en کاردرمانی Occupational therapy پژوهشي Original Research Articles <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objectives</strong>: To investigate whether group training of neurodevelopmental handling skills for parents of children with cerebral palsy (CP) effectively empowers parents and improves children&rsquo;s functional mobility, and whether any benefit is maintained.<br> <strong>Methods</strong>: In this randomized single-blind clinical trial, fifty children with spastic CP aged 3-10 years were enrolled. The experimental group received 8 weeks of handling and positioning skills training in addition to usual therapy, whereas the control group received usual therapy alone. Gross motor function, functional mobility, and family empowerment were evaluated at baseline and at 4, 8, 12, and 16 weeks post-intervention by a blinded assessor.<br> <strong>Results</strong>: After controlling for pre-intervention values, no statistically significant differences in gross motor function or mobility function were observed between the control and intervention groups. However, family empowerment scores were significantly higher in the intervention group at various time points throughout the study.<br> <strong>Discussion</strong>: Group training in handling skills improved family empowerment with sustained positive effects.</div> Cerebral palsy (CP), Group training, Neurodevelopmental, Empowerment, Functional mobility 99 112 http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2482-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Pooya Reaei Pooya369@yahoo.com 0000-0001-7873-1186 No Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Malek Amini Malekamini8@gmail.com 0000-0002-3846-667X Yes Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Seyed Hassan Saneii andishmandpress@gmail.com 0000-0002-8246-7282 No Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Mitra Khalafbeigi otmitra@yahoo.com 0000-0003-3247-8968 No Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Seyyed Pedram Shahebrahimi P.Shahebrahimi@yahoo.com No Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Sahar Ehteshami saharehteshamiwork@gmail.com 0009-0009-1013-7434 No Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.