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Social Rehabilitation:

Following a brain injury most people will be fortunate in that they will not experience changes in their day ñ day family or working life-style. They will simply be able to pick up the threads of their previous life and carry on as normal.

Others are less fortunate, due to the effects that can occur following a brain injury, which prevents individuals being able to manage day ñ day living. Some examples of theses particular difficulties are:

  • Personality changes can affect personal relationships, which causes additional stress to family life.
  • Poor/limited motivation can result with a person losing their job, as they have no enthusiasm to get up out of bed in the morning.
  • Changes in behaviour can cause embarrassment to family members, friends and work colleagues. This results in a person becoming socially isolated.

Fifeís traumatic brain injury service was specifically established/developed to work with adults in their own localities, to promote and enable individuals to access a variety of facilities to improve their quality of life and encourage independence.

To find examples of Social rehabilitation programmes introduced to set individuals please select a label in the diagram below.

Examples of Rehabilitation Programmes

What are Social/Interpersonal Skills?

Social skills assist people to present and interact with others in an acceptable manner. These particular skills enable individuals to be more aware of othersí feelings and that of the cues given by others to be responsive in a range of Social, work and living situations with which they are exposed to on a daily basis.

The development of Social skills allows the opportunity to enhance and manage interactions with others, providing a greater awareness of our own abilities and that of others. Most people can usefully take account of the ways in which they manage encounters with others.

Social skills can however fall into disrepair as individualsí circumstances change particularly following that of a traumatic brain injury. Individuals might suffer from disinhibition or a reduced awareness of their own abilities to converse/present with others as a direct result of their injury, resulting with Social isolation.

Social/Interpersonal skills are largely about:

  • Developing good communication skills: listening well, thinking about what is said and being aware of non-verbal cues. Having the ability to respond and anticipate the possible consequences of words and actions.
  • Being aware of othersí feelings, concerns and wants, knowing how best to respond to these.
  • Having insight into oneís own feelings and desires and of the ways in which these affect others.
  • Developing the skills to understand and manage personal feelings/emotions.
  • Understanding groups, knowing why people are different on their own, with friends or in situations where they are dealing authority.

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