DescriptionThe field of brain injury rehabilitation has grown at an enormous pace. The number and range of impatient services has increased, community-based outpatient interventions have become common, and specialist programs have appeared, including coma management, vocational rehabilitation, substance abuse treatment etc. Within all these new developments are individual clinicians trying their best to do the best job for the person with brain injury.
Individual clinicians often face considerable stress because of lack of experience, and recognition that during their formal training, they received little information about traumatic brain injury. With this situation, the need for staff training and development is obvious, yet it is remarkable that this is the first book to specifically address these issues. The authors have clearly recognized the need for staff development, have identified situations in which training and experience may be lacking, and have proposed practical "how-to" solutions.