What always helped the few students with tics (Tourette's or autism) I had in my 13 years of teaching was loving and accepting them, understanding them and making sure they felt as little stress as possible and as comfortable as possible. I have to say I was surprised the first time it happened (because parents didn't tell me), but I got used to it, the other students did too. Communication is key I would add. I had a signal with kids so I could know when they needed to leave the classroom to take a little break. I'm glad for your video, I never thought about an adult with Tourette's doing a presentation, thank you for the tip!
Amazing video Carly! You’re right about needing breaks or just time out of the classroom to ease the stress and pressure that comes with tics. Tics are physically and emotionally absolutely exhausting. In a learning or working environment, they are so distracting and require a ‘reset’ each time, just to pick back up the activity you were doing before. It makes focusing on learning so much harder. Patience is key.
What a lovely person you are. This helps me because I have someone in my life with simple Tourettes, unlike complex tics. This is helpful information. Thank you.
My 2nd grade teacher permanently separated me from the rest of the class because I was making "weird random noises. She would also send me to detention instead of recess because I was "disruptive", so I had no friends during early childhood. She told my 3rd grade teacher I was a bad kid, thus I was separated on the first day of class...again. The messed up part is I dont remember that time at all. I cant even picture my 2nd and 3rd grade class or teachers. Completely missing from my memory. I just remember feeling alone and ashamed.
I’m so sorry!! That hurts my heart for you. I don’t have Tourette’s but I have adhd that I wasn’t diagnosed until my late 30s. My Fourth Grade teacher made me feel so stupid. We had a spelling Bee.. and I wanted to do it. She wouldn’t let me..because she said I wasn’t very good at spelling. But to me, I heard “you’re not smart enough”. Teachers are supposed to be encouraging and help.
That's terrible! I'm a teacher and I had kids in class who barked or had tics, I never, never would've made them go elsewhere. I made sure they felt as good, as calm as possible. You see if you pay just a little attention that tics are not voluntary. I'm so sorry you went through this and I hope you had better teachers during your school years.
I have a question, you don't HAVE to answer, only answer if you feel comfortable doing so but when you tic (is that how you spell it?) what goes through your mind? Again, you don't have to answer, although I would really appreciate it if you did! 💙
When I have a vocal tic, I hear what I’m about to say out loud on repeat. When I have a motor tic, it’s like my mind & body becomes extremely uncomfortable & I have to give in to the urge!
What always helped the few students with tics (Tourette's or autism) I had in my 13 years of teaching was loving and accepting them, understanding them and making sure they felt as little stress as possible and as comfortable as possible. I have to say I was surprised the first time it happened (because parents didn't tell me), but I got used to it, the other students did too. Communication is key I would add. I had a signal with kids so I could know when they needed to leave the classroom to take a little break. I'm glad for your video, I never thought about an adult with Tourette's doing a presentation, thank you for the tip!
Amazing video Carly! You’re right about needing breaks or just time out of the classroom to ease the stress and pressure that comes with tics. Tics are physically and emotionally absolutely exhausting. In a learning or working environment, they are so distracting and require a ‘reset’ each time, just to pick back up the activity you were doing before. It makes focusing on learning so much harder. Patience is key.
Thank you!! I appreciate your comment & support Misty ❤️
What a lovely person you are. This helps me because I have someone in my life with simple Tourettes, unlike complex tics. This is helpful information. Thank you.
I’m glad I could help you out!! ❤️
So I think it’s cool the way you say Stormy that is my brothers name! Yes my parents named us Misty and Storm
That’s so cool!! ❤️
My 2nd grade teacher permanently separated me from the rest of the class because I was making "weird random noises. She would also send me to detention instead of recess because I was "disruptive", so I had no friends during early childhood.
She told my 3rd grade teacher I was a bad kid, thus I was separated on the first day of class...again.
The messed up part is I dont remember that time at all. I cant even picture my 2nd and 3rd grade class or teachers. Completely missing from my memory. I just remember feeling alone and ashamed.
Oh my goodness that is so traumatic and I’m so sorry you had to go through that 💔
I’m so sorry!! That hurts my heart for you. I don’t have Tourette’s but I have adhd that I wasn’t diagnosed until my late 30s. My Fourth Grade teacher made me feel so stupid. We had a spelling Bee.. and I wanted to do it. She wouldn’t let me..because she said I wasn’t very good at spelling. But to me, I heard “you’re not smart enough”. Teachers are supposed to be encouraging and help.
That's terrible! I'm a teacher and I had kids in class who barked or had tics, I never, never would've made them go elsewhere. I made sure they felt as good, as calm as possible. You see if you pay just a little attention that tics are not voluntary. I'm so sorry you went through this and I hope you had better teachers during your school years.
yay thank you for making this!!!!! can't wait to link this to my teaching friends
I gotchu 🥰
Thanks so much for this! I was hoping you'd make this video. It's so, so informative. I need to rewatch it and take notes!
Thanks Twiggy!!!! ❤️❤️
Thanks so much for this video, Carly! Very informative and a great resource to direct my kiddo's teachers to!
Thanks Britny ❤️❤️❤️
this will be so helpful for teachers!!
I hope so!!
Early! Love your videos! They are super informative.
Thank you so much 🥰
This would probably we super useful for children and obviously older to also teachers!!
Also you forgot the shout out!!!
I filmed this video before my memberships were public so no shoutout in this one!!
Carly, how should we proceed if a student is having a tic attack in class? How should we handle it without drawing more attention to them?
I’ll be talking about this in an upcoming video!! ❤️❤️
The first thing I would do is ask myself if there's a stressful situation going on and try to ease the stress. A calming atmosphere helps so much!
I have a question, you don't HAVE to answer, only answer if you feel comfortable doing so but when you tic (is that how you spell it?) what goes through your mind? Again, you don't have to answer, although I would really appreciate it if you did! 💙
When I have a vocal tic, I hear what I’m about to say out loud on repeat. When I have a motor tic, it’s like my mind & body becomes extremely uncomfortable & I have to give in to the urge!
@@TiccingTogether That's really interesting, thank you for the answer!