Family Intervention Following Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury

This study is developing and testing a family support intervention for families of children who have had an acquired brain injury (ABI) and are admitted to inpatient rehabilitation. A brain injury in a child affects the whole family, and this program aims to provide structured social work support during the child's hospital stay. Researchers will compare families who receive the new intervention to families who receive standard social work support, looking at outcomes like family stress and wellbeing at discharge and 6 weeks later. You may be eligible if: - Your child is aged 8 years or older and up to 18 years - Your child has had an acquired brain injury (ABI) and been admitted to inpatient rehabilitation - Your child's stay in rehabilitation is expected to be at least 2 weeks You may NOT be eligible if: - Your child's brain injury was non-accidental (e.g., result of abuse) - Your child already had a pre-existing acquired brain injury before the current injury - Your child has been a patient at this rehabilitation service before and is returning for a block of therapy - Your child's stay is expected to be less than 2 weeks - Siblings of the injured child are under 7 years old Talk to your doctor about whether this trial might be right for you.