Understanding Tourettes Syndrome - for parents and carers

Nip in the Bud® Podcast - The children's mental health health charity

Lucy works part time at the Charity Tourettes Action and consults with schools and education professionals to optimise understanding of, and support for pupils with TS. She provides resources and training to education provisions in order to increase their knowledge and understanding and to help them learn how best to support a learner with TS. Lucy has a background of SEN in schools and has worked in mainstream schools as a primary school teacher for 15 years before joining Tourettes Action. She also has a son with TS.

Today we talk about Tourette’s Syndrome, what this means and how it may present. We also speak about how parents and carers can support a child with TS and where they can find information and advice as well as a thriving community that they will be welcomed in to.

Tourettes Action: https://www.tourettes-action.org.uk/

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פרקים

1. Understanding Tourettes Syndrome - for parents and carers (00:00:00)

2. Who are Tourette's Action? (00:02:35)

3. Lucy's background and experiences (00:02:54)

4. What is the process for getting a diagnosis of Tourettes Syndrome? (00:03:53)

5. How many children in the UK are living with Tourettes Syndrome? (00:05:02)

6. Why do we not know much about Tourettes as parents? (00:05:20)

7. What is Coprolalia? (00:05:42)

8. Is Tourettes Syndrome and anxiety linked? (00:06:15)

9. How can we help children understand about their Tourettes? (00:08:05)

10. Is there a treatment for Tourettes Syndrome? (00:08:36)

11. How has Tourettes Action supported children and their families? (00:11:36)

12. What should parents do if they see their child displaying tics? (00:13:04)

13. What types of tics are there? (00:15:00)

14. Talk to your child's school (00:16:38)

15. How can a parent or carer work with their child's school? (00:18:00)

16. Should I encourage my child to suppress tics? (00:19:52)

17. What can parents and carers do at home to support a child with TS? (00:21:40)

18. Homeschooling in the TS community (00:22:36)