Development of Online Communication Training Programs and Social Networks for People with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Project Member(s): Power, E.

Funding or Partner Organisation: iCare (iCare Dust Diseases Care Grant)
iCare

Start year: 2019

Summary: A collaborative work with University of Sydney. The project aims to improve the social outcomes of people with TBI, their families, carers and social networks.

Publications:

Brunner, M, Rietdijk, R, Summers, K, Southwell, K, Avramovic, P, Power, E, Miao, M, Rushworth, N, MacLean, L, Brookes, A & Togher, L 2024, '‘It gives you encouragement because you're not alone’: A pilot study of a multi‐component social media skills intervention for people with acquired brain injury', International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 543-558.
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Brunner, M, Rietdijk, R, Avramovic, P, Power, E, Miao, M, Rushworth, N, MacLean, L, Brookes, A-M & Togher, L 2023, 'Developing Social-ABI-lity: An Online Course to Support Safe Use of Social Media for Connection After Acquired Brain Injury', American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, vol. 32, no. 2S, pp. 924-940.
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Miao, M, Power, E, Rietdijk, R, Debono, D, Brunner, M, Salomon, A, Mcculloch, B, Wright, MR, Welsh, M, Tremblay, B, Rixon, C, Williams, L, Morrow, R, Evain, J-C & Togher, L 2022, 'Coproducing Knowledge of the Implementation of Complex Digital Health Interventions for Adults with Acquired Brain Injury and their Communication Partners: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study', JMIR Research Protocols, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. e35080-e35080.
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FOR Codes: Disability and Functional Capacity, Health Information Systems (incl. Surveillance), Health surveillance

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.