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Challenges Related to Tourette Syndrome

Tourette Syndrome (TS) and its related disorders can manifest as behaviours that often appear to be purposefully disruptive, attention seeking or manipulative. Therefore, it is not unusual to misinterpret these neurological symptoms of the disorder as behavioural...

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What is Positive Behavioral Support?

In our diverse classrooms these days, many more learners are requiring support with behavioural challenges. Some learners with moderate to severe/complex behavioural challenges may even need considerable support, and teachers and parents are at their wits end just...

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Executive Dysfunction

Executive Dysfunction Overview The foundations for learning are attention, memory, and executive function. While most parents would immediately have some sense of what “attention” and “memory” mean, they may never have heard of executive functions. And yet without...

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ADHD congress held in UK

ADHD in Focus – Medical Update on Adult ADHD The 4th Congress of the UK Adults ADHD Network (UKAAN), in conjunction with ENAA (European Network Adults ADHD) and APSARD (American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders), was held in London from 10 to 12...

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