It has been a successful past year for the Reconnect Transition Program (RTP), which is one of our programs gratefully funded by the Lifetime Support Authority.
RTP is a program that facilitates an opportunity for people living with brain injury to come together, connect, and learn tips and strategies from one another, and through other with the involvement of mentors with lived experience as a crucial element of the group – and contributes to the success of each 10 week program.
A major new development over the past year has been the introduction of regional online express Reconnect Transition Program (eRTP) sessions. Held monthly, people from Mt Gambier and surrounding areas come together in person to connect with someone from our team online. These two-hour sessions cover a different topic each month with a strong focus on adjusting to life after a brain injury, and mental health.
The sessions are co-facilitated by a psychologist and experienced mentors who have lived experience of brain injury, and have been attended by people living with brain injury, family members, and support workers.
The eRTP meets a strong need for further support in the regions, something captured by the following testimonials.
Following my injury I moved back to the country to be with family and encountered the huge gap in support and education for Brain Injury in rural areas. So, thank you sincerely for providing this group!
Friday’s group was quite significant for me. I’ve never physically attended a support group!! Friday’s group made everything, even after 9 years of navigating my injury, finally seem VERY real! Physically meeting and connecting with so many people who experience the same symptoms and difficulties brought on a shift in my thinking and actualisation of my injury.
It was actually lovely to feel so validated amongst others who understand a similar predicament.
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