Tourettes Syndrome

Asha M. Creary
Professor Hostin
Dallas Baptist University

What is Tourettes Syndrome

Tourettes syndrome is a
neurological disorder
that can be characterized
by many various
involuntary movements

Symptoms of Tourettes

Facial tics
Motor tics
Echolilia
Repeat actions, excessive touching, mocking
Coprolalia
Shout obscenities, strange utterances, and
phrases
Self harming behaviors (rare occasion)
Clearing of the throat, cough, sniff, grunt, or
shout

History
A
French
neurologist,
Georges Albert Edouard
Gilles de la Tourette, first
described an 86 year old
woman with the condition
in 1885. Its original name
was La Maladie des tics
was later named after
Albert Tourette. There is
evidence that infers that it
could have surfaced over
two thousand years ago in
Ancient Rome.

Etiology
The are no hard
etiological facts on
Tourettes Syndrome,
but there is evidence
of familial and
sporadic cases.
Some believe that
one gene causes TS.

Treatments
Behavioral

HRT
Massed negative practice (MNP)
Supportive psychotherapy (SP)
Exposure with response
prevention (ERP)
Self-monitoring
(SM)
Cognitive-behavioural therapy
(CBT)
Relaxation therapy (RT)
Assertiveness training (AT)
Contingency management (CM)
Tension-reduction technique
Biofeedback training (BT).

Pharmaceutical

Fluphenazine
Typical antipsychotics
Benzamides

Prognosis
Currently there is
no cure for TS but it is
not a life threatening
disease. It minimally
impedes with a persons
ability
to
work
or
function. The condition
improves with maturity.
It is a lifelong disorder
and is no degenerative.

Living with Tourettes

http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8HtTb0Vk_o

Tourettes and Education

Do not encourage
students to hold in the
tics.
Ensure the other students
understands the disorder.
Make sure to let other
students know they
cannot copy the behavior
Have a signal for the
student to leave the room
when they need to.
Keep an extra set of books
the student can take
home.
Keep a log of how student
acts on and off of
medication.

Educational Environment

Have a seating chart in place

Remove distractions from the
students desk
Give extra time to finish
assignments, tests, and allow
oral responses
Reduce assignments
Use key phrases to help them
focus
Avoid many distractions and do
not sit them next to the door.
Give student a schedule
Place the student at the front
of the line
Sit student next to a
responsible student

Accommodations and Modifications

Reading
Follow along with
finger
Tapes or readers
Comfortable seating
Read questions
before reading
text/story
Use of headphones
for noise reduction

Math
Use of calculator
Math tables
Reduce wordiness in
problems
Use of graphing or
ruled paper
Handwriting
Reduce hand written
assignments
Printed notes

Tourettes Awareness
Tourettes
Awareness
Month is May
15-June 15
Wear teal
bracelets, hair
accessories,
nail polish

References

Coffman, A. (2012). Tourette Syndrome in the Classroom. Educational

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