Tag: Tourette’s Syndrome
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Transitions – what services need to know
Leaving school is the beginning of a journey, not the end. Here’s what practitioners and policymakers need to take on board if young people with conditions like Autism, ADHD or Tourette’s Syndrome are to get the same life chances as their peers. Fifty young people with one or more of these conditions, and/or their family…
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Smoothing the way into further education
Mentoring a new student with Asperger’s, ADHD or Tourette’s? Or just want to be a supportive friend? Here’s what you need to know. No one knows exactly how many students currently in higher education are affected by one or more of these conditions. Some prefer not to share their diagnosis; others may not have been…
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Things you can’t learn in school
A version of this article about Norwegian folk high schools appeared in TESS on 26 February 2016: https://goo.gl/s3h7z2. Thanks to Andreas for the photo! Some things you just can’t learn in school. Like how to catch rock ptarmigan in the Arctic snow and cook them over a primus. They’re sneaky: white, obviously, for camouflage. I’d include…