Teaching a lesson about epilepsy?

Question

I have to teach a class of teenagers and young adults about epilepsy. I want it to be interactive and informative. Does anybody have any ideas? Thanks!

Answer 1

http://www.choc.org/institutes/schoolnurseguide06c.pdf

Some primary ideas you could adapt. It's a start anyway.

Good luck! :-)

Answer 2

You could bring in some people with epilepsy to speak to the class.

You could also bring in epilepsy dogs with their trainer/owner. A lot of people find the fact that certain animals can predict an oncoming siezure and warn the person in time to get in a safe place/position amazing.

You could talk about the major drugs used in treating siezures and epileptics. Talk about the many side-effects and why many choose not to take the medications.

Above all, make sure the students know safety information like never trying to put something in the siezing persons mouth to "prevent them from swallowing their tongue".

And let then know about the wide varieties of epilepsy. While there are the people that have regular grand mals, they are in the minority. Most have petit mals, adn those show themselves in many ways. My husband and his brother simply start acting really strange, like they don't know where they are or what's going on. My sister-in-law has what feels like severe migraines. There are many other examples. There is a typically a lot of disorientation associated with a siezure, also.