@article{article_404182, title={Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy in Behavior Consultation Treatment: Making Behavior Changes from the Inside Out in Down Syndrome}, journal={Uluslararası Beşeri Bilimler ve Eğitim Dergisi}, volume={3}, pages={297–321}, year={2017}, author={Kahveci, Gül}, keywords={Bilişsel davranışçı oyun terapisi,Down sendromu,Hafif zihinsel yetersizlik}, abstract={<p>This article presents an individualized Cognitive Behavioral Play T <span style="font-size: 0.9em;">herapy (CBPT) intervention, to target emotion dysregulation in verbal and physical aggression with Down syndrome (DS) concurrent with mild intellectual disabilities (ID). A female student participated in this pilot individual and clinic-based CBPT intervention. This intervention was implemented within a private clinic (special education and rehabilitation center) for children with developmental and physical disabilities located in Ankara, Turkey. K is a 14-year-old female student diagnosed with DS with a mild ID and co-occurring mood and behavioral disturbances. Participant’s emotion regulation difficulties had the potential to quickly escalate to severe behaviors, including physically and verbally aggressive behavior like threating to harm others, kicking and shouting. Single-subject methodology utilizing a multiple-baseline design across behaviors was used to evaluate the intervention. The dynamic process in Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy (CBPT) has been investigated as a structure that serves to reveal positive behavioral changes, by intervening internally, starting from cognitive processes to outside by observing behavioral changes. The results were interpreted as a decrease in the frequency of destructive behavior of the participant and an increase in communication skills. This study represents an important step toward the development and validation of effective interventions for counselors working with individuals with DS and ID to specifically address adaptive behaviors. Further research needs to be conducted to fully determine the effects of the use of hybrid methods like CBPT for extrovert behavior problems, in different disability groups, within behavioral consultation procedures. </span> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Halil TURGUT}