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The Road Ahead – Next Exit: Hope, a helpful look at how brain injuries affect the whole family for ages 5-10

Jodie Milward and Carol Paetkau

This special book for children helps them understand their reactions and emotions when a parent or sibling has a brain injury. Written for children ages 5-10, it is an interactive story book that uses a variety of tools to help youths express themselves. Puzzles, mazes, coloring, drawing pictures, writing stories – these are just a few of the tools that help children share their feelings and understand the impact of a brain injury on the entire family. This book helps parents and family members communicate with their children about the emotional upheaval and changes in their lives due to a parent or sibling’s brain injury.

Item: ROAD

Price: $10.00

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Full Description

The emotional needs of children in the family are too often overlooked when a parent or sibling has a traumatic brain injury. Information and support to help children sort out their feelings, understand their emotions, and adjust to an altered family life are critical. This creative book helps children understand that they are grieving and gives them a variety of tools to express themselves. It is filled with colorful illustrations, exercises, and comments that will draw children in as they read about the experiences and thoughts of their peers. This is not a book that talks to children, rather it is a book about children talking with children. Their voices are powerful and we can all learn from them.

Details
Item	ROAD
Pages	32 pages, 8.5 by 11 softcover with full color illustrations
Year	2006

Authors

This special book was written by Jodie Milward and designed by Carol Paetkau of the Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. There are many other authors who are the voices of children and their families whose names are not listed to protect their privacy. It is their experiences and hopes for the future that are the central message and story of this book.