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[quote=Anonymous]My DC developed verbal and nonverbal tics in lower elementary school. The verbal was throat clearing/coughing, and it was before covid so there wasn't too much concern re the coughing by others at that time. The nonverbal involved eye rolling and shoulder shrugging so on the spectrum of disruption to others it was low.

I took DC to the dr where he diagnosed DC with Tourettes by a Tourettes expert. We could not find a trigger to the onset of the tics (not low sleep, or stressful situations or having to speak in front of others). The tics did not interfere with DC's activities and daily life and DC didn't realize they were performing them. Our dr advised that DC did not qualify to medication and should grow out of them (which DC eventually 99% did, still has the eye rolling every now and then).

At school we informed them of the diagnosis and they were very receptive to working with us. The main issue became teachers thinking DC was being disrespectful because of the eye rolling. As long as the teachers felt that DC wasn't being overly disruptive, they all agreed not to mention them IRL (as in no saying "why are you doing that?", no drawing attention to them). We agreed as parents to any further conferences if the school felt that our plan wasn't working. And that was the end of it. We received no further push back from the school, admin or other parents. When other kids asked DC why they were performing tics, DC just replied "I don't know" and that was it.

I am not sure what kind of tics OP's child has displayed but they sound disruptive to the other students and admin. I am so sorry this is happening. I would immediately be testing for all of the suggested issues pointed out by other posters (PANDAS, Lyme, etc.). You need a diagnosis and to be proactive with your school. Our private is one well discussed on DCUM and we were pleasantly surprised with the willingness to work with us. Our DC is now in high school.[/quote]

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