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Our Training Offer
Employers, health professionals, education professionals, and individuals with Tourette Syndrome or their families can contact us by email at help@tourettes-action.org.uk for guidance and support, which we offer free of charge.
We also have the following eLearning options available:
- Three eLearning modules are accessible on our website, Understanding Tourette syndrome, in both English and Welsh, and Understanding Tourette syndrome for GPs: Tourettes Action eLearning Module
- Understanding Tourette syndrome - available on the NHS Learning Hub, open to individuals with a .gov or nhs email address
- Understanding Tourette Syndrome for GPs - available on the NHS Learning Hub, open to individuals with a .gov or nhs email address
However, for those seeking a more personalised, bespoke training session, we provide options for small group or company-wide training at a cost of £200 per online session.
Bespoke Training Sessions
The training we offer comes from 'real life' experience, our trainers either having Tourette's themselves or have a child with TS, meaning they can give strategies that actually work in practice and are not strategies that are thought to work.
We currently have 4 trainers, all offering professional content but also personal experience of the condition:
- Ione Georgakis who is an adult with TS and also a trained OT
- Lucy Toghill who is a mum of a child with TS and a qualified teacher
- Kat Congreave who is an adult with TS, a mum and a qualified therapist and university lecturer
- Suzanne Parsons who is a mum of two children with TS and also a qualified therapist
Our Offer
Our training sessions are priced at £200 per session and are delivered online.
The options we currently have on offer are:
Professional training (for health and social care)
Length: 1.5 - 2 hrs
Webinar covers: What is Tourette's, Contributing factors, Cooccurring conditions and features, Tourette's impact on the individual and the family, How Tourette's impacts on education, What can be done to support at home and in school, Personal experience from a person with TS and a mum of a child with TS, Support available from Tourettes Action, Q&A.
Education training for teaching staff / youth group workers
Length: 1 hr to 1.5 hrs
Webinar covers: What is Tourette's, Contributing factors, Cooccurring conditions, How can TS affect learning, What strategies can be put in place to help, Safe guarding, SEN entitlements, Support available from Tourettes Action, Q&A.
Workplace training
Length: 1.5 - 2hrs
Webinar covers: What is Tourette Syndrome , Contributing factors , Co-occurring conditions, Tourette's Impact , External and Internal influences on tics and Tourette's, Tourette's and employment, Being a neurodiverse and inclusive employer, How you can support people living with Tourette's, Support available from Tourettes Action, Q&A.
Business awareness sessions
Length: 1 to 1.5 hrs
Webinar covers: What is Tourette Syndrome, Contributing factors , Myth busting common misconceptions, Co-occurring conditions, Tourette's Impact, External and Internal influences on tics and Tourette's, How you can support people living with Tourette's, Support available from Tourettes Action, Q&A.
Lunch and learn session
Length: 45 mins to 1 hr
Webinar covers: What is Tourette Syndrome, Contributing factors, Myth busting common misconceptions, Co-occurring conditions, Tourette's Impact, External and Internal influences on tics and Tourette's, How you can support people living with Tourette's, Support available from Tourettes Action, Q&A.
Parent Webinars
Length: 1 hr to 1.5 hrs
Organisations can book our parenting webinars to support parent and carers of children with TS in their area or organisation. Integrated Care Boards or local councils may want to provide services for families in their area, these sessions are ideal as early intervention support. We currently offer 2 parent webinars for families in their area:
- Webinar for parents awaiting a diagnosis Content: What are tics, when do they start, what can they look like, What are the different tic disorders, What are cooccurring conditions, How to prepare for a medical appointment, What can be done to support at school, What can be done to support at home, What makes tics worse / better, Explanation on educating the childs circle, Where to go for help – you are NOT alone, Q&A.
- Webinar for parents who's child has a diagnosis Content: Overview of Tourette's, different types of tics, What are cooccurring conditions, What can be done to support at school, What can be done to support at home, What makes tics worse / better, Explanation on educating the childs circle, Overview of therapies / treatment options available, What the future holds – its not all doom and gloom, Personal experience from a person with TS and a mum of a child with TS, Where to go for help – you are NOT alone, Q&A.
All our training sessions are targeted to the organisation’s individual needs
Examples of additional content can include:
- Reasonable adjustments specific to the person with Tourette’s
- Executive function strategies
- Targeted employee specific recommendations (discuss individual needs with the employee / employer and make targeted recommendations for adjustments or strategies to support wellbeing)
- Targeted education specific recommendations, discussing individuals on a case by case basis
Our training sessions are priced at £200 per session and are delivered over zoom or MS Teams.
