Please make plans to attend our next meeting. In addition to hearing from a guest presenter, we will be electing board members and officers.
The chapter needs your involvement.
Check the Meetings & Events page for details.
Tourette Syndrome Meetings & Events
TSA National Conference Update
The schedule for the TSA National Conference, April 15-18, is now available online.
We hope you will find the conference program interesting and relevant. Even for those who have been to the conference before, there are always new updates on perennial topics and new presenters to share their expertise. Time has also been scheduled each day for networking.
Joshua Camp
Joshua Camp can be a wonderful experience for children who have Tourette Syndrome and/or associated disorders and who have completed the third through eighth grades.
This year’s camp will be held June 13-17 at the Rotary Youth Club Camp, next to Lake Jacomo in Lee’s Summit, Mo.
Check here for an application and additional information.
Contribute to our Chapter’s Future
If you are interested in serving on our chapter board, please contact Maureen Downey at 314-892-0272 or modowney1@sbcglobal.net. She will forward your name to the nominating committee. Elections will be held at our Monday, April 26 meeting; details to be announced.
Next Support Group Meeting
Our next support group meeting in the St. Louis area is set for March 29. This meeting is specially designed for fathers, stepfathers, grandfathers, and other men who play a significant role in our TS families.
Joshua Center St. Louis Conference
Becky Ottinger, executive director of the Joshua Center for Neurological Disorders, and Mike Sumler, a counselor with that organization, will be the featured speakers at a one-day conference in the St. Louis area, March 10.
The conference aims to help participants learn how to recognize symptoms associated with various neurological disorders and develop effective interventions, accommodations, and strategies for children with those disorders, including Asperger syndrome, Tourette syndrome, high-functoning autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD, bipolar, and pervasive development disorder.
The conference will emphasize information and instruction for teachers; however, parents, guardians, grandparents, and other independent caregivers and healthcare professionals also stand to benefit.
Next Support Group Meeting
Our next support group meeting in the St. Louis area is set for Feb. 22. Check here for details.
Registration Open for TSA National Conference
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.
Next Event: Skating, Broomball at Shaw Park Ice Rink
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.
Save the Dates: 2010 National Conference
The National TSA is planning its next National Conference for April 15-18, 2010, at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, Va.
The conference will feature a one-day seminar for families with newly diagnosed TS individuals, presented by TSA Medical Advisory Board Chair, John Walkup, MD; plus various other training and development sessions for chapter leaders, staff, and volunteers; teens ages 14-18; and more.
Pre-conference activities, scheduled for April 13-15, will include TSA’s Youth Ambassador Leadership Training program (by application only) and the annual “Trip to the Hill,” for TS families to meet with federal elected officials and/or their staff.
Web registration will be avaible in the near future, along with more detailed session information. Stay tuned.
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