The Road Ahead - Next exit: hope for ages 5-10

The Road Ahead - Next exit: hope for ages 5-10

Carol Paetkau and Jodie Millward
This colorful activity booklet for children helps them understand a parent or sibling’s brain injury through puzzles, descriptions, artwork, and answers to common questions.
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The Road Ahead: Next Exit Hope is a booklet created by Carol Paetkau and Jodie Millward of the Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association. This booklet was developed with the support and guidance of people with an acquired brain injury and their families who wanted to share their stories with families new to this experience. Although this booklet is designed for younger children who have siblings and/or parents with acquired brain injuries, it is intended to be used with an adult. Parents and children can use the booklet together to share thoughts, stories, fears and tears. We would like to thank Fraser Health, Ronald McDonald House Charities and Soroptimist International of Abbotsford/Mission for their sponsorship in "The Road Ahead, next exit: hope".

Details
Item ROAD
Pages 32 pages 8 1/2 x 11 soft cover
Year 2006

Contents

Introduction

What is an Acquired Brain Injury?

What am I Feeling?

When your Mom or Dad gets hurt

When your Brother or Sister gets Hurt

What about the Rest of the Family

For Parents! Where do I go for help

Excerpts

Introduction

When someone we love gets hurt the first question is “are they going to survive”? When everything is done to save their life and the doctor says “they are going to live”, a sense of relief overwhelms the family. This is the beginning of a new chapter in a family’s life.

From the beginning it’s clear that an injury affects the whole family, especially when it’s as serious as an acquired brain injury. There are so many questions and not enough answers. This booklet will not provide all the answers but will serve as a guide for families new to acquired brain injury.

This material is geared towards children ages 5 to 10 years old that have a sibling or a parent with an acquired brain injury. It is designed to be interactive in order to help children relate the information to their own thoughts and feelings. The “Parents Only!” section is designed to give parents some ideas about how to help their children understand what is happening in their family.

The “In the Words of Survivors” section contains comments from people who have had acquired brain injuries. These quotes may help you understand what their struggles, experiences and hopes for the future are.

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