CT TSA Educators' Conference Videos

[BlessedBy2]

The first batch of videos from the 1998 Connecticut TSA Educators' Conference
is ready and most of them are in the mail and should be received by next week.
I previewed my set before mailing them out, and they're really great! Since I
was at the conference, I was only able to attend one of the six workshops, so
having all six workshops on tape for the same price as the cost of the
conference is actually a bargain, especially since this is such valuable
information to share with schools. What an excellent group of speakers! If
you find the cost of a complete set high, Tape #1, with Mort Doran, is a good
recommendation, even for the adults without children. If you have any problems
with your tapes, please e-mail me, as the return address on the form is not
mine. Cheers, BB2

VIDEO ORDER FORM
The Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc., Connecticut Chapter
1 9 9 8 E D U C A T O R S ‘ C O N F E R E N C E

Understanding and Managing Tourette Syndrome,
and the Associated Disorders
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder & Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
in the Classroom

Friday, November 6, 1998
at Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, Connecticut

VHS Tape #1: SPEAKERS and PANEL (About 4 hours total)
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Keynote Speaker Morton L. Doran, MD
Dr. Doran is a practicing surgeon, professor of medicine and recreational pilot
who has Tourette Syndrome. He was featured in a book, An Anthropologist on
Mars, by Oliver Sacks, MD, a perceptive look at living successfully with
neurobiological disorders. Dr. Doran was the featured surgeon in New Yorker
magazine's article about a surgeon with TS.

Kids/Parents Panel - 45 minute Question and Answer

Guest Speaker Sheryl Pruitt, M.Ed., Co-author of Teaching the Tiger, which
addresses educational issues of neurologically impaired children. Ms. Pruitt
spoke to the general audience on classroom strategies to deal with TS, OCD,
ADHD/ADD and Executive Dysfunction. Her presentation was to provide an
understanding of these disorders and strategies for remediating their impact on
the seven areas of learning disabilities.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PURPOSE/INTENT OF EACH WORKSHOP FROM THE CONFERENCE
BROCHURE:

VHS Tape #2: WORKSHOPS (3 hours)
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1. Taming the Tiger, Sheryl Pruitt, M.Ed., Author and Consultant
This workshop discuss approaches to deal with difficult behaviors in the school
setting. Ms. Pruitt will present a variety of cognitive modification
strategies and behavioral interventions. These strategies will give
professionals a practical understanding and useful techniques for dealing with
problem behavior.

2. Supporting the Child with TS/OCD in the Classroom, Diane Findley, PhD, Child
Study Center, Yale
This session will assist educators in understanding the nature of these
disorders and how they manifest themselves in classroom situations. Having a
broad understanding of these behaviors will begin the process necessary for
participants to learn how to develop strategies for teaching based on the
child's individual needs and characteristics. The basic principles of
functional behavioral assessment will be presented.

3. Staying Creative and Flexible, Joyce Emmett, EdD (The video portion of this
workshop had a glitch, so audio is included with a still photo.) This workshop
will help educators to understand the difficulties of dealing with waxing and
waning symptoms while the school remains routine. Educators will learn
creative strategies for designing programs that can remain flexible
administratively as well as working to adapt to the changing needs of these
children in the daily learning environment.

VHS Tape #3: WORKSHOPS (3 hours)
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1. Approaches to Psychopharmacological Treatment, Larry Scahill, MSN, MPH, PhD,
Yale University
For many children with TS, tics are not the most pressing problem.
Difficulties, including inattention, impulsiveness, overactivity, obsessive
comulsive symptoms and irritability are often more troublesome than the tics.
This presentation will review current psychopharmacological approaches to
treatment of TS and related problems. Targety symptoms, dosage, side effects
and a description of pharmacological mechanisms will be reviewed.

2. ADHD - Is It a Valuable Disability? Helen A. Krueger, MS, Educational
Consultant
Thinking of ADHD in new ways helps the professional approach the
teaching/learning situation with a problem solving attitude. Literacy
strategies can be the foundation for helping a student with ADHD, TS, OCD and
other neurobiological disorders become a strategic reader and learner.
Organizational strategies help with time and attention/focus management.

3. Alternative Assessment of TS, OCD and ADHD, Alice Carter, PhD, Yale
University
This workship will focus on the comprehensive assessment of TS, OCD and ADHD.
Recent neuropsychological and social-emotional research relevant to assessment
will be reviewed and will highlight the importance of assessing specifici areas
of functioning such as visual motor integration and internalizaing symptoms
when evaluating a child with TS. Specific assessment instruments will be
presented and distributed.

