Educational and social needs
Most people with epilepsy have a similar level of intelligence and academic ability to people without epilepsy. However, children and young people with epilepsy are more likely to need extra help or support in order to achieve their full potential. Some children and young people with epilepsy have learning difficulties or other special educational needs (SEN). Having a long term medical condition can also have social and psychological effects, so children and young people with epilepsy might need some extra support in these areas.
- How epilepsy can affect education
- Teaching and learning strategies
- Special educational needs (SEN)
- Choosing a school
- Exams and assessment
- Further and higher education
- Careers
- Social needs
We can provide references and information on the source material we use to write our epilepsy advice and information pages. Please contact our Epilepsy Helpline by email at helpline@epilepsy.org.uk.
Epilepsy advice and information
- What is epilepsy?
- Children
- Depression
- Disability Discrimination Act (UK)
- Driving
- Education
- Higher education
- Parents and carers in England and Wales
- Exams
- Parents and carers in Northern Ireland
- Education professionals
- Give us feedback on this section
- Employment
- Entitlements for people with epilepsy in England
- Epilepsy and caring for children: a comprehensive guide
- Epilepsy in later life
- Epilepsy information for prisons
- Getting a diagnosis
- Identity jewellery
- Inheritance
- Learning disabilities
- Living with dificult to control epilepsy
- Me and my dad
- Memory
- Men and Epilepsy
- Mobile phones and epilepsy
- Osteoporosis, osteomalacia and epilepsy
- Photosensitive epilepsy
- Safety
- Seizures
- Sports and leisure
- Stress and epilepsy
- Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)
- Swine flu and epilepsy
- Syndromes
- Travel abroad
- Treatment
- Women and epilepsy
- Young people and epilepsy
- Epilepsy Action and the Information Standard
- The Epilepsies: You, Epilepsy and the NICE Guideline
- Epilepsy Action Information Reviewers (EAIRs)
- Technical editing/writing and copyright
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Epilepsy Helpline
- UK freephone 0808 800 5050
- International +44 113 210 8850
- Email: helpline@epilepsy.org.uk
- Txt msg: 07797 805 390 info
- Live online: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1230-1330 UK time






