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• "DIFFERENT IS THE NEW NORMAL" - NYC area WNET-13 TV Program that demystifies the stigma of Tourette
  Syndrome to air Thursday September 15 at 8:00 p.m. Click here. (09/07/11).
  
  
• GRANT CONTINUES TSA/CDC PARTNERSHIP FOR 8TH YEAR. FREE PROGRAMS: educating MEDICAL AND ALLIED PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATION/SCHOOL BASED TEACHERS/CLINICIANS; CBIT (Comprehensive behavioral intervention for tics. Click here for details. (09/01/11).
  
  
• WE NEED YOUR VOICE - Join the TSA Grassroots Campaign - click here to find out how (09/01/11) 
  
  
•  October is National Bullying Prevention Month  click here for TSA Bullying Prevention  resources (09/01/11)
  
  
• New School Year begins - FREE TSA Audio  Conferences for  Parents, Educators, Allied Professionals - Transitions for Students,  Role of School  Psychologist, IEPs, Behavior  Interventions, and much more - click here (08/31/11)
  
  
• EHE International Showcases The National Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. - Month-Long Window Display Unveiled
  In Rockefeller Center Plaza - click here to read about it. (06/30/11).
  
  
• "THAT DARN TIC" - SUMMER 2011 issue of TSA's award-winning Children's newsletter is now available on this site.
  This issue includes a 4-page Special Youth Ambassador Training 2011 Insert. Click here to read this and previous
  issues. (06/29/11).
  
  
• NEW ILLUSTRATED STORY, "DONALD", ABOUT A YOUNG MAN WITH TS - Free download -written and illustrated by
  Nena Cristina Segal - click here to read more, and to view/download/print (PDF™ format). (06/25/11).
  
  
•  CDC features Tourette Syndrome on its  website to mark Tourette Syndrome Awareness month - click here(06/07/11).
  
  
• TOURETTE SYNDROME ASSOCIATION AND PSYADON PHARMACEUTICALS TO COLLABORATE ON A DRUG TRIAL FOR
  TOURETTE SYNDROME TREATMENT - read the press release (5/11/11).
  
  
• NATIONAL TOURETTE SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH MAY 15-JUNE 15 AND GOVERNMENT
  RELATIONS AWARENESS WEEK (MAY 31 to JUNE 6). (05/10/11).
  
  
• MAY 15-JUNE 15 IS TOURETTE SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH. Click here. (05/09/11).
  
  
• James Durbin Top 4 Finalist on American Idol -The 22-year-old from California's delivery of "Now and Then" songs
  brought him continued success - and he's now in the top 4! - next performance Wednesday, May 12th. Read more. (05/06/11)
  
  
• James Durbin is a Top 5 Finalist on American Idol -The 22-year-old from California delivered an outstanding rock
  performance of Carole King's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", and is now a top-5 finalist on “American Idol” - next
  performance Wednesday, May 3rd. Read more. (04/29/11)
  
  
• James Durbin Top 6 Finalist on American Idol -The 22-year-old from California continues to deliver outstanding rock
  performances and is now a top-6 finalist on “American Idol” - next performance Wednesday, April 27th. Read more. (04/22/11)
  
  
• "THAT DARN TIC" - SPRING 2011 issue of TSA's award-winning Children's newsletter is now available on this site.
  Click here to read this and previous issues. (04/21/11).
  
  
• James Durbin Top 7 Finalist on American Idol -The 22-year-old from California continues to deliver outstanding rock
  performances and is now a top-7 finalist on “American Idol” - next performance Wednesday, April 20th. Read more. (04/15/11)
  
  
• James Durbin Top 8 Finalist on American Idol -The 22-year-old from California continues to deliver outstanding rock
  performances and is now a top-8 finalist on “American Idol” - next performance Wednesday, April 13th. Read more. (04/08/11).
  
  
• Action Alert - TSA Members and Friends - Call your members of Congress, urging them to add their signatures
  to Congressional "Dear Colleague" letter in support of the Tourette Syndrome Public Health, Education and
  Research Program at the CDC. Read more. (04/05/11),
  
  
• James Durbin Top 9 Finalist on American Idol -The 22-year-old from California continues to deliver outstanding rock
  performances and is now a top-9 finalist on “American Idol” - next performance Wednesday, April 6th. Read more. (04/01/11).
  
  
• Action Alert - TSA Members and Friends - Call Congress Thursday, March 31 - TS National Advocacy Day.
  Read more. (03/28/11),
  
  
• James Durbin Rocks the Lives of Those  Living with Tourette Syndrome- The 22-year-old from California is a
  top-10 finalist on “American Idol” - next performance Wednesday, March 30th. Read more. (03/25/11).
  
