Exploring the Use of the CO-OP With Children With EF Functions Deficits Following ABI

Acquired Brain Injury Clinical Trial

Official title: Exploring the Use of the Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance Approach (CO-OP) With Children With Executive Functions Deficits Following Severe Acquired Brain Injury: a Single Case Experimental Design Study

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Purpose:

Acquired brain injury (ABI) in childhood are the cause of disabling motor, cognitive and behavioural disorders, with severe consequences on the later development of autonomy and learning, with long-term repercussions on independence for activities of daily living, and social and professional integration. Among cognitive disorders, executive function (EF) deficits are among the most frequent and disabling, with major consequences on the development of autonomy and the course of schooling and learning. The Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) could be an interesting approach for the rehabilitation of these consequences. CO-OP is a performance-based treatment approach for children and adults who experience difficulties performing the skills they want to, need to or are expected to perform. CO-OP is a specifically tailored, active client-centered approach that engages the individual at the meta-cognitive level to solve performance problems. Focused on enabling success, the CO-OP approach employs collaborative goal setting, dynamic performance analysis, cognitive strategy use, guided discovery, and enabling principles. It has been shown to be effective in a variety of populations, but has been little explored in children with ABI.

Objectives To assess whether the use of CO-OP could be of interest in children with executive functions deficits following ABI, to improve their occupational performance, their executive functioning in everyday life and their cognitive processes constituting EF.

Clinical Trial Description

Method

• Single case experimental study with multiple baselines across individuals and behaviors

• 14 individual sessions of CO-OP intervention.

• Two goals trained, one control goal.

• Different assessments used : Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM), the Goal Attainment Scales (GAS), the Children's Cooking Task (CCT) and parent- and teacher-ratings of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (BRIEF) questionnaire. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acquired Brain Injury
• Brain Injuries

• NCT number: NCT04718688
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Hopitaux de Saint-Maurice
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2018
• Completion date: June 30, 2018