Dear All, 

 

Apologies, there has been a room change for this event, owing to the large number of people wishing to attend. 

 

It will now take place in Room B of the Northampton Suite.

 

With many thanks,

Bridget.

 

 

Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Professional Practice

 

Disability and Social Inclusion Seminars

We invite you to our November seminar

 

on

 

Tuesday 9th November 2010, 1 pm to 2.15 pm

 

 

Moments and Methods: challenges in

altered lives after brain injury

 

Venue: Room B, Northampton Suite, College Building, St. John Street, London EC1V 0HB

 

To book a place please email Doria Pilling: [log in to unmask] 

 

Buffet lunch – 12.30pm

 

Speaker:  Paul Barrett

           Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Professional Practice, City University London.

           A Director of Brí – The Acquired Brain Injury Advocacy Association, Ireland.

 

Paul has been a long-term researcher into people’s life courses after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI, usually from a head injury).  He had a severe head injury himself 20 years ago.

 

 

TBI causes a major alteration of life both for injured people and their families.  With moderate or severe TBI, the person usually changes abruptly from good general health to a state of chronic illness and disability.  There are long-lasting or permanent physical, cognitive, emotional and social problems, which can improve through gradual part-recovery and developing new coping skills.

 

 

Researching people’s lives after TBI is challenging.  Quantitative measures (of neuropsychological competencies or of life progress stages) can be undetailed, under-realistic or mistargeted.  Qualitative research can be restricted by participants’ cognitive impairments, fatigue, distractability or loss of motivation.

 

 

In this seminar Paul presents TBI individuals’ self-management successes and failures in running their lives (with or [usually] without time-limited formal rehabilitation).  Using a critical realist research method he gives new insights into TBI individuals’ lived experiences. 

 

 

Paul has previously researched disabled people’s communications for the Joseph Rowntree Trust, for mobile phone companies and for Ofcom while writing his PhD on vocational rehabilitation for TBI people in the UK and Ireland.  He was a journalist and copywriter before his head injury.

 

 

 

Please let us know if you have any special requirements

 

With many thanks,
Bridget.

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Bridget Dwyer
Department Administrator

Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Professional Practice
School of Community and Health Sciences
City University London
20 Bartholomew Close
London EC1A 7QN

Tel. 0207 040 5880
Fax. 0207 040 5717   E-mail:  [log in to unmask]

www.city.ac.uk

 

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