Month: September 2010

New Tourette Syndrome Documentary

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A new, hour-long documentary, “Tourette’s Uncovered,” premieres tonight, Sept. 13 at 8:00 pm CT, on Discovery Health, profiling four different TS children and their families.

Check local cable or satellite listings to determine if Discovery Health is available on your channel lineup. The documentary will be re-televised several times. (All times listed at the Discovery Health Web site are ET.)

Bullying Prevention

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The national Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA) Education Committee is offering a new online audio conference on the subject of “Bullying Prevention.”

In this conference, Julie Hertzog — Bullying Prevention Project Director for PACER (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights — talks about types of bullying, the increase in cyber-bullying, effective anti-bullying programs, and the need for communities to unite in their knowledge and response to the problem.