Please print out the lower portion, detach and mail with check, payable to CT
TSA (no purchase orders or credit cards please) to:

CT TSA, c/o M/M Foster, P.O. Box 3652, Danbury, Connecticut 06813

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[BlessedBy2]

I watched one of the workshop segments in its entirety yesterday -- Alice
Carter, PhD Yale, on Alternative Assessment of TS, OCD and ADHD. It was
wonderful !! It is so refreshing to see her introduction, where she lays it
out clearly -- most children with TS do fine -- and how she carefully
distinguishs clinical populations and the different subgroups of TS throughout
her talk, for instance, when she explains that the neuropsych profile for some
areas of TS children with ADHD is the same as the ADHD profile. She gives a
lot of helpful advice for the school psychologist in terms of the right tools
to use for educational assessment of children with TS and associated disorders.
Her tone is very positive overall, and it is a relief to know that she has
helped educate an entire room of eductors and school psychologists on TS. At
one point, for evaluating executive function, she mentions the NEPSI (?) test
... ??? Anyone familiar with that one? My son tested at the 99th percentile
on block design, which is one indicator of executive function, but maybe not
the best one for children with TS -- it is interesting to me that in the three
evaluations I have had done on my boys, I have never heard of NEPSI. My son
did OK on Beery VMI, but not as well on the Rey-Oesterrich, but the infamous
neuropsych never gave me the numbers on the Rey (which is a very significant
test to use on children with TS, according to Alice Carter and to Leckman's
book), so I don't know what he meant by "not as well" -- he never specified if
there was a problem, although the numbers he did give me indicate that there is
not ... would love some input on the NEPSI, if anyone has heard of it. This is
a good tape for educators, although I would mention that Alice Carter is much
thinner than the video makes her appear ... LOL !!!! BB2

[Roger D. Freeman, M.D.]

Is it possible that the "NEPSI" is the "WPPSI" [Wechsler Primary and
Preschool Intelligence Test, I think]? The pronunciation is "Whipsee."
Roger

[BB2]

Roger D. Freeman, M.D. wrote:

> Is it possible that the "NEPSI" is the "WPPSI" [Wechsler Primary and
> Preschool Intelligence Test, I think]? The pronunciation is "Whipsee."
> Roger
>

I don't think so, only because she wrote it on the blackboard, and it seemed to be
NEPSI on the video and it sounded like Pepsi, although it wasn't completely clear ...
I'm not so sure ... ?? BB2

[BlessedBy2]

>Is it possible that the "NEPSI" is the "WPPSI" [Wechsler Primary and
>Preschool Intelligence Test, I think]? The pronunciation is "Whipsee."
>Roger

I heard from Alice Carter ...
The NEPSY is a very
new normed test of neuropsychological functioning that is appropriate for
children 3-12. The tester does not need a lot of formal training to adminster
it !!

[KATHRYN A TAUBERT]

ON behalf of the CT TSA Educators' Conference Committee, I want to extend
thanks to Blessedby2 for having taken the videotaping project from start to
completion, and produced some really quality materials for use by anyone
interested.

Chairs Denise and Tom Foster and the entire committee owe Blessed a vote of
thanks. The idea, first presented two years ago by our own Fangbasher took
root. All it needed was the "right" volunteer to make it work. She did it
all, ya'll.

Thanks, Blessed. We owe you a debt of gratitude.
ALL of us.
KAT in CT

[Pat Wilson]

Welcome back. I've missed you

pwilson

[BB2]

KATHRYN A TAUBERT wrote:

> The idea, first presented two years ago by our own Fangbasher took
> root.

Thanks for the thanks, and you're welcome! It was a pleasure working with all
of you!
Welcome Back and Happy New Year, BB2

[FANGBASHER]

Thanks so much for doing them. Of course, I can't listen to them in my car on
my way to work--but guess, 'beggars can't be choosers.' (Just kidding). I am
looking forward to viewing them--if I can ever get to the T.V. and one of the
kids doesn't have a friend over watching a video. I shouldn't make too much of
that because they complain they never get enough on-line time (wonder why ;-)).

I tried to watch the first one late the other night--wrong time...fell
asleep--not because of the content but because of the time. Then again, it is
the family joke--mom always sleeps at the movies. The last two I got some shut
eye at were "Prince of Egypt" and "You've Got Mail."
Then again I have fallen asleep in the dentists' chair--seriously! Generally,
I never take the time to sit still and relax...
It is not unusual for me to incorporate the movies into a dream--if only I
could remember them and write them down--might have an Academy Award winner on
my hands. (I came up with something great the night we watched "Amadeus" right
after a "Twilight Zone" marathon--kept dozing off through both, but what a
dream!

[MCartwrite]

asleep in the dentist chair, huh?
i fall asleep at red lights.
now who would waste their time sleeping all of 30 seconds waiting for a green
light?
mary

[FANGBASHER]

This dental chair is one of the most comfortable I have ever been in. I told
my husband--that if he ever redoes his office--that this chair will have a
prominent place in our home--he agreed!

[rwpo...@vcu.edu]

In article <19990109173112...@ng133.aol.com>,

Ya' know... I could fall asleep in a dental chair... if it wasn't for the fact
that the dentist keeps plucking my nerves (I know it's not my last one 'cause
there always seems to be one more...)

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