E-Learning Library

Our e-learning library offers flexible, on-demand video learning designed to build understanding of childhood acquired brain injury, wherever and whenever you need it. Created by our specialist team, these recorded sessions share practical insight, real-world guidance, and evidence-informed learning to support families, professionals, and anyone working with or alongside children affected by acquired brain injury.

Each recorded session is grounded in lived experience and professional expertise, helping you deepen knowledge, build confidence, and apply learning in everyday situations. Whether you are supporting a child at home, in education, healthcare, or legal settings, our e-learning provides clear, compassionate guidance you can return to at your own pace, supporting better outcomes for children and families, long after the session ends.

On-Demand Learning for Childhood Acquired Brain Injury

Supporting Life After Injury

The Child Brain Injury Trust's E-learning Library brings together a wide range of recorded video learning designed to support children and young people with acquired brain injury, and the families and professionals around them. From understanding basic brain anatomy to exploring behaviour, fatigue, sleep, attention, and social skills, each session focuses on real-life challenges and practical strategies that can make everyday life feel more manageable.

The library also includes learning shaped by lived experience, covering topics such as sibling impact, self-care for parents, adolescence and transitions, education changes, and supporting young people directly. Whether you are a parent, carer, educator, or professional who works with children, these on-demand sessions allow you to build knowledge at your own pace and return to trusted guidance whenever you need it.

Body and Brain

Basic Brain Anatomy and Functions

This short, on-demand e-learning session offers a clear and accessible introduction to the basic anatomy and functions of the brain, and how damage can affect the way a child thinks, feels, and behaves. Designed for families and professionals alike, the session breaks down complex information into practical, easy-to-understand learning that supports greater confidence when caring for or working with a child with an acquired brain injury.

The session is delivered by Louise Wilkinson, Head of Information & Learning at the Child Brain Injury Trust, and is grounded in both professional expertise and real-world understanding. By the end of the session, participants will have a stronger understanding of the different areas of the brain, what each area is responsible for, and how injury to the brain can influence thinking, behaviour, emotions, and responses in everyday life.

Sexuality and Adolescent Transitions

This short, on-demand e-learning session explores relationships, sexuality, and positive sexual development for young people following an acquired brain injury. It provides a safe, supportive space to understand how brain injury can affect development, boundaries, and social understanding, and why this area may feel particularly confusing or challenging for some young people.

Delivered by Louise Wilkinson, Head of Information & Learning at the Child Brain Injury Trust, the session offers practical guidance for parents, carers, and professionals. By the end of the e-learning, participants will have a clearer understanding of why additional support is often needed, the important role professionals play, and how to help young people navigate relationships and sexuality in a healthy, respectful, and positive way.

Sleep Issues Following an Acquired Brain Injury

This on-demand e-learning session explores sleep and the impact an acquired brain injury can have on a child’s sleep patterns and routines. It helps parents, carers, and professionals understand why sleep difficulties are common after brain injury and how disrupted sleep can affect a child’s wellbeing, behaviour, and ability to cope with everyday demands.

Delivered by Louise Wilkinson, Head of Information & Learning at the Child Brain Injury Trust, the session offers clear, practical guidance you can apply at home or in professional settings. By the end of the e-learning, participants will have a better understanding of what influences sleep, how to create positive sleep conditions for children, and simple, supportive steps parents can take to optimise healthy sleep routines.

All About My Brain - Strategies for Young People

This short, on-demand e-learning session is designed to help explain acquired brain injury to young people in a clear, age-appropriate, and reassuring way. It supports understanding of what has happened, why things may feel different, and helps young people make sense of their own experiences following brain injury.

The session also introduces practical self-help strategies to support confidence, emotional wellbeing, and everyday coping. Created to empower young people, it offers tools they can use in daily life, while also helping parents, carers, and professionals feel more confident in having open, supportive conversations.

Behaviour and Mind

Understanding and Managing Behaviour

This short, on-demand e-learning session explores behaviour following childhood acquired brain injury, focusing on why some children experience challenging behaviour and how this can affect everyday life. It helps parents, carers, and professionals better understand the underlying causes of behaviour changes after brain injury, moving beyond labels to insight, empathy, and practical support.

The session draws on research and real-world experience to share what helps. By the end of the e-learning, participants will have a clearer understanding of how behavioural difficulties can impact home life, education, and social relationships, alongside practical strategies and ideas to support children and their families in managing behaviour with confidence and compassion.

Understanding and Managing Fatigue

This short, on-demand e-learning session focuses on fatigue following childhood acquired brain injury, one of the most common yet often misunderstood challenges children and young people face. It helps parents, carers, and professionals understand why fatigue occurs after brain injury and why it can look very different from ordinary tiredness.

The session explores how fatigue can affect a child or young person at home, in education, and socially. By the end of the e-learning, participants will have a clearer understanding of practical ways to support and manage fatigue, helping reduce its impact on daily life and supporting a child’s wellbeing and participation.

Understanding and Managing Social Skills

This short, on-demand e-learning session explores social skills following childhood acquired brain injury, focusing on why some children and young people find social interaction more difficult after injury. It helps explain how changes to the brain can affect understanding of social cues, friendships, and the “unwritten rules” of everyday life.

The session looks at how social difficulties can impact a child or young person at home, in education, and in wider social settings. By the end of the e-learning, participants will have a clearer understanding of practical ways to support social situations, helping children build confidence, feel included, and reduce the impact of social challenges on daily life.

Understanding and Managing Attention and Concentration

This short, on-demand e-learning session explores attention and concentration difficulties following acquired brain injury and why these challenges are so common for children and young people. It helps parents, carers, and professionals understand how brain injury can affect focus, processing, and mental stamina, even when difficulties are not immediately visible.

