Study Findings on Brain Injury Are Outlined in Reports from Monash University (Behaviour Support for People With Acquired Brain Injury Within the National Disability Insurance Scheme: an Australian Survey of the Provider Market): Central Nervous System Diseases and Conditions – Brain Injury

2024 FEB 22 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Central Nervous System Diseases and Conditions - Brain Injury have been published. According to news originating from Frankston, Australia, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “People with acquired brain injury (ABI) may experience behaviours of concern that require therapy services, including behaviour support. In Australia, the implementation of a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and development of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, has led to significant changes to behaviour support workforce processes, and the way behaviour support is funded, regulated and delivered to people with ABI who are Scheme participants.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Monash University, “The aim of this study was to explore the current and future provider market of professionals providing behaviour supports to Scheme participants who experience ABI. An anonymous survey was designed and distributed via social media channels, an email listserv and professional association newsletters to professionals working within the NDIS in Australia. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and content analysis. One hundred and two surveys responses were analysed. A majority of professionals had an average understanding of the NDIS Quality and Safeguard Commission rules and policies on behaviour support. Responses to current and future registration as an NDIS Practitioner indicated the workforce gap could increase by between 17 and 26%. Respondents also raised concerns about the lack of training and experience of allied health professional students and graduates in addressing behaviours of concern. Responses to the open-ended question highlighted additional issues in the provision of behaviour support within the NDIS.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “This research highlighted the need for an NDIS behaviour support workforce strategy and supply-side market intervention to ensure a viable and sustainable workforce for people with ABI who need behaviour support.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Behaviour Support for People With Acquired Brain Injury Within the National Disability Insurance Scheme: an Australian Survey of the Provider Market. Brain Impairment, 2023;24(3):474-488. Brain Impairment can be contacted at: Cambridge Univ Press, Edinburgh Bldg, Shaftesbury Rd, CB2 8RU Cambridge, England. (Cambridge University Press - www.cambridge.org; Brain Impairment - http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=BIM)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Libby Callaway, Monash University, Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Frankston, Australia. Additional authors for this research include Em Bould and Sue Sloan.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1017/brimp.2022.10. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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