Investigating a caregiver-assisted social skills group programme for primary and early high school-aged children with acquired brain injury or cerebral palsy: protocol for a pilot mixed-methods, two-group randomised trial of PEERS Plus.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Reaching social milestones is an important goal of childhood. Children with acquired brain injury (ABI) and cerebral palsy (CP) frequently experience challenges with social functioning and participation. The Programme for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) is a group-based social skills programme for adolescents. This study will compare an adapted PEERS programme with usual care in a pilot randomised waitlist-controlled trial for primary and early high school-aged children with brain injuries.

Methods and analysis

This single-centre study will be conducted at the Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre at the Centre for Children's Health Research in Brisbane, Australia. Thirty-two school-aged children (grades 3+; 8-13

SUBMITTER: Thompson B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11749881 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature