About this book
Tics are a fact of life for kids with Tourette Syndrome (TS) and related disorders. And for most kids, the symptoms of their disorder aren''t even the most frustrating part-others'' reactions can make children feel anxious and extremely self-conscious.
Coping with Tourette Syndrome includes forty activities to help kids with TS, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) understand, prepare for, and mask their tics. Kids will also learn how to best explain their tics to friends and curious strangers using humor, games, or brief scripts they have prepared.
The activities in this workbook address managing TS and related disorders in specific situations, such as at school, at the movies, when out to dinner, on special occasions, when visiting friends for sleepovers or parties, when taking tests, and in places of worship. After completing these exercises, kids with TS will have all the tools they need to handle their tics with confidence and grace in any situation.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Introduction for Mental Health Professionals
- A Note to Parents
- A Special Message to Parents
- A Message to Young Readers
- Activity 1: What Is Tourette Syndrome?
- Activity 2: About Tics
- Activity 3: The Phases of Tourette Syndrome
- Activity 4: Planning Ahead for Your TS Phases
- Activity 5: Rating Your Anxiety
- Activity 6: TS and OCD
- Activity 7: TS and ADHD
- Activity 8: Explaining TS to Others
- Activity 9: Answering Questions Quickly
- Activity 10: Handling Stares
- Activity 11: Helping Others Experience TS
- Activity 12: Masking Tics
- Activity 13: Using Humor
- Activity 14: Using Signals
- Activity 15: “Bad” Words
- Activity 16: About Friendship
- Activity 17: Making New Friends
- Activity 18: Different Feelings
- Activity 19: Feelings Game
- Activity 20: Expressing Your Feelings Creatively
- Activity 21: Feelings at School
- Activity 22: Getting Used to Middle School or Junior High
- Activity 23: Managing TS at Your Place of Worship
- Activity 24: Managing TS at the Movies
- Activity 25: When You Have to Dress Up
- Activity 26: Passing Time
- Activity 27: Dining Out
- Activity 28: Going Shopping
- Activity 29: Contagion: New Tics and Behaviors
- Activity 30: Visiting Others
- Activity 31: Hosting Parties
- Activity 32: Going to Sleepovers
- Activity 33: Keeping Score When You Shouldn’t
- Activity 34: Being a Good Loser and a Good Winner
- Activity 35: Organizing for Morning and Evening
- Activity 36: Getting to Sleep
- Activity 37: Studying for Tests
- Activity 38: Taking Tests
- Activity 39: Brothers and Sisters
- Activity 40: Revisiting the Phases of TS
- Parent Appendix: About Coprolalia
