Children and Tourette Disorder

Children and Tourette Disorder

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Children and Tourette Disorder

My proposed topic of presentation covers the Tourette syndrome. Tourette syndrome is a childhood disorder which affects the nervous system (Lazar and Frank, 2014). Also denoted as TS, the disorder is usually characterized by tics. Tics are involuntary sounds and movements produced and performed respectively (Black et al., 2014). Tourette syndrome is genetically passed, and currently, there are not any definite ways of diagnosing the condition other than through observation and family history. Physicians are able to substantiate the presence of the disorder after making critical observation and examination of family history pertaining to the suspected patient. Although it also affects adults, the disorder is more prevalent in children. Statistics point to the possibility of it having affected many people than earlier perceived.

Tourette disorder has been established to affect children’s educational capabilities, where it was established that patient with the disorder also suffered from other educational special needs (McGuire et al., 2014). The tic disordered children were found to be more susceptible to other learning disorders. They thus need special means of being educated. Increased research on ways by which to educate children suffering from the Tic disorder is thus of abundant necessity.

Understanding the TS and how it affects people is one of the ways by which to approach research process on the issue. Apart from the condition’s cure, identifying and studying the most common learning disorders associated with TS is also a major step toward finding a durable solution to ways by which to incorporate special tutoring into the teaching process, thus aiding the affected persons to effectively participate in class sessions. Affording TS suffering individuals equal study opportunities with their counterparts is a major way of ensuring that their disorder does not affect their classroom performance (McGuire et al., 2014)

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References

Black, K. J., Jankovic, J., Hershey, T., McNaught, K. S. P., Mink, J. W., & Walkup, J. (2014). Progress in research on Tourette syndrome. Journal of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, 3(4), 359-362.

Lazar, J. W., & Frank, Y. (2014). Frontal systems dysfunction in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and learning disabilities.

McGuire, J. F., Sukhodolsky, D. G., Bearss, K., Grantz, H., Pachler, M., Lombroso, P. J., & Scahill, L. (2014). Individualized Assessments in Treatment Research: An Examination of Parent-Nominated Target Problems in the Treatment of Disruptive Behaviors in Youth with Tourette Syndrome. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 45(6), 686-694.