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| AUDIO CONFERENCE
Back-to-School: Making Successful Transitions A Tourette Syndrome Association Education Committee Presentation This 53 minute audio presentation, aimed at easing back-to-school transitions for students with Tourette Syndrome, supplies significant information to families and caregivers with transition needs as they pertain to students attending a new school, new grade or a teacher new to them. The original teleconference was presented by TSA Education Specialist Kathy Giordano to an audience of concerned parents and caregivers. Click here to listen to this audio presentation Staff Biographical Note: KATHY GIORDANOKathy Giordano is an Education Specialist with the national Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA). She presents nationally for TSA on issues concerning Tourette Syndrome and related disorders, positive and proactive educational & behavioral techniques, and Functional Behavioral Assessments to audiences of teachers, special educators, clinicians, school based staff, allied professionals and families. Ms. Giordano is the mother of three adult children, her youngest diagnosed at the age of 5 with severe Tourette Syndrome with ADD, OCD and ODD. She has a background teaching English in grades 7-12 and has worked to assist school districts as a behavior consultant since 1998. Ms. Giordano has appeared on the PBS Series “Nova,” in a segment about Tourette Syndrome which aired in the United States and on the BBC. |
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