  
• West Palm Beach Conference Friday, May 6, 2011 - Open to all Palm Beach County and Adjacent Areas - all day
  FREE Conference "Tourette Syndrome in the Classroom, School, and Community" - for Educators, Service Providers
  & Professionals. Complete information (PDF™ format). (03/23/11).
  
  
• James Durbin is a Top 11 Finalist on American Idol - The 21-year-old from California competes on “American Idol”
  - next performance Wednesday, March 23rd. Read more. (03/18/11).
  
  
• New TSA Publication - "Getting Into College:  TSA’s Complete Guide to the Application &  Admissions Process"
  - click here for details. (03/16/11).
  
  
• James Durbin is a Top 12 Finalist on American Idol - The 21-year-old from California competes on “American Idol”
  - next performance Wednesday, March 16th. Read more. (03/13/11).
  
  
• TS GENETICS STUDY: We need Your Help to Identify the Genes that "Cause" TS. Read about it. (03/07/11).
  
  
• James Durbin is a Top 13 Finalist on American Idol - The 21-year-old from California competes on “American Idol”
  - next performance Wednesday, March 9th. Read more. (03/04/11)
   
• James Durbin Rocks the Lives of Those Living with Tourette Syndrome - The 21-year-old from California is competing
  on “American Idol” as part of the Top 24. Read more. (03/02/11)
   
  
• "That darn tic" - winter 2010-11 issue of TSA's award-winning Children's newsletter is now available on
  this site. Click here to read this and previous issues. (01/31/11).
  
  
• NEW TSA VIDEO - Cathy Budman, M.D., and Andrew Feigin, M.D., - filmed at TSA's Annual Meeting, November 12, 2010;
  includes an overview of Tourette Syndrome and tic disorders, most recent neuroimaging in TS, a brief description of TSA's
  medical and scientific research programs, efforts to advance our understanding and ability to treat TS, and Dr. Budman’s
  personal clinical work and research interests. Click here to view. (01/31/11).
  
  
• A NEW ILLUSTRATED STORY FOR CHILDREN - Free download - Joanne's Shadow, written and illustrated by
  Nena Cristina Segal - click here to view/download/print (16 pgs. PDF™ format). (01/26/11).
  
  
• SOCCER STAR TIM HOWARD DESIGNS A FLIP CAMERA FOR TSA - $10 of each sale to TSA. Click here
  for details. (12/03/10).
  
  
• TSA IS LOOKING FOR GOVERNMENT LIAISONS - Click here to read the Announcement; application deadline
  12/31/2010. (11/22/10).
  
  
• YOUTH AMBASSADOR TRAINING - Click here to read the latest Youth Ambassador program update, and details
  about the March 29-31, 2011 training session. (11/22/10).
  
  
• "I CAN'T DO THIS BUT I CAN DO THAT" - Film for families about learning differences premieres Tuesday, October 26
  at 7:30 pm on HBO and HBO Latino, and continues to air for the next few weeks - click here for details, more
  viewing times. (10/22/10).
  
  
• A NEW ILLUSTRATED STORY FOR CHILDREN - Free download - Toby's "Yep, That's My Thing", by Nena Cristina Segal
  - click here to view/download/print (19 pgs. PDF™ format). (10/22/10).
  
  
• "That darn tic" - FALL 2010 issue of TSA's award-winning Children's newsletter is now available on
  this site. Click here to read this and previous issues. (10/08/10).
  
  
• "INSIDE EDITION" 10/08/10 TO FEATURE TOURETTE SYNDROME SEGMENT - click here (10/07/10).
  
  
• NEW BULLYING PREVENTION AND STRATEGIES RESOURCE PAGE ON THIS SITE - click here (10/01/10).
  
  
• ACTION ALERT! - Bullying Prevention October Letter Writing Campaign urges stronger laws to protect our children. Write
  letters to influence legislators to take action on Bullying Prevention. Click here (10/01/10).
  
  
• GRANT CONTINUES TSA/CDC PARTNERSHIP FOR 7TH YEAR. free programs: educating MEDICAL AND ALLIED PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATION/SCHOOL BASED TEACHERS/CLINICIANS; CBIT (Comprehensive behavioral intervention for tics. Click here for details. (09/29/10).
  
  
• TSA Offers FREE new CBIT Brochure - click here (09/21/10).
  
  
• Children's Museum Tourette Program - Can You Help? National Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. TSA is exploring an opportunity to present a series of interactive exhibitions on TS to children’s museums across the U.S. Click here (09/16/10).
  
