Resources

Last updated 01 Mar 2011, review date due 08 Feb 2012

Children’s chatterbox for raising awareness of epilepsy

Epilepsy Action has produced a fun chatterbox game, with questions and answers about epilepsy and activities. Questions include:

I want to learn karate, is this OK?
Can I ride a horse?
Is it safe to go on the rides at the theme park?

The chatterbox is an ideal tool to help children learn more about epilepsy, for example in PSHE or citizenship lessons.

Download the children’s chatterbox now!

Individual Healthcare Plan for pupils and students with epilepsy

Epilepsy Action recommends that all children and young people with epilepsy should have an Individual Healthcare Plan (IHP). A new and improved template form is available to download free

Epilepsy Action’s Epilepsy Policy for Schools contains lots of useful information for schools, along with a model policy. It also includes forms that can be photocopied, such as an Individual Healthcare Plan, training record for staff and parental agreement for educational settings to administer medicines.

Download the Individual Healthcare Plan

Epilepsy Action, with the help of two teachers from primary and secondary education, have devised some activities to help teachers raise awarenes about epilepsy with their classes.

The activities can be taught in their entirety, or parts of them can be used as and where appropriate within lessons and subjects considered appropriate.

Positive Action in Education

Positive action in education is a must-have for all schools and educationalists. The A4 spiral-bound manual is intended to increase knowledge and understanding of epilepsy and provide a guide to best practice for the support of students with the condition. It also raises awareness of the possible educational implications of epilepsy and suggests strategies to overcome those difficulties.

The manual has been produced in partnership with the Educational service for Physical Disability (ESPD), the Special Educational Needs Support Service (SENSS) in Hull and a specialist paediatric epilepsy nurse.

This publication is priced at £5 per copy.

Routes to success

This booklet showcases the winners of our Edwards 2010. It shows why supporting pupils with epilepsy is the key to helping them reach their full potential. Each school had certain strategies and procedures in place alongside some interesting innovative ideas. The Edwards were launched in 2010 to recognise those education establishments who are promoting good practice for supporting people with epilepsy.