COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING LEVEL TWO

ACQUIRING OR AFFIRMING KNOWLEDGE of:

• The anatomy and physiology of the brain
• Tests and scores
• Medical machinery
• Current coma treatments
• Metabolic processes
• Traumatic brain injury
• Legal issues; euthanasia, living wills, donor organ donations, guardianship
• Edges and edge behaviour

  PRACTICING SKILLS of:

• Relationship building; with nurses and medical staff, family members and loved ones, team members
• Coma communication with patients with traumatic brain injury and in metabolic coma
• Following processes and counseling in coma
• Counseling in recovery
• Recording and verifying information
• Writing case studies
• Working with our own edges
• Debriefing and self care practices

  REFELECTING ON ATTITUDES to:

• Choice and ethics
• Self care
• Experts and lay people
• Deep democracy in ourselves, clients and others

At the end of this training you will be asked to return for an evening to:

• Fill in a questionnaire to ensure understanding of the content of this training
• Counsel someone the trainer will present to you:

  o A partner who has recovered from a coma
  o A family member dealing with long term coma scenario
  o Nursing staff burn-out

• Present a case study of a client
• Be able to catch and discuss your own edge behaviour

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