Local affiliates also have access to programs developed by EFA's national office. For example, the videotape Take Another Look, produced in cooperation with a police association, details how to recognize when someone is having a seizure. Affiliates can thus work with police officers in their own communities to train them to recognize seizures so they can provide appropriate first aid. In, a program consisting of two videotapes for teachers, a comic book for students, and a manual for school nurses, is designed to be used within individual school systems. These can be viewed in clinics and in hospitals, or loaned to patients to take home.
All affiliates have complete sets available.
Fellows and neurologists can also benefit from the depth and breadth of the EFA's resources. Its national library, tied into BRS, contains the most comprehensive clinical database for epilepsy in the country. The Neurology Residents' Training Program, which consists of two videotapes and three monographs, is distributed to all medical schools. Research Fellowships and Research Grants are two separate programs in which EFA participates. It offers an inexpensive course for learning about epilepsy and its treatments.