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About seizures

Guide for schools

Epilepsy disrupts the normal electrical activity in the brain used to communicate with the rest of the body.  This disruption causes seizures, which can have a serious impact on a young person in school. 

This section covers:

This section includes guidance on planning and making adjustments to support a young person with epilepsy in school.  

You’ll also find forms and visual aids that you can download to support you in administering epilepsy first aid, and accurately observing and recording details of seizures. 

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You can help

Check out our new seizure films to hear how young people experience their type of seizure and how they want to be supported in their own words.

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In this section of the guide

Emergency medication

Young Epilepsy’s information for schools about status epilepticus and emergency medication, including training and storage

Epilepsy Treatments

Information for schools about epilepsy anti-seizure medications and other epilepsy treatments.

Young Epilepsy Guide for Schools

Other sections of the guide that may be of interest

Young Epilepsy Guide for Schools

Epilepsy's impact on learning

Find information about how epilepsy in children and young people can affect their learning and accommodations that educators can make to be inclusive.

Young Epilepsy Guide for Schools

UK legal frameworks

Read an overview of the different laws and systems in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales about children and young people with epilepsy in education.

Young Epilepsy Guide for Schools

Key elements of support

Discover the key elements of support that schools should have in ensure all children and young people with epilepsy are safe and included in school life