Health care providers are in an ideal situation to advocate for children with epilepsy and their families and to communicate to the schools what is needed for the child to learn most effectively. Role of teachers Teachers who are knowledgeable about epilepsy are a major resource in a comprehensive epilepsy management plan. Early recognition of seizures, accurate recounting of events, management of children with seizures in a regular class setting and a sympathetic, sensible approach to the child and his or her medications are areas in which school nurses and teachers become partners in treatment. Deterioration in school performance may reflect, among other things, worsening of seizures, medication side effects, emotional problems at home or school, or progressive neurological disease not yet diagnosed. Members of the team can be helpful in identifying these problems early.
Expeditious resolution can prevent long term problems.
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