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El Tahir, M. O.; Kerr, M.; Jones, R. G. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2004
Velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS) is caused by a micro deletion of chromosome 22q11 and associated with multiple system abnormalities. There is an increasing recognition of associations with psychiatric disorders. Neurological and brain abnormalities have been reported but to date no association with generalized epilepsy has been reported in…
Descriptors: Investigations, Seizures, Schizophrenia, Epilepsy
Roux, Amy Loomis – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Epilepsy is one of the most common diseases to affect the human nervous system, affecting approximately 0.5% of school-age children (Leppik, 2001; Kaleyias et al., 2005). Epilepsy has the potential to profoundly impact a child's adjustment to school. A large body of literature documents that children with epilepsy are at an increased risk for…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Student Adjustment
Epilepsy Foundation of America, Landover, MD. – 1987
Intended for young children suffering from seizure disorders, the booklet explains what a seizure disorder is, encourages the asking of questions, provides a simple explanation of how seizures happen and what effects they have, describes various kinds of seizures, and stresses the importance of taking prescribed medication regularly. Also stressed…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Epilepsy, Neurology, Safety Education
Danser, Helen Lisanby – 1988
The manual is intended to assist the rehabilitation professional in planning services for persons with disabilities, such as long-term mental illness, which require treatment with medication, especially psychotropic medications. The compilation of data groups similar medications together and includes such information as purpose of medication, side…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Drug Therapy, Mental Disorders
Gadow, Kenneth D. – 1977
Interviewed were 115 parents of children receiving medication for hyperactivity, convulsive disorders, or other reasons. Parents received a Children's Medication Chart (CMC) which contained life size pictures of 69 different products to aid parents in identifying medication. The telephone interview covered such aspects as frequency of…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Epilepsy, Hyperactivity, Medicine
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Livingston, Samuel – Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1975
This article discusses the widespread belief that vigorous athletics are off limits to epileptic children and young people. (JS)
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletics, Children, Epilepsy
Mondschein, Eric S.; West, Michael A. – 1978
This paper reviews the application of the Fourth Amendment, which protects persons against unreasonable search and seizure, as it applies to the student-college relationship. The topics discussed in terms of federal and state court decisions include warrantless searches, delegation of authority to conduct searches, notice of identity and purpose…
Descriptors: College Students, Court Litigation, Dormitories, Higher Education
Jasper, Herbert H., Ed.; And Others – 1969
A collection of highly technical scientific articles by international basic and clinical neuroscientists constitutes a review of their knowledge of the brain and nervous system, particularly the aspects related to loss of brain function control and its explosive discharges which cause epileptic seizures. Anatomy, biophysics, biochemistry, and…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Epilepsy, Exceptional Child Research, Neurology
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Walden, John C. – National Elementary Principal, 1972
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Principals, School Law, Search and Seizure
Spooner, Fred; Dykes, Mary K. – Journal of the Association for the Severely Handicapped (JASH), 1982
The paper synthesizes information about epilepsy (definition and categories of seizures, types of seizures, and treatment) and notes its impact upon persons with severe/profound handicaps. The need for a transdisciplinary team in case management is cited. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Epilepsy, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intervention
Rudrud, Eric; Striefel, Sebastian – Australian Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1981
Three retarded epileptic individuals (17 to 22 years old) with a variety of seizure disorders were provided with 8 to 12 Hz occipital EEG biofeedback training. While seizures were not totally eliminated in any of the Ss, the results of the study indicated that all Ss exhibited decreases in some aspect of their seizure activity. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Electroencephalography, Epilepsy, Feedback
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Smalley, Susan L.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1992
A literature review of autism and tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) substantiates a significant association between the two. Studies of 14 autistic probands and 13 TSC probands identified 7 TSC subjects with autism, who had more seizures and mental retardation than those without autism. More male TSC probands with autism than female were…
Descriptors: Autism, Correlation, Genetics, Heredity
Mittan, Robert J. – Exceptional Parent, 2005
Epilepsy has one of the worst social outcomes for child development of the common disabilities. For most children, epilepsy is not nearly the physical challenge that many other chronic health disorders are. The problem in raising a child with epilepsy is much more emotional and social. In this first part of a three-part article series, the author…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Child Rearing, Parenting Skills, Coping
Mittan, Robert J. – Exceptional Parent, 2005
Epilepsy is the most misunderstood of all neurological disorders known to man. Even though modern medicine (a very recent development in human history) learned that epilepsy was a common variation in biology, the roots laid down by centuries of misunderstanding have yet to be pulled from the society's social consciousness. While medicine and now…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Epilepsy, Misconceptions, Seizures
Arts, Willem F. M.; Brouwer, Oebele F.; Peters, A. C. Boudewijn; Stroink, Hans; Peeters, Els A. J.; Schmitz, Paul I. M.; van Donselaar, Cees A.; Geerts, Ada T. – Brain, 2004
Knowing the prognosis of epilepsy will undoubtedly influence the treatment strategy. This study aimed to define the prospects of newly diagnosed childhood epilepsy, assess the dynamics of its course, identify relevant variables and develop models to assess the individual prognosis. Four hundred and fifty-three children with newly diagnosed…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Children, Seizures, Outcomes of Treatment
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