Young People and Teens Resources
Growing up with an acquired brain injury can bring challenges that affect how young people think, feel, learn, and connect with others. Young people and teenagers may be navigating changes to school, friendships, independence, and identity, often while trying to make sense of what has happened to them.
Our young people and teens resources are here to support them directly. They offer clear, age-appropriate information, practical tools, and reassurance to help young people understand their experiences, build confidence, and feel supported as they move forward.
Explore our Young People and Teens Resources
These resources are designed to support young people and teenagers in ways that feel relevant, honest, and empowering.
They offer practical advice, tools, and information to help manage everyday challenges, emotions, and changes. Young people can explore these resources at their own pace, knowing support is available whenever they need it.
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E-Learning Videos
Body and Brain
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.
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.
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.
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.
Other
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.
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.
Behaviour and Mind
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Referral process
Referring a child or young person to the Child Brain Injury Trust is straightforward and supportive. Our referral process is designed to make sure families affected by acquired brain injury are guided to the right help at the right time, with compassion, clarity, and care.
Whether you’re a professional or a family member, we’ll work alongside you to understand the child’s needs and connect them with tailored support.
For full details on how the process works, what information is needed, and what happens next, please click the button below.
Your Donation Changes Lives
Acquired brain injury can happen to any child, at any moment, and when it does, it changes everything for the whole family.
The Child Brain Injury Trust is here to make sure no child or family faces the journey of acquired brain injury alone.