800 E. Roosevelt Road/Suite A-10
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Phone (630) 790-8083
Fax (630) 790-8084
Email - tsaillinois@yahoo.com
Community Groups
All our Community Groups are for anyone whose life is affected by Tourette Syndrome (TS): self, spouse, partner, child, sibling, teacher, health professional, etc...
2012 May be Bringing New Community Groups to your Area! Please let us know if you are interested in attending a Community Group in Chicago, Country Club Hills, Western Chicago Suburbs, or Central Illinois.
Send an email to tsaillinois@yahoo.com and let us know where you live and would like to attend a Community Group.
MEETUP.COM
Do you want information about support groups? 
Do you want to learn about and talk about TS with others in an online forum?
Do you live too far away to attend our monthly meetings? No problem, you can use our site to announce local get togethers and find others who live near you.
Tourette Connection is now using meetup.com as the #1 way to communicate with anyone whose life is affected by TS. To join, go to http://www.meetup.com/Tourette-Connection
In order to protect privacy, our site is “private” meaning you will have to be approved by one of the group leaders. This also means that only people within the group will be able to see that you are a member, and only members will have access to your profile and discussion contents. There is no charge to join.
Chicago Community Group 
For meeting information, contact group leaders
Nicole Rousseau, rousseau-5@sbcglobal.net
Jeff Jbara, jeff.jbara@gmail.com
Family Meeting Night with 
Dr. Doug Woods, Ph.D.
Friday, March 23, 2012 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Lincoln Park Cultural Center (map)
2045 North Lincoln Park West
Chicago, IL 60614
(312) 742-7726
RSVP to tsaillinois@yahoo.com
The Tourette Syndrome Association of Illinois and Tourette Syndrome Chicago Community Group are pleased to present an opportunity for you to participate in an informal Family Meeting with Dr. Doug Woods, Ph.D. on Friday, March 23rd from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm in the Auditorium at the Lincoln Park Cultural Center.
This is a free event, open to anyone with an interest or questions about Tourette Syndrome (TS) and other disorders -- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Anxiety Disorders, Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD) and Trichotillomania (hair loss caused by compulsive pulling or twisting of the hair until it breaks off) .
Dr. Woods is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). Dr. Woods has over 160 scientific publications and 9 books on behavioral treatments of Tourette Syndrome and related disorders. His work has been highlighted in numerous venues including USA Today, ABC News, Doctor Radio on the Sirius/XM Radio Network, and most recently, featured in the PBS television news program “Need to Know.”
Dr. Woods is a recognized international expert on the causes and treatment of Tourette Syndrome and other neuropsychiatric disorders, and has given over 90 invited talks in 28 states and 5 different countries. Dr. Woods is a founding member of the Tourette Syndrome Association’s Behavioral Sciences Consortium, and is a member of the TSA’s Medical Advisory Board.
Dr. Woods also is a specialist in Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention Training also known as CBIT. CBIT is a non-drug treatment for helping to reduce tic severity.
To ensure we have ample space for everyone, please RSVP to tsaillinois@yahoo.com. Be sure you are on our email distribution to receive additional details about this and other TSA-IL events. You can sign up to receive TSA-IL emails on our website, tsa-illinois.org or send us an email to be added to our mailings. Please note your information is confidential and will not be shared.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to get your questions answered by an expert in a relaxed setting and at no cost to you!
Support for this program was made possible by the cooperative agreement award number 1U38DD000727-02 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Tourette Syndrome Association. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the US Government or the Tourette Syndrome Association.
Materials provided through a program partnership of national TSA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Tourette Connection Group
B'nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim (BJBE)
1201 Lake Cook Road
Deerfield, IL
MEETS the 2nd Wednesday Each Month 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm
- February 8th
- February 19th SPECIAL Family Event @ Party Fantasy (*see flyer below for details)
- March 14th
- April 11th,
- May 9th
- June 13th
- Summer Break
- Meetings to resume in September
Shari Meserve (shari.eps@gmail.com) is an adult with TS, the mother of children with TS and a school psychologist.
Jennifer Johnson (johnsonboysmommy@yahoo.com)has a child with TS and is a TSA-IL Board Member.
Sande Shamash (shamashlaw@yahoo.com) is an adult with TS, the father of a child with TS, is an attorney and the Executive
Director of TSA-IL
Please NOTE: Tourette Connection will no longer be using e-mail to communicate with its members. Please go to http://www.meetup.com/Tourette-Connection and sign up today! We hope to see you soon!
You don't have to have kids to bring? That's ok too, join us anyway for great conversation and fun with other TS-related people. There is an adult area and an area to purchase refreshments.
If we have 30+ pre-paid children's admissions, we can lower the price!
EXTENDED RSVP!
Please RSVP by FEB 15th to tsa-illinois@yahoo.com with the number of adults and children attending.
Please mail a check for your child's pre-paid $10 admission (adults are free) to:
Tourette Syndrome Assoc of IL
800 E Roosevelt Road, A-10
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
You can also prepay via Paypal on our Donate page, please add in the notes section for 2/19 Family Event.
Do you have other questions, go to Meetup.com/Tourette-Syndrome and ask one of the leaders or post a question on the discussion board.
For additional details about Party Fantasy visit their website.
Rocker James Durbin dazzled judges and received more than 72 million votes while on American Idol Season 10. In November, Durbin debuted his first album "Memories of a Beautiful Disaster" (Wind-up Records). "The underlying theme of the album is bullying and being an outsider, because growing up, I wasn't the popular kid at school," Durbin says. "I've heard from fans about how inspiring I am to their kids through singing covers on 'Idol,' and now I get to put out my record and give these people real emotion, stuff that I've gone through and someone to look up to."
James also appeared in the PBS documentary about Tourette Syndrome, Different is the New Normal (featuring Illinois families, The Smalls and The Wilinskis, while centering on teen Ariel Small).
January 11th Tourette Connection Meeting featured Dr. Shana Doronn, LCSW, Psy.D.
Prior to moving to Chicago, Dr. Shana worked at UCLA Medical Center, treating people with a variety of mental health issues, as well as serving as a faculty member at the UCLA School of Medicine, where she taught psycho-social aspects of health and disease to medical students.
