Resources include:

• Study module handouts and overheads that are used in the face to face workshops
• Recommended reading
• References

Workers working with young people transitioning from children’s services to adult services
will find useful information in Toolkit A The Next Step.

Workers wanting practical tips and strategies for people with TBI will find the strategies
in Toolkit B Promoting Independence very useful.

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Griffith ER, Lemberg S. (1993). Sexuality and the Person with a Traumatic Brain Injury. A guide for families. FA Davis Co, Philadelphia.

Sexuality resources

Dawson H, Hendy J, Simons M, Epps A. (1999) Sexuality and acquired brain injury in children and adolescents: A guide for health professionals and the family. Kids Health, New Childrens Hospital, Sydney.

Simpson GK. (1999) You and Me. An education program about sex and sexuality after traumatic brain injury (2nd ed.). Sydney: South West Sydney Area Health Service, 2003

Simpson GK. (1999) You and Me. A guide to sex and sexuality after traumatic brain injury (2nd ed.). Sydney: South West Sydney Area Health Service, 2003 (booklet)

Journal articles

Elliott ML, Biever LS. Head injury and sexual dysfunction. Brain Injury.1996; 10:703–717.

Horn LJ, Zasler ND.(1990) Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of sexual function. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 5(2): 1-13.

Hibbard MR, Gordon WA, Flanagan S, et al. Sexual dysfunction after traumatic brain injury. NeuroRehabilitation. 2000; 15:107–120.

Kreuter M, Dahllof A-G, Gudjonsson G, Sullivan M, Siosteen A. Sexual adjustment and its predictors after traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury. 1998; 12:349–368.

Medlar TM. Sexual counselling and traumatic brain injury. Sexuality and Disability. 1993; 11:57–71.

Miller L. (1994) Sex and the brain-injured patient: Regaining love, pleasure and intimacy. The Journal of Cognitive Rehabilitation, 12:12-20.

Ponsford J. Sexual changes associated with traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 2003; 13:275–289.

Simpson GK. (2001) Addressing the sexual concerns of persons with traumatic brain injury in rehabilitation settings: A framework for action. Brain Impairment. 2 (2): 97-108.

Simpson GK, Blaszczynski A, Hodgkinson A. Sexual offending as a psychosocial sequela of traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.1999; 14: 1–16.

Walker AE (1976) The neurological basis of sex. Neurology India, 26(1):1-13.

Zencius A, Wesolowski M, Burke W, Hough S. Managing hypersexual disorders in brain-injured clients. Brain Injury. 1990; 4:175–181.

Books

Physical disability/catheterisation

Burton, G.U. (1996) Issues of sexuality with physical dysfunction. In. Pedretti, L.W. (Ed) Occupational Therapy: Practice skills for physical dysfunction. 4th edition. St Louis: Mosby, pp.275-290.

Hebert L (1987) Sex and back pain. Advice on restoring comfortable sex that has been lost to back pain. Educational Opportunities, Maine.

Kroll, K. and Klein, E.L. (1992) Enabling Romance: A guide to love, sex and relationships for the disabled - and the people who care about them. New York: Harmony Books.

Neistadt, M.E. and Baker, M. (1978) Choices: A guide to sex counselling with physically disabled adults. Malabar, Florida: Robert E. Krieger Publishing.