We provide a comprehensive presentation which will be 90 minutes in duration and includes a 20 minute video "A Guide to the Diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome". The presenters will introduce themselves. Audience interaction during the powerpoint presentation is encouraged. The focus will be on the following areas of concern and their impacts on educating the T.S. child.

- VOCAL & PHYSICAL TICS
- CLASSROOM BREAKS
- MEDICATIONS AND SIDE EFFECTS
- SENSORY INTEGRATION DISORDERS
- SLEEP DISORDERS
- ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
- OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
- HOMEWORK ISSUES
- TESTING

PRESENTERS
Ruth and Rick Hensley have been a mainstay in the Tourette Community for well over a decade. They have been responsible for most of the lectures, inservices and workshops for Tourette Syndrome across southern Ontario. They are well respected by both the medical community that deals with Tourette Syndrome and numerous public and separate school boards. Cont'd..

Ruth Hensley: She is a Tourette sufferer who was severe in her youth but has been in remission for over 25 years. She is the current Ombudsman and a co founder of the Tourette Syndrome Association of Ontario. She is a former president of the Brampton-Peel Chapter for T.S. a position she held for 7 years and a former National Director of the T.S. Foundation of Canada. She was a recipient of a National Award by the T.S.F.C for fundraising.
She has medical background in psychiatry and geriatrics. She has been on both National and Local television discussing Tourette issues and is part of an RCMP video entitled "Not the Usual Suspects".

Rick Hensley: He is a member of the Toronto Police Service, currently assigned to the Forensic Identification Service. He is the current Executive Director of the Tourette Syndrome Association of Ontario and a co founder. He was the recipient of the Chief of Police Award for community involvement in T.S. and has been awarded the National Public Awareness Award by the Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada. He previously sat on the Special Education Advisory Committee for the Peel Board of Education representing T.S. He has appeared on Local television discussing T.S. issues.

Joint Profile: Consultants for T.S. specialising in Crisis Intervention and Conflict Resolution.

* They were responsible for initiating with the Peel Regional Police the only existing registry for T.S. sufferers with rage and aggression and or obsessions to weapons.
Run the only 24 hours T.S. support and information line in Canada.

* Initiated and were responsible for distributing video tapes and medical packages to the approximate 1200 general practitioners in the Region of Peel resulting in that region having the highest rate of diagnosis in Ontario.

* Sat on a vertical work team with the Peel Public School Board to investigate alternatives to suspension for Developmentally Challenged Children.

* Annual Speakers at the Council For Exceptional Children. Speakers at two Hospital Grand Rounds, Chedoke McMaster and Osler Medical Center. They have done lectures and workshops for all of the following. Halton Children Aid, Woodview Children's Treatment Center, Peel Children's Centre, Charlestown Residential and Treatment Center, Humber College, University of Toronto, Brock University, Probation Services, Community and Social Services, Group Homes, Senior Citizen Homes and Day Care Centers.

* Ruth and Rick Hensley are very pro education and pride themselves on the positive relationships they have with Boards of Education throughout the province. Ruth and Rick Hensley can be reached at the Head Office T.S.A.O (705) 722-4220.

Fee: The Tourette Syndrome Association of Ontario is a not for profit, charitable organisation. A travel allowance of 35 cents per kilometer (return trip) is customary.

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