I have an 11-year-old son named Tommy. In Tommy’s 1st-grade year, he started to develop tics. We, his mother and I, did not really recognize what they were. We made what I now know to be the common mistakes parents make.… Continue Reading
Well, our journey began just after my daughter Ally’s 9th birthday in February 2009. It came in the form of an e-mail from her 3rd-grade teacher, who was writing to inform me that over the last few weeks my daughter… Continue Reading
The following blog was written by Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada in-service presenter/trainer Laura Locke. What are some ways school staff can help remove the road blocks to learning for a student with coprolalia? One of our in-service providers was… Continue Reading
We’re still here. I started my second placement for student teaching, and now I’m doing middle school inclusion. It’s much different from my last placement, but I love getting the experience from multiple settings. If you haven’t done it lately,… Continue Reading
Conditional Corner is a series that runs Fridays on TSParentsOnline. All stories, including this one by “Garry”, were originally published at Conditional Publications. My earliest memory of being told that famous quote (the one known worldwide to all young ticcers… Continue Reading
Conditional Corner is a series that runs Fridays on TSParentsOnline. All stories, including this one by Robaire Beckwith, were originally published at Conditional Publications. Knowing what growing up with Tourette Syndrome was like, and remembering the difficulties with understanding the… Continue Reading
The following is the 6th and final part of a series of entries that, as a whole, comprise a paper titled “Tourette Syndrome: Coping With Difference” I wrote for a class I am taking at the University of Texas-San Antonio.… Continue Reading
The following is part 5 of a series of entries that, as a whole, comprise a paper titled “Tourette Syndrome: Coping With Difference” I wrote for a class I am taking at the University of Texas-San Antonio. Read part 1… Continue Reading
Hi everyone, I wanted to post a couple of links that I found online and also put on my Tic Tic Boom page on Facebook. I think you’ll find them very useful. Enjoy! Praising Children for Their Personal Qualities May… Continue Reading
I am not only a mom of a young woman who has Tourette Syndrome, but I also have had TS for 35 years myself. I have to say, “Wow have we come a long way.!” I’m going to start from… Continue Reading