Raise community awareness of brain injury and its effects
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Review leadership and governance responsibilities’
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Connect to te ao Māori knowledge
Connect to te ao Māori knowledge
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Use the curriculum to develop opportunities
Use the curriculum to develop opportunities
Take a creative approach to building children and young people’s understanding of brain injury.
- Role-play activities and stories
- Units of study within the health and physical education curriculum
- Projects and inquiries that inspire passion
- Units of study related to forces in science or physics
- Units of study related to how the brain works
- Student and/or teacher inquiry projects focussed on brain injury and how to support recovery
Plan and promote specific events
Plan and promote specific events
Consider how you can use these approaches to connect with and inform all members of your community.
- Series of articles in a newsletter
- Set up an information table at sports events and community fair days
- Plan a social media campaign or write a series of blog posts for your website
- Promote Brain awareness week through your school blog or website and use it as a springboard for discussion
- Organise partnership events with Brain Injury New Zealand or Headway
- Information evenings
- Workshop with local iwi
- Workshop with local sports coaches
Make use of online resources
Make use of online resources
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Reflection questions
Reflection questions
To effectively raise awareness of your diverse community, consider how you will:
- value cultural and community knowledge
- reflect both te ao Māori and te ao Pākehā
- connect learning to the curriculum
- provide information in multiple ways to ensure everyone has access
- include opportunities for discussion
- seek out and make space for diverse perspectives
- utilise local and international research
- provide access to up-to-date resources and materials
- partner with local support agencies.
Useful resources
Useful resources
Helping New Zealanders living with brain injury: Resources and links
A range of downloadable resources and helpful links for those living with brain injury.
Publisher: Brain Injury NZ
Te Whare o Oro
A mātauranga Māori framework for understanding the roro (brain). Includes a chapter on adapting Te Whare o Oro for specific neurodivergence and trauma.
Publisher: Te Atawhai o Te Ao Charitable Trust
Concussion: Recognise the signs
This section of the ACC SportSmart website provides information about recognising the signs of concussion.
Publisher: ACC New Zealand
Next steps
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Acquired brain injury and learning
How to use this site
Guide to Index of the guide: Acquired brain injury and learning
Understand:
- Understand the basics about ABI
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Understand impacts on learning and wellbeingShow suggestions for Understand impacts on learning and wellbeing
Strategies for action:
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Review leadership and governance responsibilitiesShow suggestions for Review leadership and governance responsibilities
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Concussion: Support a return to learning and activityShow suggestions for Concussion: Support a return to learning and activity
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI): Support a return to learning and activityShow suggestions for Traumatic brain injury (TBI): Support a return to learning and activity
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Non-traumatic brain injury: Support a return to learning and activityShow suggestions for Non-traumatic brain injury: Support a return to learning and activity
