Effects of a Task Oriented Intervention With Two Goal-setting Approaches

Summary

A randomized trial investigating if effects of a goal-directed task oriented intervention is influenced by who takes the decision and establishes the goal (the child or the parent) and whether establishing a goal per se influence performance and goal-achievement. The main hypothesis are that children's participation in the goal-setting process would positively influence goal achievement, children's self-identified goals would be achievable and that both groups would achieve goals that were the target of a goal-directed intervention.

Conditions

• Movement Disorder
• Learning Disability
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Children

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

child-goal

The 8-week goal-directed intervention include completing a daily home program and a weekly follow-up session with the child's occupational therapist. The parents are responsible for the day to day practice and are encouraged to let the children practice daily in their natural environment. The home-programs focus on enhancing the agreed upon goal specific task performance. They include structured practice of tasks and adaptations and modifications of the environment and the tasks. The weekly sessions with the occupational therapist are meant to sustain motivation, follow-up on progress, adjust the home program for the coming week and support parents in how to carry out the daily interventions.

BEHAVIORAL

parent-goal

The 8-week goal-directed intervention include completing a daily home program and a weekly follow-up session with the child's occupational therapist. The parents are responsible for the day to day practice and are encouraged to let the children practice daily in their natural environment. The home-programs focus on enhancing the agreed upon goal specific task performance. They include structured practice of tasks and adaptations and modifications of the environment and the tasks. . The weekly sessions with the occupational therapist are meant to sustain motivation, follow-up on progress, adjust the home program for the coming week and support parents in how to carry out the daily interventions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Region Gävleborg

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Kristina Vroland-Nordstrand, Phd-student · Department of Women's and Children's Health Karolinska Institutet

• Lena Krumlinde-Sundholm, Assoc Prof · Department of women's and Children's Helath Karolinska Institutet

• Ann-Christin Eliasson, Professor · Department of women's and children's Health, Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

5 Years

Max Age

12 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2011-10-31

Primary Completion

2014-01-31

Completion

2014-02-28

Countries

• Sweden

Study Locations