The Brain Injury Network links government and non-government organisations, allied health and medical professionals, researchers and other professionals working in the field of brain injury. These networking events give professionals an opportunity to share information and develop connections that broaden knowledge and impact.
Our speakers on the day will be:
Rebekah Dewberry, Director/Speech Pathologist Red Soup Speech Pathology. Rebekah will be giving a presentation on “Speech pathology, assistive technology and the NDIS”.
Brooke Kooymans, Griffith University/Rehability. Brooke is a social worker with almost 20 years experience working in acquired disability, complex rehabilitation and catastrophic injury management. She is working on her PhD at Griffith University and will be discussing “Social Workers’ perspectives on responding to the psychosocial need in the community neuro rehabilitation setting”.
Travis Docherty, Clinical Director of Allied Health Services Australia, Paediatric Centre, Gold Coast (Paediatric Specialist Medical and Allied Health) and Rehabilitation At Home, Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Services.
This presentation will initially take you on a birds eye through the journey of “The Main Event” being the day the brain injury occurred through to ones successful reintegration back into the community as a NDIS participant. Identifying road blocks and how to overcome them and plan for the long term.
Tim Cudmore, a Disabled Motivational speaker, Life Coach and Disability Mentor. Tim brings his personal experience with a Brain Injury and will talk about his greatest achievements include surviving and thriving physically, mentally and emotionally despite severe impairments, training himself to walk independently, learning to drive without modification and mastering emotional response control. He will also be talking about his specialised mentoring and education ventures through Cudmore Consulting and Problem solving (AKA AskTim).
