Impact of Tourette Syndrome on School Measures in a Nationally Representative Sample

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• Alternative Title:
  J Dev Behav Pediatr
• Personal Author:
  Claussen, Angelika H. ; Bitsko, Rebecca H. ; Holbrook, Joseph R. ; Bloomfield, Jeanette ; Giordano, Kathy
• Description:
  Objective
  
  Children with Tourette syndrome (TS) are at risk for a variety of co-occurring conditions and learning and school problems. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of TS and co-occurring conditions on school measures.
  
  Methods
  
  Parent-reported data from the 2007–2008 and 2011–2012 National Survey of Children’s Health were combined (n = 129,353 children aged 6–17 yrs). Parent report of health care provider diagnosis of TS; co-occurring mental, emotional, and behavioral conditions; learning and language conditions; and school measures were assessed. School measures included type of school, individual education plan (IEP), number of school days missed, school problems, doing well in school, doing homework, and repeating a grade. Children with TS were compared with those who never had TS on school measures accounting for co-occurring conditions.
  
  Results
  
  After adjusting for demographics, compared with children without TS, children currently with TS were more likely to have an IEP, have a parent contacted about school problems, and not complete homework. After further adjusting for co-occurring conditions, only IEP status remained statistically significant. Compared with children with mild TS, children with moderate or severe TS were more likely to have an IEP, repeat a grade, encounter school problems, and not care about doing well in school.
  
  Conclusion
  
  Tourette syndrome severity and co-occurring conditions are associated with school challenges and educational service needs. Awareness among health care providers, teachers and parents of the potential challenges related to both TS and co-occurring conditions would help to best support the child’s education.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article Co-occurring Conditions Education Public Health Tourette Syndrome
• Source:
  J Dev Behav Pediatr. 39(4):335-342.
• Pubmed ID:
  29432328
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5930055
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:83db7de13d860d74d48d8d7058efe398b88c368494b5e673243509d4041d7c2a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53778/cdc_53778_DS1.pdf
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