My Brain Star
For people who are recovering from a Brain Injury
Who is My Brain Star for?
My Brain Star was developed to support people who are recovering following a brain injury – perhaps due to an accident, stroke, brain tumour, aneurysm or other cause. It is designed to be completed after any initial acute hospital phase is over.
My Brain Star helps people with a brain injury understand the impact it has on their life and how to get the right sort of support for the effects of their brain injury. The Star helps them and the services supporting them identify progress towards key outcomes like my thinking skills, everyday tasks and my physical health, and give clarity on where to focus next.
Using the Outcomes Star approach
My Brain Star is designed to be used as part of the Outcomes Star approach. That’s why we provide essential training and ongoing support to all licenced practitioners, so you can embed the Outcomes Star approach in your practice.
How does My Brain Star work?
My Brain Star covers nine key outcome areas that help people with a brain injury to better understand the effects of their brain injury, manage well and feel more fulfilled in their life. It assesses their progress towards each outcome area following a five-stage Journey of Change.
You and the people you support will fill out the Star together, and use it to better identify where their strengths lie and where they might need more help, and to make plans for moving forward along the journey.
Outcome areas
My thinking skills
Everyday tasks
Personal admin
My physical health
How I feel
How I spend my time
Communication and social skills
Social and support networks
My safety
The Journey of Change
01
Things are not OK
02
Getting help
03
Exploring new ways
04
Finding what works
05
Managing well
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Always rooted in expertise and experience
My Brain Star was developed in collaboration with Headway – the brain injury association.
