CDC_TSA YEAR 3 PROGRAMS

TSA Education Programs
for
Medical/Allied Professionals
and
Education/School Based
Teachers/Clinicians

September 1, 2006

The Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA) has begun a 3rd year of partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), to provide a series of training programs on Tourette Syndrome. Faculty from TSA and its Medical Advisory Board will present. One series of programs is directed to Medical and Allied Professionals; the second is directed to Education/School Based Teachers and Clinicians.

The Year 3 Program hopes to reach even more professionals by using technologically advanced resources and network such as live web-based programs, teleconferencing and dissemination of learning materials as well as face-to-face grand rounds, seminars and workshops.

All programs are presented FREE OF CHARGE

If your Medical facility, School District, or professional educators, medical or allied professional organization is interested in having TSA present this FREE program in your area, contact:

Gary Frank, ACSW, LCSW
Executive Vice President
Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA)
gary.frank@tsa-usa.org
718-224-2999 ext. 235
NOTE - OUR CURRENT EDUCATION SCHEDULE IS FULL - A LIMITED NUMBER OF BOOKINGS FOR SEPTEMBER 2007 AND THEREAFTER MAY BECOME AVAILABLE (DEPENDENT ON RENEWAL OF FUNDING PARTNERSHIP) - QUESTIONS? PLEASE CONTACT US AT TELEPHONE NUMBER/EMAIL BELOW. THANK YOU.

Program 1 of 2: Medical and Allied Professionals - Diagnosing and Treating Tourette Syndrome.

Participants will receive

Training in Tourette Syndrome, differential diagnosis, and information about the latest treatments including medications, case management, and common co-morbid conditions

A comprehensive CD-DVD featuring practice parameters, important published papers, and four useful videos

Opportunity for CME credit

Access to online medical education resources on TSA’s website http://tsa-usa.org, featuring online CME, CNE presentations, including “Diagnosing & Treating Tourette Syndrome” with John Walkup, MD

Opportunity to be included on TSA’s physician and allied professional referral lists. Click here if you are interested in being included on these lists.

CLICK here to read/print the Full Program Announcement for these Medical Education programs in Adobe Acrobat™ format

Program 2 of 2: Education/School-Based Clinical Training
directed to speciaL education directors, IEP team chairpersons, regular and special education teachers, school psychologists and social workers, school nurses, paraprofessionals, speech therapists, occupational therapists and university education training programs.
NOTE - OUR CURRENT EDUCATION SCHEDULE IS FULL - A LIMITED NUMBER OF BOOKINGS FOR SEPTEMBER 2007 AND THEREAFTER MAY BECOME AVAILABLE (DEPENDENT ON RENEWAL OF FUNDING PARTNERSHIP) - QUESTIONS? PLEASE CONTACT US AT TELEPHONE NUMBER/EMAIL BELOW. THANK YOU.

Participants will receive

Training in Tourette Syndrome and its associated disorders including ADHD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Learning Disabilities, Executive Dysfunction Disorder, Dysgraphia, and behavioral issues as they relate to all of these disorders

Attendees will receive comprehensive CDs and DVDs with the most recent TSAeducational articles, brochures and four useful videos. Included is the EMMY AWARD WINNING TSA-HBO video “I Have Tourette’s, But Tourette’s Doesn’t Have Me”. Other materials include the “Catalog of Accommodations for Students with TS and Associated Disorders”, “Conducting a Functional Behavioral Assessment and Writing a Positive Behavioral Intervention Plan for a Student with TS” and “Writing an IEP for a Student with TS and Associated Disorders”.

Access to continuing education information on TSA website http://tsa-usa.org

CLICK here to read/print the Full Program Announcement for these Education programs in Adobe Acrobat™ format

If your Medical facility, school district, professional organization, et al. is interested in having TSA present a program in your area, contact:

Gary Frank, ACSW
Executive Vice President
Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA)
gary.frank@tsa-usa.org
718-224-2999 ext. 235

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TSA Education Programs for Medical/Allied Professionals and Education/School Based Teachers/Clinicians

TSA Education Programs
for
Medical/Allied Professionals
and
Education/School Based
Teachers/Clinicians