Month: January 2010

New Presentation: IEP’s and 504 Plans

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A new, 36-minute audio presentation with accompanying slides is now available from the National TSA, offering information and guidance to parents and teachers who are considering IEPs (Individualized Education Plans) and/or 504 Plans for students with Tourette Syndrome and related disorders.

For more information on prior installments in this presentation series, check here and here.

Help National TSA Secure $1 Million

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Your Facebook votes in the first round helped the National TSA place among the top 100 charities to receive $25,000.

Your votes are needed again — and this time, the organization that gets the most votes receives $1 million, with the next five vote-getters receiving $100,000.

Please vote today.

If you’re already a Facebook member, go here to vote — then scroll down to read the National TSA’s “Big Idea” for using the funds to help those affected by Tourette Syndrome across the country.

If you’re not yet a Facebook member, please join so you can vote for TSA.

Registration Open for TSA National Conference

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Online registration is now open for the 2010 National TSA Conference, April 15-18, in Alexandria, Virginia.

Chapter and support group leaders and volunteers, plus people of all ages with TS and their families, are encouraged to attend.

Check the conference overview page for more information about what will be offered. Updates to conference programming will be announced over the next several weeks.

Study to Explore Association Between Tics, Urges

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Faculty at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center are conducting an Internet-based survey designed to explore the association between tics in children and the presence or absence of an urge right before the tic.

This research study has been reviewed and approved by TSA’s National Medical Advisory Board.

A parent and child (7 to 17 years old) should work together on the survey, to come up with the best answer to each question. The survey should take around half an hour to complete.

To complete the survey, check here and follow the instructions.

Next Event: Skating, Broomball at Shaw Park Ice Rink

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The Greater Missouri Tourette Syndrome Association invites your family to join us at Clayton Shaw Park ice rink, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 17. Details available here.