- SELF STUDY MODULES
- 1. Intro to TBI
- 2. Communication
- 3. Skills for independence
- 4. Cognitive changes
- 5. Behaviour changes
- 6. Sexuality
- 7. Case management (BIR)
- 8. No longer available
- 9. Mobility & motor control
- 10. Mental health & TBI:
an introduction - 11. Mental health problems
and TBI: diagnosis
& management - 12. Working with Families
after Traumatic Injury:
An Introduction - 13. Goal setting
Module 7: Case Management Brain Injury Rehabilitation
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 2021
1. Orientation checklist
2. Case Management Process
- Engagement
- Assessment
- Goal setting and planning
- Implementation
- Monitoring and review
- Outcomes and evaluation
3. Case Management Principles
- Needs-driven
- Goal-directed
- Community-based
- Participation-focused
- Involves family
4. Primary components / activities
- Assessment
- Goal setting and support planning
- Referral and liaison
- Monitoring and reviewing
- Individual client work
- Advocacy
- Coordination
- Support of family and social networks
- Education
- Community and service development
5. Factors influencing BIRP Case management
- BIRP activity and case management
- The consequences of TBI for the person with the TBI
- The impact on families and the carer experience
- Geographical factors
- Workload factors
- Funding
6. Common BIRCM - Case Managers experiences
- Being a BIRCM: How do I make sense of what I do?
- Being a BIRCM in a rural area
- Being a BIRCM with split roles
- Being a BIRCM: My moral dilemmas
- Being a BIRCM: Recognising and responding to my biases
- How do I know I am doing a good job as a brain injury rehabilitation case manager?
- How do I learn from the successes and mistakes of the year
- What are the dilemmas and solutions in being part of a team
- How can my professional development make me a better case manager
7. Common BIRCM challenges
- Motivating unmotivated people.
- When the person, family and clinicians are pulling in different directions
- Ensuring service systems are responsive to individual and family needs
- Staying focussed on what actually needs work
- When people and families are untruthful
- Pulled to cross boundaries (professional boundaries/friendship, team, role, etc.).
- Working with external services, especially mental health, drug and alcohol, domestic violence and child protection services,
- Aboriginal and Multi‐cultural challenges: What have you found? What worked?
- Clients who don’t engage: are there benefits in not getting better? What else could it be?
8. Hypotheticals (what would you do?)
9. Useful tools
10. Knowledge, competencies and skills