  
• NEW DOCUMENTARY "TOURETTE'S UNCOVERED" to Premiere Monday, September 13 at 9:00 pm on
  Discovery Health Channel - click here. (09/02/10). 
  
  
• BIG PROBLEM: SMALL KIDS AND TOURETTE SYNDROME - Letter from TSA's President: click here (08/24/10).
  
  
• MENTAL HEALTH PARITY INTERIM FINAL RULE EFFECTIVE - how it will apply - click here. (08/20/10).
  
  
• BULLYING PREVENTION - TSA Education Committee Audio Presentation with slides and downloadable
  mp3. Click here for this presentation and links to previous Education Committee audio/visual presentations. (08/20/10).
  
  
• TSA NY DINNER DANCE TO HONOR DAVID, ROBIN AND ARIEL SMALL - Click here for details. (08/16/10).
  
  
• FACT SHEET: 504 PLAN ELIGIBILITY - Click here (08/12/10).
  
  
• TSA Research & Training Grants Available to MDs, PhDs and equivalents - Pre-proposals due October 1, 2010
   Click here for Instructions(08/09/10).
  
  
• "That darn tic" - sUMMER 2010 issue of TSA's award-winning Children's newsletter is now available on
  this site. Click here to read this and previous issues. (07/28/10).
  
  
• TSA 20101 NATIONAL CONFERENCE VIDEOS: 1. Bullying, 2. Impulse Control and Affect Issues/Treatment of
  Impulsive Aggression in TS: A Collaborative Approach, and 3. Organization and Executive Function - click here (07/14/10).
  
  
• A SPECTACULAR EVENING IN BEVERLY HILLS - TSA's sincerest thanks to Mr. Michael Ovitz -   click here for story
  (06/17/10) .
  
  
• ELIGIBILITY CHANGES TO 504 PLANS - TSA Education Committee Audio Presentation with slides and downloadable
  mp3. Click here for this presentation and links to previous Education Committee audio/visual presentations. (05/31/10).
  
  
• TSA 2010 National Conference wrapup - in text and photos - Biennial TSA National Conference, Alexandria, VA.,
  April, 2010. Click here to view. (05/26/10).
  
  
• TS GENETIC STUDY: We need Your Help to Identify TS Genes! Read about it. (05/20/10).
  
  
• BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION EFFECTIVELY CONTROLS TICS IN CHILDREN WITH TS - May 19, 2010 special issue
  of the Journal of the American Medication Association (JAMA) cites study funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health
  (NIMH) involving several leading universities working in partnership with the national Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.
  Click here for full story. (05/18/10).
  
  
• MAY 15-JUNE 15 IS TOURETTE SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH. Click here. (05/10/10).
  
  
• EXECUTIVE FUNCTION: OVERVIEW AND TIPS FOR MANAGEMENT - TSA Education Committee Audio Presentation
  with slides and downloadable mp3 - Click here for this presentation and links to previous Education Committee audio/visual presentations. (05/07/10).
  
  
• TSA IS ENCOURAGED BY NEW GENETIC RESEARCH FINDING. Click here. (05/06/10).
  
  
• "That darn tic" - spring 2010 issue of TSA's award-winning Children's newsletter is published and now
  available on this site. Click here to read this and previous issues. (04/29/10).
  
  
• NEW TSA PRINT ADS - 2010 Public Service Announcements. Click here (04/29/10).
  
  
• TSA COMMENT ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA AND CLASSIFICATION OF TOURETTE
  SYNDROME IN FORTHCOMING DSM-5. Click here.
  
  
• TSA ANNOUNCES 2010-2011 RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS - Click here for list of grantees. (04/07/10).
  
  
• FREE 1 DAY CBIT TRAINING FOR MEDICAL AND ALLIED PROFESSIONALS AT TSA NATIONAL CONFERENCE -
  FRIDAY, APRIL 16 - sorry, no longer available. (04/02/10).
  
  
• TSA NATIONAL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION RATES WILL REMAIN AS THEY ARE! Late Registration Rates will NOT be implemented! There is still time to register for the Conference, and we hope that many of you will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to hear from leading physicians and clinicians, as well as other experts in the Tourette community. An exciting program
  is planned and we know that the connections made by people at the Conference are invaluable. Sorry, no longer available (04/01/10).
  
  
• HAVE YOU HAD EXPERIENCE RAISING A CHILD WHO'S 'DIFFERENT’? Sheila Nevins' article on raising a son with
  Tourette's Syndrome. Click here. (04/01/10).
  
  
• ADULTS LIVING WITH TS - 3 new articles - "Exercise, Sports and Tourette Syndrome", "Avoiding Medical and Alternative
  Health Scams", and "Moving Out and Moving Up!" Click here. (03/26/10).
  
