KEYS to Succeed: Cognitive and Academic Intervention Program for Children and Adolescents Surviving Cancer

The study will examine whether school liaison services and home-based parental tutoring can help with academic difficulties of paediatric brain tumour survivors who received cranial spinal radiation and have returned to school. Forty-five patients will participate in the project. All patients will receive psychology liaison services to link resources at the hospital with those in the community. Patients will participate in one of two tutoring programs designed to directly or indirectly improve math skills over 12 weeks. Weekly phone calls will be used to support parents using the program. Patients will be tested before, immediately after, and six months following each tutoring program to assess growth in mathematics and working memory abilities.

Inclusion Criteria: * Has been diagnosed with a brain tumour and treated with cranial radiation * Is between 1 and 10 years following diagnosis * Has English as his or her native language or has had at least two years of schooling in English * Is between the ages of 6 and 17 * Less than a Grade 8 equivalent math score Exclusion Criteria: * Is younger than 6 years or older than 17 years of age * Is receiving palliative care