Allied clinical and counseling professionals play a significant role in helping people and families affected by Tourette Syndrome (TS.) Families may seek counseling to help them understand and manage the effects of a new diagnosis for their child. Individuals may seek counseling to help with a wide range of issues: dealing with tic symptoms, rejection by peers, school and learning problems, when to tell others about Tourette Syndrome, dating and socializing, treatment approaches and many more concerns.
Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA) welcomes the interest of practicing clinicians in social work, psychology, counseling, nursing, rehabilitation counseling, and various other related professional disciplines. On this page, we will feature articles offering a clinical perspective on service and supports for individuals and families with TS and related conditions such as ADHD, OCD and Learning Disabilities. We urge you to share this page with your colleagues. We want to help counseling professionals increase awareness of and skills in working with Tourette Syndrome.
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- Ask the Expert - Articles from our quarterly Newsletter of interest to the Clinical and Counseling community - click here to view.
- CBIT (Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics) - 2 hour video for medical and allied
professionals, psychologists and social workers + 33 minut role-playing training session video - click here for more information and to register to view.
- QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG YOUTH WITH TOURETTE SYNDROME From the Youths’ Own Perspective - by By Tari Topolski, PhD Research Scientist/Affiliate Assistant Professor at University of Washington Greater Seattle Area
- "USING Behavior Therapy TO MANAGE TIC DISORDERS IN CHILDREN", webstream professional education presentation by Douglas W. Woods, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin, filmed 07/07/2006 at the NYU Child Study Center.
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- "TOURETTE SYNDROME OVERVIEW FOR SOCIAL WORKERS"- webstream - professional education
Original PresentatIon 5/08 NASW Conference, Madison, WI
Cathy Budman,M.D.: "An Update on Tourette Syndrome: What Makes Them Tic"; and Douglas Woods, P.D.: "Using Behavior Therapy to Manage Tic Disorders"
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- MUTUAL AID IN SUPPORT GROUPS by Evan Michaels, LCSW
- THE ROLE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH TS AND THEIR FAMILIES, by Emily Kelman-Bravo, LCSW,BCD. Ms. Kelman Bravo is the Director of TSA's New York City Counseling Program (NYCCP). The program, funded by New York City, is the only counseling program focusing exclusively on Tourette Syndrome in the country. (It can be replicated elsewhere in the U.S.). Ms. Kelman-Bravo, and her colleague Evan Michaels, LCSW, are seasoned experts in helping children, families, individuals, school personnel and others understand and live well with Tourette Syndrome.
To learn more about the New York City Counseling Program click here.
- Tic Disorders Including Tourette Syndrome - a Handout for Patients, Parents, Friends, Relatives and Teachers - Cheston M. Berlin, Jr., M.D., University Professor of Pediatrics, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (view in Adobe Acrobat™ format)
- Behavioral Therapy: Habit Reversal - John Piacentini, Ph.D., Child OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. (PowerPoint™ Presentation from TSA's 4th International Scientific Symposium on Tourette Syndrome) (view in Adobe Acrobat™ format)
- Diagnosis and Treatment (Introduction)
- A Model Counseling Program for Individuals with Tourette Syndrome and Their Families - TSA's NYC Clinical Counseling Program
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