Évaluation du Programme d'entraînement aux habiletés parentales de Barkley pour les parents d'enfant ayant un TDA/H issus d'une population française

This study assesses the effects of the Behavioural Parent Training program (BPT) proposed by Barkley (1997) on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) children's (n = 8 ; aged 6.6 to 12.7 years old) parents coming from a French population. It was expected that this intervention improves parental functioning (decrease in stress and depression and increase in well-being), and improves child functioning at home (reduction in deviant behaviour and increase in pro-social behaviour). Parents followed the 10 steps of the program. Some assessment measurements of these objectives were taken pre- and post-treatment. The major findings were a higher level of parental stress than normative population and that the children's disruptive behaviour tends to increase in frequency and decrease in severity. A clinical analysis of these results confirms the relevance of such an intervention on ADHD children's parents.