivors, how to deal with common behavioural issues, and how to support their recovery and rehabilitation process.
We will also provide details on some Headway services that may help when navigating some of the challenges you may face ahead.
The trainer
Concetta Ventura
Concetta is a professional who specialises in brain injury rehabilitation and has a passion for making a difference in people’s lives.
Through her professional experience, Concetta has worked with multidisciplinary teams, solicitors and local authorities, expanding her knowledge and creating support plans with the service user's health and well-being in mind.
Concetta obtained two Master’s degrees in Neuropsychology & Cognitive Rehabilitation (Padua University) and Neuroscience (Birkbeck, University of London).
How much will it cost?
Our mission here at Headway is to improve life after brain injury. That is why this session for family members is provided free of charge.
You will also be given the opportunity to make a donation to Headway. Your donation will help us to continue providing information and support to people affected by brain injury, including our Helpline, publications, Emergency Fund, Brain Injury Identity Card and much more.
Important notice
This session is specifically designed for family members only. We kindly request that care staff and professionals do not join, as this space is intended to support personal experiences and needs.
If you are a brain injury survivor or family member and have registered but can no longer attend, please cancel your registration as soon as possible to allow others the opportunity to participate.
Course Schedule
Please note a direct email address will need to be provided for each attendee. All joining instructions will be sent to this email address two days before the training is scheduled to start.
| Date | Time | Platform |
|---|---|---|
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29/04/2025 16/07/2025 23/10/2025 08/12/2025 |
10:30 - 13:00 10:30 - 13:00 10:30 - 13:00 10:30 - 13:00 |
Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom |
Other information
For larger groups we can deliver our training directly to your organisation or team which can be a more cost-effective option. to make an enquiry please complete the form on our group training sessions page and a member of the team will be in touch.
For any other information please contact a member of our Training Team.
Related information
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Find out moreHeadway Emergency Fund
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