Brain Injury support group – STEPS Program

The Skills To Enable People and Communities (STEPS) Program aims to build and sustain support for people with adult-onset brain injury and their families and friends across Queensland. The Program also aims to connect people and foster a sense of strength and ability.

The STEPS Skills Program is generally offered as six weekly sessions, each lasting 2 hours. There is a workbook with information and interactive group exercises. The benefits for program participants might include:
-working with others in the group work sessions on issues that will positively influence your health and well-being both now and into the future
-thinking about ways to look after yourself
-learning ways to get the support you need
-enhancing relationships with family, friends and others in your life
-sharing everyday life experiences with others in your community
-linking with others in your community to support people with brain injury
-learning more about various forms of brain injury

One of the most important features of the STEPS Skills Program is sharing experiences and thoughts amongst other people in the group. The STEPS Skills Program is designed for people in the group to share and learn from each others’ experiences. Often, the people we can learn the most from are those who are experiencing or have been through issues similar to our own.