About Brain in Hand

Brain in Hand is a professional digital support system accessed via smartphone. It helps with making decisions, coping with anxiety, and dealing with unexpected situations. Our system combines high-quality help from a Specialist to get started, digital self-management tools for keeping each day on track, and easy access to extra human support when it’s needed.

The Brain in Hand University Edition is now quoted as a single DSA Support Package. Needs Assessors have one point of recommendation and the audit trail is clear for monitoring and quality. 

To access our useful guides, log on to our demo account, or join one of our webinars to help you feel confident in recommending Brain in Hand to your students, visit our assessor's toolkit page:

DSA Assessor's Toolkit

Book an awareness session with one of our Engagement Specialists to find out how we can ensure you are confident about the referrals you are making and how to make robust recommendations: call 01392 247 909 or email support[@]braininhand.co.uk. You can also book a free assessor’s awareness webinar session; please check our events section on this page for upcoming webinar dates and engagement sessions in your area, or support[@]braininhand.co.uk to discuss your requirements.

How it works

Every user’s journey begins with a face-to-face session with a Brain in Hand Specialist who has the expertise to encourage individuals to think about what they want out of school, college, university, work, or life.

We know Brain in Hand helps both individuals and their supporters – and it helps them to communicate better with each other too. Brain in Hand gives individuals the power to do things for themselves, and it gives supporters the confidence to give space to thrive but be there when their help is needed. 

Throughout the life of their funded subscription, we remain available to all our users for online reviews, planned check-in calls, and proactive contact with them (or their support team) based on digital cues.

Eligibility

Brain in Hand is suitable for people whose condition impacts their ability to make decisions about, and respond quickly to, everyday challenges (typically people with impairment to executive functioning, memory deficit or a mental health difficulty, particularly anxiety).

Our model focuses on the person: their strengths, skills, and difficulties, and not their diagnosis. However, the below list can be useful in identifying people who are likely to find Brain in Hand beneficial to overcome barriers to learning (this list is not exhaustive):

*Please note: where these physical or mental health disorders are the primary diagnosis, Brain in Hand will be suitable to help address barriers arising from the impact on executive functioning, memory, or associated anxiety but would not be suitable to support a recovery model without clinical involvement.

Please contact us directly if you require any further information or advice on recommendation.

Learn more and find resources

For an introduction to Brain in Hand for assessors and support professionals, we offer awareness sessions via webinar. You can view upcoming sessions and sign up for free on our Eventbrite page. We can also come and deliver awareness training in person for support teams or awareness centres; get in touch to request a visit.

If you are:

For step-by-step guides to making recommendations, download our guidance for each funding body below.

To help you explain what Brain in Hand is, how it works, and the benefits, we have a range of resources you can share with potential users. You’ll find a selection of case studies a short way up this page, each featuring users who have received Brain in Hand through a funding body as a result of an assessment.

More case studies from users across a variety of settings can be found on our For Me, Education, Health and Social Care, and Workplace pages.

You can also download and print our information sheets about how Brain in Hand helps individual users; these can be shared with users to help them understand what our system is and how it could benefit them. Download these sheets from the list of resources below.

Request access to an education or workplace demonstration account in the BiH mobile software to try the system for yourself and learn more about how a service user might interact with it.

In addition to our existing education/workplace accounts, we can provide bespoke demo accounts to professional support teams on request; get in touch to discuss your requirements on 01392 247 909 or at support[@]braininhand.co.uk.

To access our useful guides, log on to our demo account, or join one of our webinars to help you feel confident in recommending Brain in Hand to your students, visit our assessor's toolkit page:

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