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Advice about education and Tourette Syndrome, for young people, parents and teachers.
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Leaflets
Education
About Me Leaflet
This document is shown in our Tics and Transition video - a resource providing strategies and advice for children, parents and teachers; presented by specialist teacher, Katie Skinner.
You can watch the video on our You Tube channel
Education - advice for parents
Tourette Syndrome is not a learning disability but some of the symptoms and co-morbidities can have a substantial impact on a child’s ability to learn.
Education - guidance for people with TS going to university
TA has put together information that might be useful if you are going to university and have Tourette Syndrome.
Education - post-16 education options for people with TS
There are plenty of options available to you after you leave school at 16 or 18. You don’t have to go into work straight away, and you don’t have to do something academic to continue studying if you don’t want to.
Education EHC - COP guide for parents
This guide is for parents and carers of children and young people aged 0-25 years who have special educational needs (SEN) or a disability.
Factsheet - Coprolalia
Coprophenomena is the involuntary expression of socially unacceptable words or gestures including Coprolalia, Coprographia and Copropraxia.
Children & young people
Factsheet - EHCP and TS
A comprehensive guide to the EHCP process.
Download 1692794160_Factsheet---Education,-health-and-care-plans.pdf
Children & young people
Factsheet - Exam revision tips
This factsheet offers information on what exam access arrangements are available to someone with TS and tips on how to best prepare for exams.
Education
Factsheet - Parent's guide to CBiT
Children & young people
Factsheet - Transitioning to higher education: A student's guide
A helpful guide with advice and information to aid the smooth transition from further to higher education.
Download 1727102218_Factsheet---Transitioning-to-higher-education---students.pdf
Children & young people
Factsheet - Transitioning within the education system: A parent/carers guide
A helpful guide on managing the transition process, with ideas and strategies to support what can be a challenging time for those with TS.
Download 1727102298_Factsheet---Transitioning-within-the-education-system---parent-carers-(1).pdf
Key Facts for Teachers
This leaflets outlines the most important things that teachers need to know when working with a pupil who has Tourette Syndrome.
KS1 Lesson Plan
Download our lesson plan to use in a classroom environment to educate pupils about TS.
KS2 Lesson Plan
Download our lesson plan to use in a classroom environment to educate pupils about TS.
KS3 / KS4 Lesson Plan
Download our lesson plan to use in a classroom environment to educate pupils about TS.
The Education Health and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA)
A simple guide on what to expect when applying for an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP Plan).
Children & young people
TS Social Story
A learning tool to help support the exchange of information between children with TS and their teachers, friends and others in social situations.
Report
Secondary Tourettes - Transition to Secondary School. SEN Magazine
Tourettes Action Research Manager Dr Seonaid Anderson, looks at how to help children with Tourette Syndrome handle the difficult transition to secondary school.
Videos
About TS
A Fixers campaign led by Sophia Savidis-Macris
‘The media tends to only show very extreme versions of Tourette’s and that’s quite frustrating for those of us who have less noticeable symptoms.’
Sophia Savidis-Macris wants to highlight the challenges she faces living with Tourette’s syndrome so she can tackle some of the misconceptions surrounding the condition.
This story was broadcast on ITV News London in January 2016.A school-based exercise to demonstrate how concentration can be impaired by tics
Harvey is passionate about informing teachers about TS, and wanted to make a short video to demonstrate how TS can be a barrier to learning.
About TS
Dance, Yoga and how it's helped my TS
Clair Beckett, professional dancer, yoga teacher and theatre company director talks about her experience of movement based practices and how they support her TS.
Jack Mangan: Me and my Tourettes
8 year old Jack talks about his experience of having Tourette Syndrome.
About TS
Things Not To Say To People With Tourette Syndrome
The fantastic BBC3 series 'Things Not To Say To People', that helps break down stereotypes and myths about social groups have made an episode on Tourette Syndrome.
