Hope not - it’s a junior on a dedicated junior beginners courseYou are leaving yourself open to some very weird replies to this question my friend.
I suppose just 'treat it as normal' then, and possibly (quietly) advise others to do the same.It’s not presenting as language - they have a verbal tic, a mix of clicks and whistle plus a physical facial tic
Any suggestions that would help the original poster (and the rest of us?)I have Asperger's and tic a little. My son also has Asperger's and I've learnt that quite often declaring him as 'disabled' is not helpful. He gets removed from the main group and isolated or treated as an idiot, which he's not. He's the brightest kid in his mainstream school, just has a few issues that he has to learn to live with.
Treat people as individuals. If there's a problem with a child, just ask the parents.Any suggestions that would help the original poster (and the rest of us?)
AGB doesn’t prepare its coaches at allI shoot with Tourette Syndrome sufferers and, as a teacher, I've taught TS sufferers. If you are teaching a student with Tourette's you should be aware that OCD and ADHD are common co-occurring conditions with students that suffer TS. Techniques such as lots of breaks with short work bursts help, but this is not so easy to manage in a mixed ability group. It can be done but needs good lesson planning and careful student assessment in advance and may involve different approaches for different students and this can take some work.
There is lots of stuff online but much of it is designed for professional teachers, but there is useful information out there. From what I've seen of coaching recently, I'm not sure AGB really prepares coaches that well.