Program Intensive Habilitation (PIH) for Young Children With Early Brain Damage

The program is based on a holistic and family-centered concept, which acknowledges parents as experts on their child's abilities and needs. The program involves both parents and local professionals, and includes goal setting and goal-directed treatment targeted to the needs of the individual child. The program lasts for about one year and contains three in-patient group sessions over 2 weeks. In between the children are receiving individualized home training programs at home and in pre-school/kindergarten. The children train on a daily basis, both during the inpatient sessions and in the home setting.

"When the participants are not joining the study year containing the intervention program, they will be offered habilitation services as usual administered by the primary health care services in the local community."