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TOURETTE SYNDROME EDUCATION and EDUCATION STRATEGIES

click here to Ask TSA a question about Education or Education Strategies
and to view some previous questions and answers

Education news items:

• TSA'S APRIL 2008 NATIONAL CONFERENCE - Current information, updates. Click here.
  
  
• Ask the Expert - Positive steps to take when children with TS are being bullied or teased- click here to read an interview with
  Peaceable Schools Coordinator Megan Toy from TSA's Summer 2007 Newsletter
  
  
• The New IDEA: A Users Manual - a 4 page special article from our Winter 2006 Newsletter. Click here to read/download
  (Adobe Acrobat™ format)
  
  
• 08/03/06 Major Victory for Children with Tourette Syndrome- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to Classify Tourette
  Syndrome as Other Health Impaired. click here to read about it.
  
  
  
• IDEA Reauthorization - click here to read TSA's Summary view how the changes to IDEA, signed into law in December 2004,
  will affect students with Tourette Syndrome
  
  
• Video "A Teacher Looks at Tourette Syndrome" - featuring Susan Conners, MA, TSA'S Education Specialist. This Educator's
  Training video is available in our online store. Click here for more information, or click here to go to our online store.

Some Important Education Considerations:

• Many students can work effectively when tics are explained to teachers and peers. Where additional help may be needed we offer useful articles and materials offering suggestions and classroom modifications.
   
• TSA offers iInformation about current legislation affecting the TS community
   
• "ASK TSA": Every day TSA receives urgent questions from parents and teachers asking for help with specific classroom situations. In the ASK TSA section we present TSA's answers to real questions sent to us.  "ASK TSA" features contributions from SUSAN CONNERS, a nationally known speaker on Tourette Syndrome in the Classroom and a career educator for over thirty years.

TSA provides the following free materials on Education and Education Stragies, of interest to all educators and families:

• Bullying - How Do We Protect our Children? (For additional resources and information about bullying go to http://www.pacerkidsagainstbullying.org/)
  
  
• Getting Help at School - Where Do I Begin? (includes a SAMPLE LETTER to send to your child's school)
  
  
• The ABC's of Special Education
  
  
• The OSEP Special Education Guide to the IEP (Individualized Education Plan)
  
  
• Great News for SAT Takers
  
  
• Article by Sue Conners in October 2002 issue of Communique, the magazine of the National Association of School Psychologists, "Tourette Syndrome: An Inside Perspective"
  
  
• Section 504, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) vs. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)  What is the Difference?
  
  
• TS and OT
  
  

The following items are available for purchase (for a nominal amount) through TSA's online store.  Note that each of these items can be ordered and mailed to you -or downloaded to your computer for immediate printing:

• Educating Classmates About TS (A Peer In-service) Children and parents can use this guide to decide when and how to discuss TS with classmates. Item #E-122 (download item #E-122DD)
  
  
• Learning Problems and the Student with TS  Explores the symptoms and conditions  associated with TS that affect learning.  Topics covered include difficulties in acquiring the basic skills of reading, writing, spelling and math.  Classroom modifications pertaining to auditory processing deficits, fine motor, visual-motor impairment and executive function are discussed. Item #E-116 (download item #E-116DD)
  
  
• Specific Classroom Strategies and Techniques for Students with Tourette Syndrome  Offers helpful suggestions and accommodations that can be brought right into the classroom.  Includes techniques for tic symptoms, fine motor, visual motor impairment, ocd symptoms, short fuse difficulties, adhd symptoms.  Item #E-115b (download item #E-115bDD)
  
  
• The IEP for Students with Tourette Syndrome (A Parent's Handbook)  Key item in TSA Education Specialist Susan Conners series. Brings out important aspects of the IEP process.  Information directly for parents. 9 pgs.  Online Catalog item #E-123 (download item #E-123DD)
  
  
• The IEP for Students with Tourette Syndrome (An Educator's Handbook)  Similar to E-123 - this version is focused on information to give to teachers and administrators.  Online Catalog item #E-124 (download item #E-124DD)

For additional general special education resources visit the IDEA Practices Website: www.ideapractices.org and www.fape.org