Brain Injury Education

Our Ontario Health-funded ABI training targets professionals in the not-for-profit sector

This education session is focused on delivering better coordinated and integrated care in the community by educating and supporting health care professionals to better understand the challenges of working with someone who has a brain injury. The training can be tailored to any workplace in regard to content and timing. Education on acquired brain injury and behaviour can include topics such as:

• info on ABI resources, locally and provincially
• how to screen for an ABI diagnosis
• Types of brain injuries and how it affects the brain
• what ABI can look like
• how best to support a person who has an ABI
• how to approach behaviours for a person who has an ABI
• considerations for ABI + substance use
• Intimate Partner Violence and ABI

Hosting a virtual ABI training session

Organizations who wish to host a Traverse ABI training session can contact us at the address below. We will be very interested to listen to the challenges you face supporting people with an ABI, to collaborate together and share our knowledge about acquired brain injury with you. 

Comments from professionals who attended our ABI training sessions

"The team loved the training! You did such an amazing job. Thanks again. This was so valued by the clinical staff."

"I met with some of my youth justice staff today and they couldn't say enough about your experienced presentation. They were so happy to have the information that you shared with them."

"I want to thank you both for the training provided today. I am sorry I wasn’t able to attend but I checked in with the staff and received excellent feedback. They are a very honest bunch so I can confidently tell you they really appreciated the presentation. They reported that the strategies were practical and applicable. I also heard that the material was easy to understand, especially the mechanics of the brain as it is impacted by injury. They said the theory and the practical advice were on point! They also described feeling more confident to make appropriate referrals to you and comfortable to reach out for consultation for clients most appropriately served within the FACT team. So, all around a great success! Thank you so much!"