School Programs

Parents or schools can request an educational training for teachers, school nurses, staff, and/or students. The Foundation has programs designed specifically for each of the below groups.

• Seizure Alert:  Epilepsy Education program teachers, aids, and staff.
   
  
• Reading time:  For children pre-school to 2^nd grade.  A gentle way to explain seizure to young children using a story about Dotty the Dalmatian who has epilepsy .
  
  
• Kids on the Block:  The puppet show is to reach children through a program that entertains the facts about epilepsy in the school setting for third, fourth and fifth graders.  Epilepsy is a condition that is all too often misunderstood.  The Kids on the Block program on epilepsy features puppet character “Brian McDaniel”, a 12-year-old who has epilepsy.  The true merit of the program lies in the educational format of the performances.  Scripts with lively dialogue and situations involving Brian and his friends, other puppet characters, enable Brian to talk about epilepsy, explaining the condition.  During the course of each show the audience is invited to ask questions directly to the puppet characters.  When children ask Brian “What is it like having epilepsy?” or “What should I do when you have a seizure”, Brian can replace myths and misconceptions with facts and sensitivity.
  
  
• Take Charge:  Seizures and You: Take Charge of the Facts is an epilepsy awareness program targeting teens and pre-teens ages 11-18. Students who complete this training will be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of epilepsy as a medical condition, identify and learn about different types of seizures and know what to do and what not to do when someone is having a seizure.
  
  
• Managing Students with Seizures:  Managing Students with Seizures is a program for School Nurses.  It is a 3 1/2 hour train the trainer program that consists of a neuro-nurse explaining aspects of epilepsy, seizure types, diagnosis, treatment, and first aid for the student having seizures.
  

For all school programs, call the office for an Epilepsy Education of Arizona.