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Living Beyond Brain Injury: A Resource Manual for Brain Injury Professionals is a professional supplement to
Living Beyond Brain Injury: A Compassionate Resilient Guide for Survivors designed for use when survivors require structured, scaffolded rehabilitation in their everyday environments.
Drawing on the Supervisory Attentional System model and the Compassionate Resilient Mindset, it provides a framework for neuropsychological rehabilitation delivered through support workers and multidisciplinary teams. The manual offers psychoeducational resources, structured approaches to goal setting, intervention planning, and progress monitoring, alongside practical tools and worksheets to guide real-world application. Emphasis is placed on promoting independence, goal-directed action, and sustainable adaptation while avoiding unintentional dependency. Guidance is also provided on how to systematically fade scaffolded support, enabling survivors to consolidate skills, increase confidence, and strengthen resilience, ensuring rehabilitation remains both compassionate and scientifically grounded.
This manual is intended for rehabilitation professionals delivering neuropsychological rehabilitation through support workers and the multidisciplinary team. It offers particular support for clinical psychologists and neuropsychologists, while also providing valuable guidance for case managers, occupational therapists, and support workers working within this structured model.
List of contents
About the Authors Introduction Vicki Hall1 The Rehabilitation Structure: An SAS Guide to Rehabilitation
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2 Goal Setting in SAS-Guided Rehabilitation
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3 Documentation of problems and abilities
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4 Promoting independence and compassionate resilient adaption
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5 Facilitating Activities of Daily Living
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6 Working with Relationships and Boundaries
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7 Understanding and Promoting Motivation
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8 Understanding and Navigating Frustration and Aggression
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9 Facilitating Mindfulness in the Context of Brain Injury Rehabilitation
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10 Pacing with Purpose: A Compassionate Guide to Navigating Fatigue
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11 Guidelines for Mindfulness
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12 Facilitating Return to Work
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List of AppendicesAppendices
About the author
Vicki Hall is a consultant clinical neuropsychologist and chartered clinical psychologist. She is the owner and director of Neuromindworks Limited.
Stephanie Keay is a clinical psychologist with a specialist interest in neuropsychology and promoting well-being at work. She is an independent consultant at Neuromindworks Limited and the co-founder of The Core Collective.
