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\"\"<\/a>Hi everyone! As you probably know, October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and I have spent a lot of time over the past several years advocating for anti-bullying efforts and helping educating kids in elementary schools about bullying and its relation to neurological disorders such as Tourette Syndrome.<\/em><\/p>\n

Today I was featured in an article by the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome<\/a><\/strong> about bullying. I am proud to support NJCTS in its anti-bullying efforts; its support of kids with TS, OCD, ADHD and other disorders; and its upcoming 3rd annual Youth Advocate 5K<\/a><\/strong>. I hope to see you all there on November 3.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve copied and pasted the NJCTS bullying article, which also features Dr. Stuart Green of Overlook Medical Center, below. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for the support!<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and Dr. Stuart Green, DMH, LCSW \u2013 the founder and director of the New Jersey Coalition for Bullying Awareness and Prevention \u2013 has an important message for people of all ages: All kids in school should feel safe, supported, included and engaged. That means NO bullying.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Jersey was one of the earliest states to develop anti-bullying laws and now has one of the strongest anti-bullying laws in the U.S.,\u201d said Dr. Green, whose advocacy helped develop the law. \u201cIn addition, New Jersey has one of the nation\u2019s strongest anti-discrimination laws. New Jersey educators deserve recognition for making strong efforts to promote character, strengthen school culture and improve school climate. However, in New Jersey and everywhere else, we still need to do much more to prevent and address bullying.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Dr. Green\u2019s Coalition is proud to approve the 3rd annual Youth Advocate 5K Family Run Walk on Saturday, November 3, at Borough Park in Mendham. The event seeks to foster awareness, acceptance, action and advocacy on behalf of kids with neurological disorders such as Tourette Syndrome, OCD, ADHD, Asperger\u2019s Syndrome and anxiety \u2013 many of whom frequently are subjects of bullying in their schools and communities.<\/p>\n

Proceeds from support of the Youth Advocate 5K will strengthen the statewide education outreach and peer advocacy programs of the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS), which founded this event as New Jersey Walks For TS in 2010.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe strength, activities, sophistication and influence of the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders far outweighs its size,\u201d said Dr. Green, who is one of seven members of the Youth Advocate 5K Honorary Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is one of the best community-based support and advocacy organizations anywhere \u201cThe Center has always been clear about the importance of preventing and addressing bullying to the children, youth and families it serves,\u201d Dr. Green added. \u201cNJCTS has been an important partner and support for Coalition initiatives and accomplishments. We are especially glad to be asked to support and participate in this NJCTS event.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the teen advocates NJCTS has trained through its peer advocacy program, River Dell High School senior Emily Fleischman, often speaks about bullying to the many elementary schools she visits throughout the year. As someone who was regularly bullied when she was younger, Fleischman believes bullying can be stopped, but only if everyone \u2013 students, parents and teachers \u2013 is made aware of the consequences.<\/p>\n

\u201cTourette Syndrome (and other neurological disorders) is too often the punch line of the jokes in the school hallways \u2026 \u2018Ooops, sorry, I said a curse word \u2013 I have Tourette!\u2019 Kids with TS are tortured in school daily because of the tics (physical and verbal) we cannot control,\u201d said Fleischman, who is volunteering at the Youth Advocate 5K. \u201cBullies do not understand. If only they knew what TS is like and how uncomfortable, even painful, it is to have uncontrollable urges to tic. That, coupled, with the fear of being laughed at, is just an awful way to spend teenage years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fleischman and Dr. Green believe anti-bullying efforts are extremely important \u2013 that those with neurological disorders suffer enough merely coping with the disorders on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not need to endure the pain of fending off bullies,\u201d Fleischman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBullying is almost always a pattern of negative acts, not a single incident,\u201d Dr. Green added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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