A ground-breaking rehabilitation centre in the Lake District has appointed a new member to its team.
Donald Graham, has joined neurorehabilitation centre Reconnections, part of the Lake District Calvert Trust, near Keswick, as a positive behaviour support practitioner.
Donald’s appointment expands Reconnections’ interdisciplinary team which includes neuro occupational therapists, neuro physiotherapists, neuro speech and language therapists, neuro psychologists and rehabilitation coaches.
The team works collaboratively to deliver individual plans for participants on their rehabilitation journey.
Reconnections head of service, Claire Appleton, said: “Donald’s arrival as a positive behaviour support practitioner further develops our ground-breaking cognitive and behavioural rehabilitation programme.
“Challenging behaviours are a common consequence of brain injury. There is strong evidence that positive behaviour support is effective in producing positive outcomes, helping ABI survivors to communicate in a more adaptive way and increasing life opportunities. The response to Donald’s arrival has been very positive indeed.”
Donald added: “Reconnections is delivering outstanding clinical outcomes by combining high quality, interdisciplinary neurological care and support with outdoor activities. It is an exciting time to implement PBS plans for our participants as part of their wider brain injury rehabilitation programme.”
