This session takes place on Tuesday 2 September 2025, from 1pm to 2.30pm
Delivered as a webinar via Teams
Part of our Understanding Neurodivergence and Multiple Disadvantage learning series.
The webinar will focus on a six-month brain injury identification and screening pilot within Nottingham Recovery Network. It will cover:
- The evidence base for the relationship between brain injury and substance use
- The complexities of co-existing difficulties
- Increasing staff awareness through training
- Learning from those referred and seen
- Longer-term hopes for developing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for brain injury within substance use services.
Presenters:
- Anna Tickle is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist working in Nottingham Recovery Network and Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham. Anna has found that brain injury goes unnamed and unrecognised in homelessness and substance use services but can often easily be found in people’s histories if you know what you are looking for. Anna is keen to develop evidence-based interventions for people facing SMD who also have brain injury; she is supervising research to do so and has co-edited a forthcoming book chapter on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for people with acquired brain injury in the context of SMD.
- Natasha Bloor is a Trainee Clinical Psychologist on placement in Nottingham Recovery Network (NRN). Prior to training, Natasha worked clinically and as a researcher with people who had brain injury. This included people facing severe and multiple disadvantage, including within prisons. Natasha is thus bringing skills and knowledge to NRN and supporting workforce development so that brain injury can be more readily identified and responded to.
This session will be recorded and the materials later hosted through the NCVS website.
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