{"id":4082,"date":"2014-12-17T16:04:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T21:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/tsparents\/?p=4082"},"modified":"2014-12-17T16:04:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T21:04:40","slug":"cbit-explained-part-1-what-is-cbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/tsparents\/cbit-explained-part-1-what-is-cbit\/","title":{"rendered":"CBIT Explained, Part 1: What is CBIT?"},"content":{"rendered":"
In this blog series, Steve Pally, administrator of the TSFC Forum (<\/i>www.tourettesyndrome.ca<\/i><\/a><\/strong>), explains the basics of CBIT, or Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics.<\/i><\/p>\n CBIT (pronounced see-bit) is a non-pharmacological treatment for Tourette Syndrome.<\/p>\n It combines six strategic therapeutic components in the form of a clinically proven, comprehensive therapy to help a person with Tourette Syndrome manage their tics, including:<\/p>\n CBIT does not cure Tourette Syndrome or eradicate tics; rather, it provides strategies to help manage tic symptoms and lessen their impact.<\/p>\n\n
<\/a>About the blogger: Steve Pally was diagnosed with TS as an adult in his mid-forties.\u00a0He has volunteered with TSFC for nearly three decades and currently co-administers the TSFC information and support Forum at\u00a0<\/i>www.TouretteSyndrome.ca<\/i><\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0His interest in CBIT was sparked when he realized many of the strategies taught in a ten-week period in CBIT\u00a0today\u00a0were familiar to him, but took him decades on his own to discover them, as have many other adults with TS. That\u2019s why he is eager to acquaint as many people as he can with CBIT so they can take advantage of recent developments for tic management.<\/i><\/p>\n