Teaching Children with Tourette Syndrome. ERIC Digest E570. Teaching Children with Tourette Syndrome. ERIC Digest E570. Symptoms typically appear before the age of 18 and the condition occurs in all ethnic groups with males affected 3 to 4 times more often than females.
Associated conditions can include obsessivity, attentional problems, and impulsiveness.
Compulsions and ritualistic behaviors. ADD without hyperactivity includes all of the above symptoms except for the high level of activity. Learning disabilities, including reading and writing difficulties, arithmetic disorders, and perceptual problems. Difficulties with impulse control, which may occasionally result in overly aggressive behaviors or socially inappropriate acts. Defiant and angry behaviors can also occur.