  
• WHAT ARE TICS AND WHAT IS CBIT? - TSA Education Audio Presentation with slides - Click here for this presentation
  and links to previous Education Committee audio presentations. (03/25/10).
  
  
• MENTAL HEALTH PARITY INTERIM FINAL RULE - click here to read about recently released regulations. (03/03/10).
  
  
• "The wish" - a birthday story for children by Candida B. Korman - FREE to read on this site. Click here. (03/01/10).
  
  
• HELPFUL TIPS FOR IEP MEETINGS - TSA Education Audio Presentation with slides - Click here for this and links to
  previous Education Committee audio presentations. (02/22/10).
  
  
• "That darn tic" - winter 2009-2010 issue of TSA's award-winning Children's newsletter is published and now
  available on this site. Click here to read this and previous issues. (02/05/10).
  
  
• GRANTS MAY BE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND TSA CONFERENCE THROUGH STATE DISABILITY COUNCILS - The
  National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities administers empowerment programs that support individuals
  who wish to attend educational conferences such as the TSA National Conference. Click here for State Disability Council
  contact information. (01/22/10).
  
  
• IEPs AND 504 PLANS FOR THE STUDENT WITH TOURETTE SYNDROME: Compare and Contrast - TSA Audio
  Presentation with slides - Click here (01/18/10).
  
  
• TSA 2010 NATIONAL CONFERENCE - Early Bird Registration extended until February 15th - Sorry, no longer
  available . (01/11/10).
  
  
• TSA 2010 NATIONAL CONFERENCE - April 15-18, Alexandria, VA - Online Early Bird Registration is now available. Sorry,
  no longer available . (12/30/09).
  
  
• TSA’s Statement on Unsubstantiated Reports of Alternative Therapies for Tourette Syndrome - click here to read(12/11/09).
  
  
• TSA’s Statement on the H1N1 (Swine) Flu Vaccine and Tourette Syndrome - click here to read(12/11/09).
  
  
• THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TOURETTE SYNDROME - TSA Audio
  Presentation (listen or download mp3) - Click here (12/04/09).
  
  
• TSA 'en español' MINI SITE DEBUT!  Medical, Children's and Adult content; Newly Diagnosed Video is dubbed. Click here.
  (11/06/09).
  
  
• "That darn tic" - FALL 2009 issue of TSA's award-winning Children's newsletter is published and now available
  on line. Click here to read this and previous issues. (11/01/09).
  
  
• AN INVITATION TO JOIN THE TSA CHAIRMAN'S CLUB - from TSA's Chairman. Click here (10/19/09).
  
  
• CBIT (Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics) VIDEO FOR MEDICAL AND ALLIED PROFESSIONALS, PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS - 2 hour video presentation is an abbreviated version of an all-day
  Skills Development Workshop held in Uniondale (Long Island) New York on September 19, 2008. Click here for
  more information and to register to view (10/14/09).
  
  
• 5TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM ON TOURETTE SYNDROME - view Video excerpts and read
  Overview/Session Summaries-click here (10/01/09).
  
  
• 2 VIDEOS PRESENTED BY DR. JOHN T. WALKUP - "TSA Video Topics" videos: Dr. Walkup, Chair of TSA's Medical
  Advisory Board, presents "Sorting Out Complex Symptoms", and "Talking to Parents About Anger". Videos are viewable on
  this site, and downloadable to IPODS. Click here (9/24/09 rev.02/08/10).
  
  
• COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THAT PATIENTS AND FAMILIES NEED TO KNOW WHEN CONSIDERING DEEP
  BRAIN STIMULATION FOR TOURETTE SYNDROME - Click here (9/8/09).
  
  
• 5th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TOURETTE SYNDROME - VIDEO, OVERVIEW AND SESSION SUMMARIES NOW
  AVAILABLE - 28 pages, Adobe Acrobat™ format. Click here. (08/31/09).
   
• BACK TO SCHOOL: MAKING SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONS - TSA Audio Presentation (listen or download mp3) - Click here (08/20/09).
  
  
• LETTER FROM TSA'S PRESIDENT: "Tourette  Syndrome Knows No  Boundaries...Neither Do TSA Programs".
  Click here for full text. (08/18/09).
  
  
• GRANT CONTINUES TSA/CDC PARTNERSHIP FOR 6TH YEAR TO EDUCATE MEDICAL AND ALLIED PROFESSIONALS AND EDUCATION/SCHOOL BASED TEACHERS/CLINICIANS; Comprehensive behavioral intervention for tics (CBIT) training to be offered. Click here for details. (07/28/09).