*3.4. Objective 3: Acceptability for the Children, Parents and Therapists* 3.4.1. Working Alliance in the Intervention

The parents' ratings of working alliance were high (median score of 4, all scores either 3 or 4), whereas the children showed more variation, but with median scores at the high end of the scale (median 3, range 0.5 to 4). See Table 4. Two of the children rated the working alliance as low (1.5 and 0.5). These were one teenager who expressed that he in general did not want to focus on the brain injury, and also that he was not happy that the therapists and his parents talked about his challenges in his absence. The younger child was reluctant to participate in the last sessions, although the goals were achieved.

The therapists' ratings of working alliance were high with regards to feeling welcome to contact the family and the general tone of communication (median 5 for both), but two questions concerning relation and communication with the child had more variable responses, similar to the children's own ratings (median 3, range 1–5). The therapists rated the collaboration with the schools as good (median 4.5, range 3–5).
