Thank you to all who attended our virtual seminar, “Empowering school personnel to recognize and accommodate Tourette syndrome and tics,” on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 5:00-6:00p.m.
This page hosts the following information for school counselors in our region:
- The VISIT-TS video, the first 5 minutes of which shows characteristics of tics and related information for a general audience
- A Q&A resource: a blog page on which you can ask tic-related questions in a format so that answers can be useful for others with similar questions
- A lesson plan that school counselors can use in classrooms, complete with links to information for school professionals from the TAA
- A recording of the virtual seminar for school counselors described above: https://fb.watch/rG7qdKWT_u/
- A short educational video for school counselors and personnel about TS: https://fb.watch/rG7v6VGnSs/
If you are a school counseling professional and have found any useful information on this site, please tell us so we can track this program’s impact. Also, please give us feedback on what you’d like to see here, or what worked best for you. If you would like additional resources or information about tics and Tourette’s contact: Emily Bihun at (314) 362-2083 or emilybihun@wustl.edu
Personnel
- Emily C. Bihun, M.Ed.
- Kevin J. Black, M.D.
- Jennifer Stenger, Ph.D.
- Lynn Dunlap, M.Ed.
Acknowledgment
Thanks to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Tourette Association of America (TAA). The CDC funded this Community Engagement Grant at our WUSTL Center of Excellence through the TAA.