None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study will pilot-test the newly adapted program using self-regulation and mental imagery in enhancing performance outcomes for children with spinal cord injuries or disease. Self-regulation assists an individual in identifying their own problems and finding an appropriate solution through active, independent and reflective learning. Mental imagery is a process in which a task is rehearsed mentally as if the person is performing it. The effectiveness of cognitive strategies including self-regulation and mental imagery in achieving better functional outcomes for adults who have had a stroke and children with autism has been established. it is hypothesised that the program can enhance daily and school task performance in children with spinal cord injuries or disease.
Interventions
A program incorporating evidence-based strategies of self-regulation and imagery building into enhancing people’s daily and school task performance will be developed.
The Self-Regulation and Mental Imagery (SReMI) group will form the experimental group. Children with spinal cord injuries or disease will receive the newly validated SReMI program. The SReMI intervention will consist of a 12-week program of one 60-minute therapist-led session and two home sessions per week. The child will undergo
A program incorporating evidence-based strategies of self-regulation and imagery building into enhancing people’s daily and school task performance will be developed. The Self-Regulation and Mental Imagery (SReMI) group will form the experimental group. Children with spinal cord injuries or disease will receive the newly validated SReMI program. The SReMI intervention will consist of a 12-week program of one 60-minute therapist-led session and two home sessions per week. The child will undergo individual session and be guided to use self-regulation to identify the problems in performing daily or school tasks and find an appropriate solution to solve the problems. He/she will then guide to use imagery to mentally practice the tasks. This is done together with the actual practice of the tasks. The intervention consists of 15 daily and school tasks. The child is guided by the rehabilitation worker throughout the process. During the home session, the child will record on their practice on a log book.
Sponsors
SpinalCare Foundation, Northcott
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
6 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
• Aged 6 to 18 • Have any form of spinal cord injuries or disease
Exclusion criteria
Nil
Outcome results
None listed