I Don’t Know
As parents how many times a day do we hear, “I don’t know”? “I don’t know why I don’t write down my assignments.” “I don’t know why I didn’t turn in my assignment.” “I don’t know where I put my… Continue Reading
Questions
“I’m gonna have more friends now” because of Youth Advocate presentation in New Jersey
Last week, my daughters Anna and Sarah gave a TS Youth Ambassador Presentation. Like all of the ones they have given before, I sat in the audience and watched the faces of the kids as they learn about TS. They… Continue Reading
“Why do you let Tourette rule your life?”
This week I’m taking a week off from the “52 Weeks of TS” series that’s been posting here on the TSParentsOnline blog for the past 41 weeks. Today, I want to talk about one simple question that someone asked me:… Continue Reading
UPCOMING WEBINAR: February 25 on Sensory Issues at Home & at School
THIS WEEK’S WEBINAR Making Sense of Sensory Issues – How to manage heightened senses at home and in the classroom February 25, 2015 Presented by Dr. Michelle Miller, Psy.D., a New York State-licensed clinical psychologist who works at Therapy West, a… Continue Reading
Ask questions … don’t be ignorant
As a mother of a child with Tourette’s Syndrome, I find myself asked questions a lot about Kane, his tics and methods that we use to help him. I love helping people to better understand Tourette’s; however, there is always… Continue Reading
UPCOMING WEBINAR: January 21 on Habit Reversal Therapy
THIS WEEK’S WEBINAR Creative Applications of Exposure Therapy and Habit Reversal Therapy January 21, 2015 Presented by Dr. Joelle Beecher-McGovern, a clinical psychotherapist at the Child & Adolescent OCD, Tic, Trich & Anxiety Group (COTTAGe) in the Department of Psychiatry at… Continue Reading
Answering your questions
I have received some messages filled with questions! I appreciate all the questions and the supportive messages sent on Kane’s behalf! I was recently asked, what is it like to live with a child who has high anxiety? Well just… Continue Reading
Sensory What-egration?: The 411 on Sensory Integration and Sensory Processing Dysfunction
The National Office of the Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada (TSFC) received several questions about sensory integration dysfunction (SID), a common co-occurring condition with TS. Just last week, a parent asked a National Office staff member if SID was a… Continue Reading
UPCOMING WEBINAR: November 12 on getting kids motivated for school
THIS WEEK’S WEBINAR Getting Kids Motivated for School: Strategies to foster your child/teen’s motivation to achieve in school November 12, 2014 Presented by Dr. Graham Hartke, is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Roseland, N.J. As our schools continue to… Continue Reading
List of all NJCTS webinars, including October 29 on mental health in the African-American community
THIS WEEK’S WEBINAR Mental Health Stigma in the African-American Community October 29, 2014 Presented by Dr. Christine Adkins-Hutchison, Associate Director of the Office of Counseling and Disability Services at Kean University in Union, N.J. Asking for help of any kind… Continue Reading