<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="/feed/bypass/styles/feed.css" media="screen"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/feed/bypass/styles/feed.xsl"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/">

	<channel>
	  <!-- main channel info -->
        <title>School/Health Legislation/Issues for Tourette Syndrome</title>
        <link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/forums/10</link>
        <description>
        <![CDATA[ Archives of educational issues and health and educational advocacy affecting Tourette's syndrome ]]>
        </description>

		<!-- optional elements -->
		<language>en-us</language>
		<copyright>Copyright 2006, Yuku</copyright>
		<managingEditor>feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster)</managingEditor>
		<webMaster>webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster)</webMaster>
		<!-- note: dates need to be RFC 822 formated "Sat, 07 Sep 2002 00:00:01 GMT" -->
		<lastBuildDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:40:44 GMT</lastBuildDate>
		<generator>Yuku Feeds 1.0</generator>
		<docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
		<!-- <cloud domain="rpc.yuku.com" port="80" path="/RPC2" registerProcedure="pingMe" protocol="soap"/>-->
		<ttl>60</ttl>
		<!-- feed image -->
		<image>
			<title>Yuku</title>
			<url>http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png</url>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/forums/10</link>
			<description>Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles</description>
			<width>88</width>
			<height>31</height>
		</image>
		<rating>
		{pics-1.1 &quot;http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html&quot; l gen true for &quot;http://yuku.com&quot; r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) &quot;http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html&quot; l gen true for &quot;http://yuku.com&quot; r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 ))
		</rating>
		<textInput>
			<title>Search</title>
			<description>Search Domain</description>
			<name>q</name>
			<link>http://yuku.com/search/direct/</link>
		</textInput>
		<!-- skip
		<skipHours>
			<hour>23</hour>
		</skipHours>
		<skipDays>
			<day>Monday</day>
			<day>Wednesday</day>
			<day>Friday</day>
		</skipDays>-->
		<!-- extensions -->


