Nationwide Survey Launched to Better Understand Childhood ABI

A consortium of brain injury charities and a leading University’s School of Psychology is launching a UK-wide survey to understand educators’ perceptions and understanding of childhood acquired brain injury (ABI).

The research is being carried out by the School of Psychology at Swansea University, who are part of the United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum’s (UKABIF) Special Interest Group for Wales as well as The Child Brain Injury Trust, and UKABIF’s National ABI Education and Learning Syndicate (NABLES).

Open to anyone aged over 18 years and working in an educational role, the survey aims

to gather information around the challenges children face in their learning following an acquired brain injury. The study also aims to identify what, if any, training or learning that teachers or teaching assistants may have completed around acquired brain injury.

Chloe Hayward, Executive Director at UKABIF, said: “This is the first nation-wide survey of schools to have focused on acquired brain injury. The scale of this survey will provide us with a better understanding of how childhood brain injury can affect a child’s experience of education. It is so important that people take part even if they feel they do not come across children with brain injuries in their work. I would encourage anyone working in the educational sphere to add their voice by completing the survey.”

The survey will take around 15 minutes to complete and can be filled in online. If at any time, during or after, a participant wishes to withdraw their data, they can do so by emailing ABIWales@UKABIF.org.org within two weeks providing their unique identifier generated during the survey.

To find out more about the survey, go to www.ukabif.org.uk/schoolsurvey. Anyone who completes the survey can enter a prize draw for a place on one of the Child Brain Injury Trust’s Understanding Childhood Acquired Brain Injury online workshops. The survey is accessible at https://swanseachhs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7X7jYSLIoY98PHM