Acquired Brain Injuries (level 2) - a Home Study Distance Learning Course

COURSE OVERVIEW

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A distance learning course is the ideal way to gain a Level 2 qualification in Acquired Brain Injuries. Whether you're looking to go on to further education, improve your job prospects or expand your knowledge, distance learning Level 2 Acquired Brain Injuries is a flexible and convenient course, which allows you to comprehensively prepare for a exam or career through home study. What's more, because the distance learning Level 2 Acquired Brain Injuries course is a fully comprehensive course, no prior knowledge is required.

Acquired Brain Injuries challenge an individual’s quality of life, dignity and independence. People who have a brain injury have to learn to live life as fully as possible, often needing to relearn previously acquired skills. The Acquired Brain Injury programme will provide all health care workers with a broad understanding of brain injuries in order individuals with a brain injury through this process.

Brain injuries can be very diverse with regards to how they affect an individual. This course will look at some of the common problems this client group experience, including cognitive, physical and emotional effects. The learner is also given “good practice” tips, practical strategies and advice on how to work with a person who is affected by a brain injury, including helping a person adjust to living with a brain injury

Course Key Topics The Level 2 Award in Acquired Brain Injuries is divided into eight comprehensive modules.

Module 1: The Brain and the Central Nervous System (CNS)
Module 2: What is ABI and what causes it?
Module 3: Treating ABI
Module 4: Rehabilitation
Module 5: Effects of ABI
Module 6: Practical strategies to overcome the effects of ABI
Module 7: Adjusting to life after a brain injury
Module 8: Legislation

Home Study Tutor Support

You will be provided with comprehensive materials designed to provide you with everything required to complete Acquired Brain Injuries course. You will have your own personal tutor helping you with your course work and with any questions you may have. Plus you can contact our Student Advisors by email or phone for all the practical advice you may need – so we really are with you 100%.

What's more, you'll have access to the online student portal, where you can interact with other students, browse our resource library and manage your account.

Course Assessments

The Acquired Brain Injuries courseis marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

We send the full course out, you then read through the course in your own time and complete the assignments which you send to your tutor for marking. There is no word count for these assignments. However, one sentence answers will be rejected and you will have to re-submit it for marking.

Upon verification of the activities, exercises and assignments, a certificate of achievement will be awarded by the national awarding organisation NCFE, as confirmation that your written work has met all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the programme.

Course Duration

We recommend you spend approximately 100 hours of your time studying for the Acquired Brain Injuriescourse. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Get started today, and you can earn your Level 2 Award in Acquired Brain Injuries in as little as six months, or take up to a year, if you prefer – the choice is yours.