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Does anyone have any advice/knowledge of supporting 9/10 year olds with epilepsy in school? one of our ex pupils has suddenly started to have suizures. All the way through school he has struggled a bit and was a child who just couldn't sit still, he lasks concentration and focus (but is very bright!) he had been given a diagnosis of ADHD but looking at the scans it is clear that the left side of his brain is constantly turned on! any advice would be gratefully received! xx

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Is the difficulty the associated ADHD symptoms, or are they missing a lot of learning because of seizures? 

There's a lot of great stuff on here - https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/education/education-and-epilepsy - I think it's mainly aimed at information for parents but I'm sure something will be helpful! :)

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2 hours ago, Jack said:

Is the difficulty the associated ADHD symptoms, or are they missing a lot of learning because of seizures? 

There's a lot of great stuff on here - https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/education/education-and-epilepsy - I think it's mainly aimed at information for parents but I'm sure something will be helpful! :)

The ADHD symptoms are the main issue (he's only had a couple of bouts of seizures and is currently not on medication)

He is at a private school and i suspect that they have a defined view of how a child should operate in their setting. Mum is struggling to find support and get them to adapt his environment to suit him (movement brakes etc) i suspect she is thinking a diagnosis may help to get them to help!! thanks for the link I'll go and have a look x

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