This resource outlines how individuals returning to work after brain injury can better prepare, and find support through resources and reasonable accommodations from their employer. Through careful self-assessment of current challenges and dialogue with their employer to navigate the accommodations process when needed, people with brain injury can retain employment.

Authored by NASHIA’s own Maria Crowley, Director of Professional Development, with support from the Administration for Community Living Disability Employment TA Center.

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The Self-Advocacy Scale (SAS) provides an assessment of the individual’s self-efficacy related to his or her self-advocacy abilities. Self-efficacy is the individual’s belief in his or her own capacity to complete tasks and attain related goals. Self-efficacy is an important aspect of motivation and taking on new challenges. 

The SAS was found to be a reliable and valid measures of self-efficacy specific to personal advocacy in individuals post-ABI. 

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Full Participation involves supporting individuals with brain injury by providing tools, resources, and supports so that they are equal, contributing members with a sense of belonging. The original Full Participation Guide was created in 2008 to help states meet this level of support. The updated document is intended as a guide for best practices and can be used readily and frequently by states and partners across all states and settings. The tips and tools provided contribute to the full and meaningful participation of everyone in meetings, work groups and conferences.

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