		<!-- channel items -->
		<!-- descriptions should be shorter than 500 char to be polite -->
		<!-- html shoud be stripped or escaped -->
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ READ ME FIRST ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1762/t/READ-ME-FIRST.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Click here for important board information <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :arrow --><img src=http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t214/tourettenowwhat/ArrowYellow.gif ALT=":arrow"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->        <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://p082.ezboard.com/ftourettesyndromenowwhatfrm4.showMessage?topicID=53.topic" target="top"> READ ME FIRST </a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:green;font-family:verdana;">Tourette Syndrome Resources<br>School,... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (TSNowWhat)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1762</guid>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:54:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Schwab learning - message board for learning disabilities ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1763/t/Schwab-learning-message-board-for-learning-disabilities.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Here is an excellent message board and website for those with learning disabilities.  I'm not sure how up on Tourette's they are, but they are definitely up on school accommodations and learning issues.<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.schwablearning.org/message_boards/index.aspx?" target="top"> Schwab Parent to Parent message board </a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><div class='signature'>---<br><strong><span style="color:olive;font-family:verdana;font-size:x-small;"><a... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (TSNowWhat)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1763</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:55:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Should i tell the teacher ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1765/t/Should-i-tell-the-teacher.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ We are still in the diagnosis process with my 7 year old.  I asked the teacher before we saw the psychiatrist last week if she noticed the throat clearing and eye rolling.  She said very casually yes.  After seeing the Dr.  she thinks it is TS but the motor tics( she has several others) haven't all been for a 6 month period(vocal have been 4 yrs.).  My question is do I go back and tell the teacher what we think it is or not say anything?  My only concern is her telling her to stop the throat... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (momofts)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1765</guid>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:36:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Special Education Teacher test ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1768/t/Special-Education-Teacher-test.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I just took the Praxis II- Exceptional Students Core COntent Knowledge.  It is the test required for SPED certification in my state (I am trying to become cross-endorsed just in case I ever want to use it).  The test was simple for me- 60 questions multiple choice.  I am proud to say that in the version I took today, Tourette's Syndrome was the correct answer for 2 out of the 60 questions!  Pretty good, eh?! ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (lafm)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1768</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2006 09:01:41 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Tourette's Syndrome to be classified as OHI under IDEA ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1764/t/Tourette-s-Syndrome-to-be-classified-as-OHI-under-IDEA.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.tsa-usa.org/news/TOURETTEOHI0806.htm">TSA-USA - Tourette's to be classified as OHI under IDEA</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br> ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (sleaska)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1764</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2006 04:03:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ struggling with school ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1771/t/struggling-with-school.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ We have a 12 year old son with tourettes and ADHD, we took him out of school in March, and homeschooled him for the remainder of the year.  We took him out because his teachers and principle wanted to send him to alternative school.  They would say that he is very disruptive in class and refuses to do work and is defiant.  We did have him under 504 at that time also.  We just could not get his teachers to work with us.  They would tell me that he is very smart and knows the work but just... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Mom2tyty)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1771</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:55:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Education Advocacy ALERT ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1766/t/Education-Advocacy-ALERT.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Particularly those in New York, but everyone should read this Wrightslaw call to action, also on Leslie's page:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/actionalert071606.htm">www.tourettesyndrome.net/...071606.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.wrightslaw.com/news/06/abuse.nys.regs.htm">www.wrightslaw.com/news/0...s.regs.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><div class='signature'>---<br><strong><span... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (TSNowWhat)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1766</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 05:27:43 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ My son messed it up! ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1773/t/My-son-messed-it-up-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ My son who has TS graduated last year in top 40% in his class and choose a reputable University to continue his education.  While in Hig School he had a lot of problem and we helped him a lot to stay at the top of his classes, homework, etc.  We never ask his school for any special treatment for him.  We, however, let the school know that he has TS and added a letter of diagnose to his file.  We thought the high school will send this letter to other institutes such as his college. <br>When he... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (JEmmanuel)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1773</guid>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 01:24:16 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Speech Evaluations ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1774/t/Speech-Evaluations.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Have any of you had this experience or read of it? My son just had another speech evaluation. At this one and the last one, I feel like he tests at a level that is &quot;better&quot; than his actual speech. In other words, his speech seems worse to me than where the objective speech tests say he is. The tests are so objective -- e.g., number of instances of the different types of disfluences in a given period of time /  number of improper articulations in a test set, etc.  -- but would the... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (SadieinDallas)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1774</guid>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:30:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Opinion Question-School accommodations ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1776/t/Opinion-Question-School-accommodations.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Hi all,<br><br>I have an opinion question.  We, DH and I, have been discussing whether DS9 needs some further accommodations.  DS will bring home quizzes and tests where he knows the answers but gets them marked wrong because either the teacher can't read what he wrote or he doesn't have enough time to complete the work.  They are required to write in full sentences.  On his last quiz one question was &quot;What is the biggest planet?&quot;  He wrote &quot;Jupitar&quot;.  So he only got 1/4... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (christimo3)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1776</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:59:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ who had a gifted link? ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1778/t/who-had-a-gifted-link-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Somewhere I saw a link for supposedly gifted children with TS and OCD. Will you please tell me where it is, I can't seem to find it again.<br>  School seems to think my son is too gifted to have problems but all it takes is to try to have a conversation with him that requires more than two sentences in a row to know better. And the tics and compulsions to count, stomp, touch, tap, sniff, say phrases, and noise making are destroying his entire life. ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (tedack)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1778</guid>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:07:05 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ pull them out of school? ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1777/t/pull-them-out-of-school-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ My 11 yr old son is the youngest of five, the third with TS. He's been having so much trouble in school that I'm thinking of pulling him out altogether. A phone call with guidance brought mention of a 504 but it had to be started by the teachers. The teachers had just mentioned it to her (guidance) that very day! Too bad that was the last I ever heard.<br>  I insisted on a conference with son's two teachers, the vice principal was there too. I told them he was having way too much trouble with... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (tedack)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1777</guid>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:07:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ HELP! IEP/504! HELP IN SCHOOL~! ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1775/t/HELP-IEP-504-HELP-IN-SCHOOL-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ My son was diagnosed with TS and ADD last year. After several trials with different medications he ended up on Guanfacine which alleviated his extremely painful ticking as well as the frequency of the ticking. This, was of course, my primary goal as his parent, to get him out of pain. Unfortunately, the medication has worsened his ADD and in turn, is struggling in school. A am pleased an very proud to say that he made honor roll two marking periods in a row, but he works extremely hard to do... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (jojo66)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1775</guid>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:11:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ HELP! IEP/504! HELP IN SCHOOL~! ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1780/t/HELP-IEP-504-HELP-IN-SCHOOL-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ My son was diagnosed with TS and ADD last year. After several trials with different medications he ended up on Guanfacine which alleviated his extremely painful ticking as well as the frequency of the ticking. This, was of course, my primary goal as his parent, to get him out of pain. Unfortunately, the medication has worsened his ADD and in turn, is struggling in school. A am pleased an very proud to say that he made honor roll two marking periods in a row, but he works extremely hard to do... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (jojo66)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1780</guid>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:11:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ IEP tommorow ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1781/t/IEP-tommorow.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Tomorrow afternoon DS13 will have his annual IEP.  I think that it is really important that all goes well because depending on how it turns out will be part of determining whether or not he will be returning to public school in the fall.  <br>I guess I kind of wish I didn't have to deal with it.  I wish everyone could just understand what they need to do to and do it.  I am included in that group.<br>Fortunately DH will be there.  My personal goal will be to get what I feel is in DSs best... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (materialdiva)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1781</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:37:19 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Has anyone ever heard of this??? (Gifted education) ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1784/t/Has-anyone-ever-heard-of-this-Gifted-education-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ My son is having a really rough time right now.  I had a fight with the SPL yesterday about her interpretation of his testing (she claims he's in the average range with pragmatics) Ok- but if he's in the gifted range, doesn't that make him impaired???  Also, it is really effecting him in school- he had an in school suspension today- for starters....  She told me he was oppositional and it was just Tourette's.  I told her that his social issues have nothing to do with... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (lafm)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1784</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:37:45 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Important SPED case law - Asperger and IEP qualification ? ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1785/t/Important-SPED-case-law-Asperger-and-IEP-qualification-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I don't speak SpecEd, but this seems to be important federal case law?  Can someone who is knowledgeable comment and interpret ??<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.schwablearning.org/message_boards/view_messages.asp?thread=14325">www.schwablearning.org/me...read=14325</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><div class='signature'>---<br><strong><span style="color:olive;font-family:verdana;font-size:x-small;"><a href="http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com" target="top"> Tourette Syndrome... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (TSNowWhat)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1785</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:26:57 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Tourette syndrome and college ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1786/t/Tourette-syndrome-and-college.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.tsa-usa.org/LivingWithTS/college.htm" target="top"> Tourette syndrome and college </a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><div class='signature'>---<br><strong><span style="color:olive;font-family:verdana;font-size:x-small;"><a href="http://tourettenowwhat.tripod.com" target="top"> Tourette Syndrome - Now What?</a></span></strong></div> ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (TSNowWhat)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1786</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:31:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ Education/Advocacy Link Collection ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1787/t/Education-Advocacy-Link-Collection.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Education/Advocacy<br>www.ed.gov/parents/needs/...index.html<br>www.wrightslaw.com/info/fape.index.htm<br>www.504idea.org/504_eligibility.html<br>www.psychguides.com/<br>www.allkindsofminds.org/s...tions.aspx<br>www.ldonline.org/article....040&amp;loc=89<br>www.reedmartin.com/<br>www.geocities.com/Athens/...links.html<br>www.spannj.org/publicatio...DEApub.htm<br>www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/index.html<br>www.ldonline.org/ld_indep...thods.html<br>www.pde.state.pa.us/speci...ermination<br>www.slc.s... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (sleaska)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1787</guid>
			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:31:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[ IEP meeting-they hate me... ]]></title>
			<link>http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1789/t/IEP-meeting-they-hate-me-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I am not sure if they hate me but I was a bit <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START >: --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/mad.gif ALT=">:"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> .<br>They did not really come up with a real plan today, but dd is eligible for speech services and their plan is to provide service two times a week 30 min..<br>They don't think that she might have some kind of learning disability but the testing was not a real help in a lot of areas because of her &quot;bad... ]]></description>

			<!-- optional elements -->
			<author>feeds@yuku.com (sabina0815)</author>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://tourettesyndromenowwhat.yuku.com/topic/1789</guid>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:00:48 GMT</pubDate>
			<!-- extensions -->

		</item>
    <!-- end items -->

  </channel>
</rss>