*2.7. Adaptations Due to COVID-19*

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were two recruitment periods. Five families were recruited in January and February 2020. Four of these started the intervention program and had completed maximum two sessions per family, which was planned to include two home visits, in addition to the videoconference sessions and the school meetings with physical attendance. However, the study was put on hold in March 2020 due to a national Norwegian lockdown. During this time, one family that had only completed the baseline assessments withdrew. The remaining families received monthly phone calls with information on the study status. One family received psychological support approximately every other week due to high distress levels.

The study re-opened in August 2020, with some adaptations. All family sessions and school sessions were conducted through videoconference (in the original protocol at least the first and last sessions were planned as home visits), and two planned parent groups were reduced to one. Two more families were recruited. All six families started with new baseline questionnaires, interviews and a definition of the main pABI-related problem areas. Children in the two newly recruited families underwent the neuropsychological screening at baseline, but this was not repeated for the four children who were enrolled in January and February.