The session offers practical strategies to help manage attention and concentration in everyday life, including at home, in education, and in social settings. By building understanding and sharing supportive approaches, this e-learning aims to reduce frustration, support learning, and help children feel more confident and understood.

Understanding and Managing Oragnisation and Planning

This short, on-demand e-learning session explores organisation and planning difficulties following acquired brain injury, and why these skills can be particularly affected for children and young people. It helps parents, carers, and professionals understand how changes to the brain can impact tasks such as organising schoolwork, managing time, remembering steps, and planning everyday activities.

The session shares practical, supportive strategies to help manage organisation and planning challenges at home, in education, and in daily life. By increasing understanding and offering clear approaches, this e-learning supports greater independence, reduced stress, and more positive outcomes for children and young people living with acquired brain injury.

Family Support

Self Care for Parents

This short, on-demand e-learning session focuses on the importance of self-care for parents and carers supporting a child with an acquired brain injury. It recognises the emotional, physical, and practical demands families often face and offers an honest, supportive look at why looking after yourself is not a luxury, but a vital part of supporting your child.

The session shares practical advice and real-life insight from a parent who has been through the journey themselves. By the end of the e-learning, participants will have a better understanding of common parental emotions, what self-care really means, and where to find further support, including charities, counselling, and other helpful services.

Supporting SIblings

This on-demand e-learning session explores how having a brother or sister with an acquired brain injury can affect siblings, often in ways that are unseen or misunderstood. It helps parents, carers, and professionals understand the emotional, behavioural, and social impact this experience can have on siblings, and why their needs matter too.

The session explains why siblings may behave differently and how changes within the family can affect them over time. By the end of the e-learning, participants will have a clearer understanding of practical ways to support siblings and help reduce the risk of longer-term emotional or wellbeing difficulties, ensuring every child in the family feels seen, supported, and understood.

How to Avoid a Christmas Meltdown

Holidays and festive periods are often expected to be joyful, but for families supporting a child or young person with an acquired brain injury, they can also bring added pressure, fatigue, and emotional challenges. This short, on-demand e-learning session explores why changes in routine, busy environments, and heightened expectations can be particularly difficult at these times, and how this can affect the whole family.

The session offers practical, compassionate guidance on what to avoid, what to embrace, and how to plan ahead. By the end of the e-learning, participants will have a better understanding of strategies that can help reduce stress, support wellbeing, and create calmer, more enjoyable holiday experiences for everyone.

Rearrange Your Brain: Young People and Siblings

This short, on-demand e-learning session is based on our book Rearrange Your Brain and is designed especially for young people, including siblings who have a brother or sister with an acquired brain injury. It helps explain brain injury in an age-appropriate, engaging way, supporting understanding of changes they may notice at home, in family life, or in themselves.

The session creates a safe, supportive space for young people to explore thoughts and feelings, ask questions, and feel less alone in their experiences. Through clear explanations and relatable messages, it encourages empathy, resilience, and confidence, helping siblings and young people better understand brain injury and the important role they play within their family.

ABI and the Links to Youth Offending

This short, on-demand e-learning session explores the link between acquired brain injury and offending behaviour, helping to build understanding of why some children and young people with an ABI may become involved with the justice system. It looks at how changes to the brain can affect impulse control, emotional regulation, decision-making, and understanding consequences, factors that are often misunderstood.

The session supports professionals and carers to move beyond behaviour-focused responses and consider the underlying needs of the child or young person. By increasing awareness and insight, this e-learning encourages more informed, compassionate, and effective support, helping to reduce risk, improve outcomes, and promote fairer responses for young people living with acquired brain injury.

Education Support

Brain Injury Awareness in Early Years Settings

This short, on-demand e-learning session explores head injury in children under five, focusing on why this age group is particularly vulnerable and the impact early head injury can have on development. Designed for those working in Early Years settings, as well as parents and carers, the session combines key statistics with practical insight to support early recognition and informed responses.

The session looks at the prevalence of head injury in the under 5s, why young children and babies are more at risk, and the signs to look out for following a head injury. It also explores longer-term considerations and the importance of creating safe environments, helping professionals feel more confident in protecting, supporting, and responding to young children after head injury.

Transitioning from Primary to Secondary School

This short, on-demand e-learning session explores how to support a child or young person with an acquired brain injury within a school environment. It helps education professionals, parents, and carers understand how brain injury can affect learning, behaviour, attention, and emotional regulation in the classroom and wider school setting.

The session offers practical guidance and real-world strategies to support inclusion, reduce barriers to learning, and build confidence for children and young people. By increasing understanding and awareness, this e-learning supports more positive educational experiences and better outcomes at school.

Factsheets and Practical Guides for ABI

Our Resources and Guides bring together clear, practical factsheets designed to help families and professionals understand childhood acquired brain injury and its wide-ranging impact. Covering topics such as education, wellbeing, behaviour, fatigue, and everyday challenges, these resources offer trusted information you can dip into whenever questions arise, whether you are newly adjusting to life after injury or supporting a child further along their journey.

Each factsheet is written by our specialist team and shaped by real family experiences, turning complex information into clear, accessible guidance. Whether you are a parent, carer, educator, health professional, or legal professional, our resources are there to support informed decisions, shared understanding, and more confident conversations, helping children with acquired brain injury feel understood and supported in every setting.

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About the Child Brain Injury Trust

E-Learning Library

On-Demand Learning for Childhood Acquired Brain Injury

Supporting Life After Injury

Body and Brain

Behaviour and Mind

Family Support

Education Support

Factsheets and Practical Guides for ABI

Your Donation Changes Lives

Family support

Ready to join the fight for families affected by brain injury?

About the Child Brain Injury Trust

Family support

Ready to join the fight for families affected by brain injury?

About the Child Brain Injury Trust