The Friends Project: A randomised trial of the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) for teenagers with acquired brain injury and cerebral palsy.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: acquired brain injury; cerebral palsy; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Occupational therapy; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Speech therapy; Neurological - Other neurological disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617000723381
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Queensland

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-05-18
• Study Completion: 2019-12-11
• Last Update Posted: 10 February 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

(a)diagnosis of cerebral palsy or acquired brain injury (at least 12 months post ABI);
(b)are independently able to ambulate
(c)their parent reports they have difficulties with social competency;
(d)are motivated to develop friendships (determined through teen self-reporting during screening and intake procedures prior to commencement of group);
(e)attend mainstream high school
(f)are aged between 11-17 years;
(g)have a verbal IQ > 70 measured on the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence 2nd Edition (WASI-II);
(h)they and their parent have basic proficiency in English;
(i)they and their parent are able to commit to the pre and post assessments, 14 weekly sessions AND complete homework tasks;
(j)their parent return the intake forms within the time frame suggested.

Exclusion Criteria

(a) have uncontrolled epilepsy
(b) severe visual or auditory impairment
(c) are non-verbal

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS) Rating Scales student self report[Immediately post intervention (14 weeks)];Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS) Rating Scales parent report[Immediately post intervention (14 weeks)]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of Socialization Questionnaire (QSQ) student version[Immediately post intervention (14 weeks ) <br>26 weeks];Quality of Socialization Questionnaire (QSQ) parent version[Immediately post intervention (14 weeks) <br>26 weeks];Social Responsiveness Scale [14 weeks<br>26 weeks];Test of Adolescent Social Skills Knowledge (TASSK).[14 weeks<br>26 weeks];Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS) Rating Scales student self report [26 weeks];Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS) Rating Scales parent self report [26 weeks];Combined parent and student reported acceptability and feasibility of PEERS through thematic analysis of semi-structured qualitative interview[26 weeks]