Due to the increasing profile of acquired brain injury, there are more and more high quality books, films and documentaries being made on the subject.
Headway Thames Valley recommends…
The Crash Reel follows Kevin Pearce; training to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kevin suffered severe traumatic brain injury from a 2009 accident in Park City, Utah. His tight-knit Vermont family flew to his side, and together they began an intensive process of trying to rehabilitate him and help him rebuild his permanently damaged life.
The Brain Injury Workbook by Trevor Powell evolved from working with head-injured groups at Headway, and those attempting to return to work, this is a rich, comprehensive and photocopiable workbook for professionals, carers and those who have suffered brain-injury. It contains more than 140 cognitive rehabilitation exercises – tailored for memory; thinking skills; executive functions; awareness and insight; and emotional adjustment. Louis Theroux: A Different Brain Louis takes a look at the issues that some of the estimated one million people in the UK living with the long-term effects of a brain injury have to deal with. Louis spends time with staff and service users at the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust, one of the UK’s largest providers of neuro-behavioural rehabilitation, in an effort to understand how individuals and their families come to terms with this life-changing condition.
My Parent Has A Brain Injury by Jo Johnson, the book is aimed at young people with a brain injured parent and would be useful to those aged from around 11 to early adulthood. It provides clear and accessible information about the human brain and brain injury. The information reassures young people about the wide range of feelings they might be experiencing and provides strategies for coping with these emotions.



