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14-September-2008 12:50:24 - Brad Cohen Brad Cohen is a motivational speaker and an award-winning teacher and author. He has a severe case of Tourette syndrome, described in his book, Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had. During his childhood, he was accused of being a troublemaker in school and was unfairly punished by his teachers. He decided to become the teacher that he never had. After he graduated and received his certificate in teaching, twenty-four elementary schools rejected him before he finally got a job at Mountain View Elementary School in Cobb County, Georgia. As a new teacher, he won Teacher of the Year Award for the State of Georgia. Brad Cohen married Nancy Lazarus of Charleston, South Carolina on June 25, 2006. Contents 1 Early life 2 School years 3 College life 4 Career 5 Accomplishments 6 Notes 7 External links Early life Brad grew up in St. Louis, Missouri in a Jewish family. His parents divorced during his early childhood. His mother was compassionate towards him, but his father did not understand Tourette syndrome. He often got frustrated with his son, and he would yell at him for making noises or physical convulsions. When his father moved away, they drifted apart. School years Teachers did not understand Brad because they thought he was a michievious student, due to the noises tics caused by his Tourette syndrome. His 5th grade teacher forced him to walk to the front of the classroom to apologize for the noises he made and promise that he would never do them again. He felt humiliated and decided that he would become the teacher he never had. He said, I wanted to be the teacher who looked at strengths, not weaknesses. In the beginning of his eighth grade year, his principal decided to let Brad speak to the school about his Tourette syndrome. Brad continued to speak in front of people about his Tourette syndrome, increasing his confidence and speaking skills. College life Cohen attended Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, majoring in teacher education. He was discriminated against while attending Bradley, when he was kicked out of a local fast food restaurant due to his vocal tics. After his peers boycotted the restaurant, the manager anxiously apologized to Brad. Brad graduated cum laude with many academic honors.1 Career Cohen moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in the 1990s to seek employment. He applied to numerous elementary schools for a teaching position. He interviewed with administrators, but his interviews were always punctuated by his tics. He was rejected twenty-four times befor Mountain View Elementary school hired him to teach second and third grades. He was awarded the Sallie Mae First Class Teacher of the Year in 1997. Cohen is currently teaching second grade at Tritt Elementary School in the suburbs of Atlanta. At the beginning of each year, he teaches the students about his Tourette syndrome. Accomplishments Brad has been active in several organizations. He has been featured in a public service announcement for the Tourette Syndrome Association.2 He also serves as the Vice President for the Tourette Syndrome Association of Georgia. He was a chairman of Relay for Life, a Little League coach, a MLB mascot, and has been recognized for his community involvement. Cohen's book, Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had was published in 2005 with Lisa Wysocky. His book won the Independent Publisher Book Award for Best Education Book of 2005.3 Brad appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show on May 26, 2006.4 Notes ^ VanderWyk Burnham Authors. Brad Cohen. Accessed 4 June 2006. ^ Tourette Syndrome Association. Brad Cohen PSA PDF. Accessed 4 January 2007. ^ Tourette Syndrome Association. Front of the Class wins independent publisher award. Accessed 4 January 2007. ^ The Oprah Winfrey Show. Against All Odds. Accessed 3 June 2006. External links Front of the Class - the official website of Brad Cohen's book. A short biography of Cohen. Video clip from The Oprah Winfrey Show v d e Topics related to Tourette syndrome Main Causes and origins · History · Sociological and cultural aspects · Treatment Terms Coprolalia · Copropraxia · Echolalia · Echopraxia · Palilalia · Sensory phenomena · Tic · Tic disorder · Tourettism History Jean-Martin Charcot · Georges Gilles de la Tourette · Jean Marc Gaspard Itard · Arthur K. Shapiro Organizations Tourette Syndrome Association · Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada · Tourettes Action Media I Have Tourette's but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me · John's Not Mad · The Tic Code · Le Petit Tourette · Motherless Brooklyn Notable people Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf · Howard Ahmanson, Jr · Basshunter · Pete Bennett · Brad Cohen · Jim Eisenreich · Tim Howard · Samuel Johnson · Andre Malraux · Tobias Picker · Nick van Bloss · Michael Wolff Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/Brad_Cohen Categories: Tourette syndrome Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page This page was last modified on 6 October 2007, at 03:33
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