What are we?

PAEDIATRIC ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM (PABICOP) is an outreach program for children and adolescents with acquired brain injuries (ABI) and their families.  PABICOP compliments the services already available within each child/adolescent's community.  We recognize that children and adolescents with ABI and their families have complex and long-term needs.

What are our Objectives?

This program aims to:

• Provide single point access for case coordination/case management
• Support children and adolescents with ABI and their families through difficult and complex transitions from hospital to home, school and community 
• Support children and adolescents with ABI related social, academic, medical and/or emotional issues
• Assist families to gain knowledge and skills to access the services needed for their child's health, education, social and emotional development
• Provide health promotion regarding prevention and management of ABI 

How Will Services be Delivered?

Family centered, culturally sensitive service will be delivered through:

• Clinics in the counties of Middlesex, Elgin, Oxford, Huron and Perth
• Home visits, telephone support, consultation and counselling
• Interdisciplinary case conferences
• School and community liason
• In-services and workshops 

Who Are We?

Administrative Assistant
519-685-8704 or 1-800-804-5363

• Clinic bookings
• Office administration
• Test bookings
• Transcribing clinic reports

Developmental Paediatrician
519-685-8704

• Provides specialized medical consultation and follow up
• Provides clinical leadership related to education and research of paediatric ABI
• Consults with hospital and community health care teams

Social Worker/Community Outreach Coordinator
519-685-8700 ext 53483

• First point of contact with all new clients and family members following referral
• Provides service in family and child's home and community
• Provides transition support during a child's transition from hospital to home
• Assists in the coordination of services and support for children and their families
• Provides ongoing support and information via home visit or telephone
• Crisis counselling/art and play therapy support for non-insured clients

School Liaison
519-685-8700 ext 53434 or 53465

• Supports educators and families with the school reintegration process
• Provides ABI educational in-services to teaching staff and school boards
• Provides consultation with schools to address ongoing learning and behavioural challenges

Occupational Therapist
519-685-8700 ext 53465

• Provides assessment and consultation to parents, caregivers and school personnel
• Provides in-services to community about ABI and how it has an impact on the functional abilities of children

Psychometrist
519-685-8700 ext 53434

• Works collaboratively with the neuropsychologist to assess attention, memory, visual perceptual, language and problem solving skills and how this relates to learning
• Participates in identification and placement meetings to assure appropriate education planning and programming for students with ABI

Neuropsychologist
519-685-8500 ext 52578

• Provides comprehensive assessment of attention, memory, visual perception, language and problem solving skills and how this relates to brain function

Who May Benefit From This Program?

This service may be helpful to children and adolescents who have acquired a brain injury* due to:

• Motor vehicle collision
• Falls
• Near drownings
• Bicycle injuries
• Concussions
• Meningitis/encephalitis
• Stroke
• Strangulation
• Shaken baby syndrome
• Hypoxic/ischemic injury

*excludes children with birth injuries and those with brain tumors

We Can Help if You Need the Following:

• Specialized clinical consultation
• Assistance with transition from hospital to home
• Assistance with accessing or coordinating services
• School support/liason
• Reintegration to community
• Resource information
• Specialized education about ABI
• Neuropsychological asseessment

Useful Links:

• Neuroscience Education Resources Virtual Encyclopedia (NERVE)
• Brain Injury Association of New York State (BIANYS)
• On the Brain by Dr. Michael Merzenich, Ph. D
• Think First Canada
• Protect Your Noggin on Your Toboggan
• Special Needs Ontario Window (SNOW)
• The Brain Injury Association of Canada
• The Brain Injury Association of London and Region
• The Communication Matrix
• Learn Genetics- The University of Utah
• Educating Educators About ABI
• Ontario Brain Injury Association
• Dale Brain Injury Services
• HABIT
• Perspectives Network
• Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre- Calgary
• LEARNet
• Can Child

If you have any additional inquiries about this program, please contact: 
519-685-8704 (in the London area)
or Toll Free 1-800-804-5363
fax 519-685-8152
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