Activities for adolescents with brain injuries

UngtLiv (Young Life) is a project designed to support adolescents with acquired brain injury (ABI) by creating a strong community through a variety of activities. This initiative is intended to help the young people build up and maintain networks, and support each other in a peer-to-peer setting.

“The grant from the Vissing Foundation makes a positive difference for the young people who take part in UngtLiv. The community is open to young people during rehabilitation at the Brain Injury Center Virum, and those who have completed rehabilitation within the last three years. The project offers them a range of social activities, both at the Brain Injury Center in Virum and elsewhere. They can take part in activities such as cooking meals, board games, bowling, climbing or kayaking,” explains Marianne Riis Jensen, a neural special needs teacher and educational consultant at the Brain Injury Center Virum.

The project gives the young people a chance to meet others in the same situation, with the support of professionals who specialise in rehabilitation of children and young people. The aim is to enable them to transfer positive experiences from activities here to their everyday lives, and build up new self confidence in spite of the changed conditions in which they live.

The project will also help with the difficult transition from the secure environment of rehabilitation to life as a young person in the local environment, by developing their social competence, preventing loneliness, and making them more robust. Through continual evaluation and sharing knowledge, the intention is that in the longer term the project will become a permanent offer.