These have been written specially for families to give them basic information in the early days following their child's injury. They will also be useful to professionals who are not specialists in head injury. How families can help We hope you find them useful. An architect identifies the questions a family will need to consider if it is clear that their existing accommodation is unsuitable for a child who has recently become disabled. Suggestions are made regarding further sources of advice, including professionals involved with the child.
Reference is made to planning approval and building regulations.
Details are given of spatial dimensions needed, including allowance for the child's growth. A checklist is provided for considering various rooms, and the garden, not forgetting that the child may have problems which are not only physical resulting from the head injury. This short booklet is for teachers and schools to help children with moderate to severe head injuries in their return to school after an accident. You're not the only one - Having a brother or sister with a head injury People react in different ways when someone they are close to is badly injured. Many of these feelings are normal reactions to the accident.