Epilepsy Training for Schools

Our training courses can be conducted at your school at a time convenient to staff. We teach staff how to identify the signs of many types of seizures and how best to support a person with epilepsy in their care.

Our training is now TQI accredited for 2 hours.

About 1 in 200 children live with epilepsy.

A child’s learning, behaviour and thinking can be negatively impacted by seizure activity, seizure recovery, medication side-effects and potential ongoing abnormal electrical activity in the brain.

Epilepsy ACT offer 2 face to face training courses.

  1.   Understanding and Managing Epilepsy (approx 1 hour.   $744 for up to 15 participants -GST included)
  2.   Administration of Emergency Medication  (approx 1 hour.   $744 for up to 10 participants -GST included)

The Understanding and Managing Epilepsy course is suited to schools who want to know more about supporting students with epilepsy and is a prerequisite course to the Administration of Emergency Medication course.   Schools with students that require administration of emergency medication such as midazolam should enrol in both courses.

Understanding and Managing Epilepsy – Topics covered include:

  • Epilepsy facts and information
  • Types of seizures and what seizure activity may look like
  • Seizure management plans
  • How to provide basic first aid response to seizures
  • The potential impacts of epilepsy on the life of a person living with epilepsy
  • How to follow an epilepsy management plan
  • How to administer prescribed emergency medication (such as midazolam)
  • Where to store emergency medication
  • Roles and responsibilities

Administration of Emergency Medication – Topics covered include:

To organise training for your school, please Epilepsy ACT on (02) 6287 4555 or contact us here.  We can come to you at a time and date suitable for your staff.

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