Children with Seizures

A Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Other Professionals

Martin L. Kutscher MD
Foreword by Gregory L. Holmes MD

Part of the JKP Essentials series

Paperback: £12.99 / $19.95

2006, crown, 152pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-823-8, BIC 2: VF MJN MJW

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Introduction. Part 1: Overview of Seizures and Their Care. Overview of Seizures. What to Observe During a Seizure. What to Do During a Seizure. Accident Precautions. Medical Evaluation of Seizures. General Principles of Anticonvulsant Treatment. On (and For) Teens with Epilepsy. For Kids to Read: What Are Seizures, Anyway? Part 2: Individual Epilepsy Syndromes. Introduction to the Epilepsies. Benign Rolandic Epilepsy (BRE). Febrile Seizures. Classic Absence Epilepsy ("Petit mal"). Juvenile Myoclonic Epilelpsy (JME). Tonic Clonic Epilepsy ("Grand mal"). Partial Complex Epilepsy. Infantile Spasms. Lennox Gastaut Syndrome. References. Further reading. Subject index. Author index.

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• Martin L. Kutscher MD

Subject areas

• Disability
• Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes
• Health, Social Work and Social Care
• Psychiatry and Psychology

Keywords

• ADD,
• ADHD,
• Asperger syndrome,
• autism,
• brain injury,
• child psychology,
• children,
• epilepsy,
• health care,
• high functioning autism,
• inclusive classroom,
• occupational therapy,
• social care,
• social work,
• special education

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