
PBS+PLUS is an evidence-based approach to helping adults build a meaningful life & self-regulate #behaviour after #AcquiredBrainInjury @MERRC_Research
Monash University, Australia
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So proud of @nadineholgate - one of our fabulously skilled PBS+PLUS practitioners and trainers, winning a 2023 AgriFutures Rural Women's Acceleration Grant! Nadine will use her funds to advance rural access to rehab services for clinicians and people with #BrainInjury 馃憦 馃憦

ALT Article from the Country News on 24th January 2023 by Andy Wilson. Title is High praise for grant recipient. Photo of Nadine Holgate and her dog, Banjo. Highlighted quote reads "It is really important that people across the country have access to trained and skilled clinicians and community resources, and I think Nadine's project is going to be instrumental in advancing that access" quote attributed to Kate Gould.
Drs Lisa Johnston & Kate Gould @THINKFULLY_ talk about the potential of #PBSplus for @Epworth #Neurorehabilitation as part of the research month.
Link to the webinar now available!猬囷笍
vimeo.com/764773920
@MERRC_Research @TI_BrainRehab #ChallengingBehaviour #BrainInjury #PBS
A rare delight to have so many @PBSPlusProject #Neuropsych trainees together! So good to celebrate the year's successes at the @MonashUni Psych Doctoral Dinner.
Lauren Rossetti, @ElliotBrooker98 @THINKFULLY_ @JaoCarminati Tracey Chau @Jai_Carmichael_
This quote from philosopher Will Durant really resonates with our approach to PBS+PLUS
"Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art; it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement"
Tim Giving a shout out to PBSplus clinicians @THINKFULLY_ and @nadineholgate. They do great work. But we also work with everyday people so when the clinicians leave, they can keep up the work!
.@TimFeeney46 summing up his brilliant keynote address at #braininjuryconference22 with the big deals. As said by @BrainInjuryAus "clarifying brilliance"
Identity is formed from THEIR view of their old me. Drawing from the @dr_f_gracey and @jonathanjevans discussion of the y-shaped model. we create opportunities for people to have enhanced social capital in their lives.
We're collaborative consultants in constructing a meaningful life: paint me a picture first, then, we'll get to the goals. Towards creating a self-directed identity. You direct the symphony of supports, through ongoing choices and actions.
It's about establishing a respectful relationship, not about rapport. "I'm a guest in your house". We show that we're wrong, open to opposition, & more effective as a result.
It's all about humour- that connects us with our humanity, and people like to work with us when when we have a sense of a humour. Our job is not to make you happy, but help you move towards the life you want.
We're in the risk taking business. There's dignity in taking risks. Every good thing we do stands on the razor's edge of disaster.
Hope & optimism are more critical than any intervention. Hope is action. We believe something will work. Our @RelentlessOpt podcast explores this!





















