Perceived Usefulness of Learning Strategies by Children with Tourette Syndrome Plus, Their Parents and Their Teachers.

Objective:Children with Tourette syndrome and other co-morbidities (abbreviated hereafter to TS+) experience significant learning difficulties. We wished to identify educational strategies that these students, their parents and teachers considered useful.Design:An ‘educational toolkit’ was compiled of 84 strategies identified by teachers of TS+ children.Setting:Children attending the TS+ clinic of a university hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.Method:The educational toolkit was administered to 30 randomly selected TS+ children attending the clinic, their teachers, and their parents.Results:13 strategies were endorsed by ≥ 50% of the students, 53 by ≥ 50% of parents, and 42 by ≥ 50% of teachers. The 10 strategies students most strongly endorsed were: (1) computers; (2) calculators; (3) spell-checkers; (4) extra time in class; (5) less homework; (6) information from the teacher; (7) feedback on how to improve work; (8) printed assignments; (9) TS+ explained to their teacher; and (10) not being punished or suspe...