Behavioral disorders following severe or moderate TC: Highlighting expertise of the families

Abstract

Post-traumatic behavioral disorders are a serious challenge for social participation of brain-injured people. Quality of life in the families is affected by these troubles. Recently, SOFMER recommends families’ information. Create a training workshop, to families and health professionals, pooling their expertise. Analysis of previous studies results, a quantitative one (130 brain-injured people and their families), a qualitative one and using interviews (30). Creation of the training workshop, using studies results and analyzing information guides already created. Conducting a training workshop in two days. First day includes professionals and Union of Family Associations vice-president oral presentations around three themes: – how to explain behavioral disorders? – how to treat them? – how to improve care pathways and the quality of life? A professional actor animated the second day. Aim was to consider that professional knowledge does not prevail over families’ knowledge. Exchanging of opinion and acting (from scenarios created by participants) are used all over the session. A multimedia support is available, gathering interventions, video presentations and links to interesting Internet. Training workshop and multimedia support are being improved. Immediate participant evaluations are all positive, but effectiveness evaluation cannot be performed at this date. However, it corresponds to SOFMER recommendations. It can be provided to any team wishing it.