26th February 2020
By Demi Perkins Positive Behaviour Support Positive behaviour support (PBS) is an evidence based approach which successfully reduces challenging behaviour. It aims to determine what, where, when, why and how challenging behaviour occurs. Often people present with challenging behaviour due to their needs not being met and their quality of life being low. PBS argues More…
24th February 2020
By Nathan Harper and Jasmine Hine Awareness Week: 3rd – 7th February Overview This awareness week dedicated to participation in school football was a chance to highlight and celebrate the huge scale of work and impact school football has had to date. It is an initiative led by England Schools’ Football Association (ESFA) and its More…
7th February 2020
It really is true what they say, ‘you don’t know what you have until it is gone’. Why do we have a tendency to preoccupy ourselves with thoughts and ideas of all that we don’t have and all that we might be missing out on? We spend out lives waiting for something better or regretting More…
6th February 2020
Are those with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) at higher risk? Dr Simon Fleminger, Consultant Neuropsychologist, endorses the plethora of research that identifies a link between TBI and an increased risk of suicide. One well-respected study, conducted in Denmark, looked at hospital record data over a 34-year period. The study identified a total of 568,000 individuals More…
6th February 2020
Today is: “TIME TO TALK” day, Thursday 6th February, 2020. “Choose to talk about mental health and help change lives” Mental health issues affect 1 in 4 of us; yet, there is still an enormous stigma that can leave individuals feeling incredibly isolated and sometimes even embarrassed when talking about their problems. “Time to Talk” More…
21st January 2020
It is a well-documented phenomenon that an individuals’ behaviour can become “challenging” after sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI) regardless of the cause. Although these behaviours cannot always be helped and are not intended to upset or offend others, it is important to have appropriate and effective support. All behaviour is a form of More…
10th January 2020
By Khudayja Datoo “I was taken to the North of England and the ‘repayments’ began. I was forced to sleep with men who regularly came to the house. I asked my Auntie when I would be able to start training to become a doctor, but she told me this was now my life. The house More…
3rd January 2020
By Oscar Johnson There’s an irony to writing a blog on the importance of sleep as I sit at the desk after a late night feeling pretty knackered. We’ve all been there. One too many late nights in a row and you start to realise you can’t focus, you get more irritable than usual and More…
1st January 2020
By Jessica Dodds A tradition of the New Year is setting new goals. While some of you will dismiss goal setting completely because “I’ll never actually stick to it anyway”; many others of you will attempt to set targets, but find yourself not taking it seriously, and consequently not achieve the goal. This then reinforces More…
27th December 2019
By Chelsea Hanna Whilst a universal definition of poly-trauma remains largely ambiguous, it can be used to describe a patient who has at least two or more severe injuries in separate areas of the body and at least one of these endangers the life of the individual (Kroupa, 1990). Poly-trauma patients are thus difficult to More…