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‘Learning About Leaky Brakes’

Leaky Brakes 101 Course

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Check out the Coming Events page for a list of other upcoming Brake Shop educational opportunities.

To reserve a spot in our next course, please contact our clinic secretary at (519) 858-2774 ext. 2025.

All educational opportunities are free of charge.  No referrals to the Brake Shop are required to register (i.e. you do not need to be a client of the Brake Shop, or affiliated with a client of the Brake Shop, to book).

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The ‘Leaky Brakes 101’ poster is available to you in English or French and will provide you with all the information about the 'Leaky Brakes 101' workshop.

Too far to travel to participate in this course?  Listen to presentations given in past courses by clicking on the audio links below!  Files are in ".mp3” format and are numbered in order of sequence.

Please complete our Tourette Syndrome Knowledge Survey document both before the course (i.e. before seeing or listening to Session One), and immediately after it (i.e. at the end of Session Six).  Please return these measures to our clinic, indicating which is the “Session One” measure and which is the “Session Six” measure.  Others simply interested in testing their knowledge on Tourette Syndrome are also welcome to complete the survey.

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Take ‘Leaky Brakes 101’ Online Now!

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1.)       Session One – Leaky Brakes: What They Are.  What They AREN’T.

 Presenter: Dr. B. Duncan McKinlay, Psychologist

Download the slides from this presentation to view or save by clicking here.

Here a sample of this presentation by clicking here.

This presentation is available on DVD.

Ž       Purchase your own copy from the Volunteer Organization of CPRI (a registered charity) by clicking here. 

Ž       Borrow this DVD through your local TS support group organization, CPRI’s Family Resource Centre, or your school board’s special education department (if within CPRI’s catchment)

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2.)      Session Two – Medical Treatment of Disorders of Inhibition and Impulse Control

Presenter: Dr. Rob Nicolson, Psychiatrist

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Download the slides from this presentation to view or save by clicking here.

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3.)      Session Three (a) – Sensory Integration

 Presenter: Kathryn Harris, Occupational Therapist

1, 2, 3, 4

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          Session Three (b) – ‘Leaky Brakes’ – Talking To Kids &

          Schools

Presenter: Jenna Koning, Case Management Coordinator

1, 2, 3

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4.)      Session Four –  Cognitive-Behavioural “Brake Jobs”

Presenter: Dr. B. Duncan McKinlay, Psychologist

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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5.)     Session Five (a) – Family Support: An Integrated

        Behaviour Management Approach for Children with TS+

Presenter: Jackie White, Community Behaviour Consultant

1, 2, 3, 4

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Session Five (b) – Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders: School and Classroom Approaches

Presenter: Peter Robinson, Education Liaison

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

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                6.)     Session Six - Wrap Up & Panel – select questions & 

                            answers

Panel: Brake Shop presenters, representation from parents,

 youth, and local support group organizations

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

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*Bonus Session – Parental Emotions: Keeping Your Emotional “Wheel Alignment”

Presenter: Peter Black, Social Worker

1, 2, 3, 4

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