Parent management training program developed by "Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Psychosocial Interventions (RUPP) Autism Network" for education of family with children in autism

“Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Psychosocial Interventions (RUPP) Autism Network” grubu tarafından geliştirilen aile eğitimi programı, ABA (Uygulamalı Davranış Analizi) temel alınarak hazırlanmış ve otizmi olan çocukların ailelerinin eğitilerek çocukların problemli davranışlarının önlenmesi veya azaltılmasının yanında olumlu davranışların kazandırılmasını amaçlamaktadır. RUPP grubu yaptıkları randomize kontrollü klinik çalışmalarda aile eğitiminin, çocukların işlevselliklerinde ve aile ilişkilerinde klinik olarak anlamlı gelişmeler sağladığını, risperidon ve aile eğitiminin birlikte uygulandığı çocukların yıkıcı ve saldırgan davranışlarında, sadece risperidon alan çocuklara göre istatiksel olarak anlamlı derecede azalma ve uyum becerilerinde artma görüldüğünü belirlemişlerdir. Türkiye’de yaygın gelişimsel bozukluğu olan çocukların ailelerine yönelik benzer bir program bulunmamaktadir. Bu yazıda, RUPP Autism Network tarafından geliştirilen aile eğitimi programının tanıtılması amaçlanmıştır.Parent management training programme was prepared by Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Psychosocial Interventions (RUPP) Autism Network based on ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis). The programme aims to prevent or decrease the problem behavior and to bring the children with autism in positive behaviors by educating their families. The controlled randomized clinical research of RUPP has determined that Parent Managament Training (PMT) have provided meaningful improvements on childrens’ function and family relationships. The group of children on which risperidone and PMT have implemented together had statistically meaningful improvements such as increase in adaptive skills and decrease in the aggressive behaviors when compared with the children who used only risperidone. There is no such programme in Turkey for the families with children in pervasive developmet disorder. This paper aims to introduce and show the potentials of the PMT programme that has been developed by RUPP Autism Network

Psychometric properties of the DY-BOCS in a Turkish sample of children and adolescents

BACKGROUND: Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DY-BOCS) is a promising scale for assessing frequency and severity of symptom dimensions. The main objective of the study was to assess the psychometric properties of the DYBOCS in a large sample of children and adolescents from Turkey. METHODS: We studied 143 children and adolescents, 7–18 years, with well characterized DSM-IV-R OCD, ascertained from seven collaborating university or state hospital sites. We compared the DYBOCS scores with the Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (CYBOCS), the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI), the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) and the Child Behavior Checklist-6-18 years (CBCL-6-18). RESULTS: The internal consistency of the DY-BOCS symptom dimensions and inter rater agreement of component scores were excellent. The agreement between global DY-BOCS score and the total CY-BOCS score was highly significant (Pearson r = 0.55, p < 0.0001). Severity scores for individual symptom dimensions were independent of one another, only modestly correlating with the global ratings, and were also differentially related to ratings of depression, anxiety and tic severity. CONCLUSION: The DY-BOCS is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing multiple aspects of OCD symptom severity in children and adolescents from Turkey