Tic Talk: School Transition
This video is part of our 'Tic Talk' series, in which we have collaborated with Specialist Teacher - Katie Skinner - to bring strategies and advice to children, parents and teachers about topics relating to school and TS.
What makes me tic
Find out how these inspiring young people manage their condition and other people's reaction throughout their everyday lives.
Books
Tic Disorders - A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Uttom Chowdhury and Tara Murphy. Foreword by Suzanne Dobson, Chief Executive of Tourettes Action UK.
Tourette Syndrome: A Practical Guide for Teachers, Parents and Carers (Resource Materials for Teachers)
Clinical descriptions and medical treatments are discussed and advice on diagnosis, identification and assessment in the classroom is given.
Links
Coprolalia Myths Demystified
An article looking at the reasons behind coprolalia and inappropriate behaviour.
Presentations
Education
About Me Leaflet
This document is shown in our Tics and Transition video - a resource providing strategies and advice for children, parents and teachers; presented by specialist teacher, Katie Skinner.
You can watch the video on our You Tube channel
Managing My Worries
This document is shown in our Tics and Transition video - a resource providing strategies and advice for children, parents and teachers; presented by specialist teacher, Katie Skinner.
You can watch the video on our You Tube channel
Once Upon A Tic
This is the journey of a young girl Alice, transitioning from primary to secondary school, and looks at some of the difficulties she faces in this journey, and the support she receives to make the process more manageable. In our story Alice and her mother use the resources from Tourettes Action to educate both her teachers and peers on her condition, to help improve her time in school. Please note that the illustrations are narrated in the notes section of the powerpoint.
Education
Reframing my thoughts
This document is shown in our Tics and Anxiety video - a resource providing strategies and advice for children, parents and teachers; presented by specialist teacher, Katie Skinner.
You can watch the video on our You Tube channel
Education
STAR Chart
This document is shown in our Tics and Anxiety video - a resource providing strategies and advice for children, parents and teachers; presented by specialist teacher, Katie Skinner.
You can watch the video on our You Tube channel
Education
Using Apps
This document is shown in our Tics and Anxiety video - a resource providing strategies and advice for children, parents and teachers; presented by specialist teacher, Katie Skinner.
You can watch the video on our You Tube channel
Education
What If Board Part 1
This document is shown in our Tics and Transition video - a resource providing strategies and advice for children, parents and teachers; presented by specialist teacher, Katie Skinner.
You can watch the video on our You Tube channel
Education
What If Board Part 2
This document is shown in our Tics and Transition video - a resource providing strategies and advice for children, parents and teachers; presented by specialist teacher, Katie Skinner.
You can watch the video on our You Tube channel
What is TS? A presentation for Primary School children
This presentation has been designed to inform young people about Tourette Syndrome; and help friends and family better understand how they can support someone living with this condition.
What is TS? A presentation for Secondary School children
This presentation has been designed with young adults of secondary school age in mind. It's aim is to inform about the complexities of Tourette Syndrome and to dispel some misconceptions around the condition. By increasing TS knowledge amongst pupils, this will hopefully breed acceptance and understanding of the condition.
Website links
Research paper: Difficulties experienced by young people with Tourette syndrome in secondary school
Difficulties experienced by young people with Tourette syndrome in secondary school: a mixed methods description of self, parent and staff perspectives.
Press cuttings
'On the tic' - SEN Magazine, March 2013
TA Chief Executive, Suzanne Dobson, writes in SEN magazine about how TS affects pupils and what schools can do to help.
About TS
New Scientist article: People with Tourette's may find it easier to pick up new skills
People with Tourette's syndrome seem to have enhanced memory that could make them better at learning tasks unconsciously, such as speaking a second language or driving a car.
About TS
SEN magazine article April 2018
Don’t panic! Pupils with Tourette’s just need the right support, not fear and misunderstanding, writes Suzanne Dobson, Chief Executive of Tourettes Action.
