Project:Intensive Habilitation (PIH)

Sorlandet Hospital HF

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Behavioral: PIH

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00202761

SSHF70339

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to document that taking part in this program is beneficial for the child, its parents and local professionals.

The study hypothesis are:

Intensive training will speed up the childs motor, cognitive and social development.

Intensive habilitation will increase the childs family's empowerment Children having participated in this intensive habilitation will speed up their process of development further than children in the control group The cooperation between first and second line health service is strengthened by participation in the intensive habilitation program The professionals in the first line(community)in Norway that participates in this program increases their empowerment and motivation

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 5 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

About three years of age Cerebral Palsy Multidisciplinary diagnosed -

Exclusion criteria

Not have Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) No Specific Speech and Language Disorders No Serious Sensory Defects -

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

PIH

Experimental group

Description:

Intensified training of children with CP. Functional training (motor, speech, executive function). Coaching of parents by psychologist, individually and in groups.

Treatment:

Behavioral: PIH