Defense Date

6-21-2019

Graduation Date

Summer 8-10-2019

Availability

Immediate Access

Submission Type

dissertation

Degree Name

PhD

Department

School Psychology

School

School of Education

Committee Chair

Ara J Schmitt

Committee Member

Kara E. McGoey

Committee Member

Gibbs Kanyongo

Keywords

PANS, PANDAS, PITANDS, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Abstract

Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) is an emerging disorder affecting school age children causing deleterious cognitive, social, emotional, and academic effects. Most frequently, children with PANS demonstrate severe, rapid-onset obsessive-compulsive symptoms in addition to a variety of other psychiatric disturbances. Symptoms are known to significantly a child’s educational experience. Despite this, little is known about the educational impacts related to the disorder or the supports provided to children with the diagnosis. This research sought to identify the school related impairments of children with PANS, the school-based services provided for children with PANS, and the relationships between obsessive compulsive symptoms and school-based service provision. Results showed that children with PANS often receive educational services, but that these services are provided most frequently as part of a preexisting service agreement. Further, services are minimally related to primary obsessive-compulsive symptoms even in children receiving services only after PANS diagnoses, despite these symptoms being significantly impairing in the sample population. The presence of comorbid diagnoses was found to be most closely correlated with school-based service provision in this sample.

Language

English

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