Exploring the Use of the CO-OP With Children With EF Functions Deficits Following ABI

"The intervention was included within the child's conventional rehabilitation program.~In the CO-OP original protocol, the child sets 3 goals. Here, we concentrated on two rather than three goals, as addressing three occupations per session seemed too ambitious given the children's cognitive profile (the third goal served as control goal).~We chose to increase the number of sessions to 14 (two sessions per week for seven weeks, vs ten in the original protocol).~The global strategy was taught to the child at the first session. The following sessions consisted of an iterative process of implementation of the global strategy in the context of guided discovery to identify domain specific strategies to overcome performance ''breakdowns the children were experiencing when performing the self-selected tasks. In addition, homework was assigned to encourage the application and practice. Parents were invited to attend the sessions if it was possible for them."