The basic tools. Understanding epilepsy. The challenges of living with epilepsy. Dealing with the demon at the dinner table. Epilepsy goes to school -- Effects of focal epilepsy: a guide to brain organization. The frontal lobes. The temporal lobes. The occipital and parietal lobes -- Changing challenges; changing age. Epilepsy during the first two years. Epilepsy in the preschool years. Epilepsy in the elementary school years. Epilepsy in the adolescent years. Some final words for parents.
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This book provides the tools you need to raise a child with epilepsy, to support his/her social development, provide effective discipline, and negotiate the educational system. Each stage in your child's life presents unique issues and problems, ranging from finding day care to school programming to driving. This book is organized so that you can go to the information that you need when you need it, returning for updates as your child grows and new issues emerge. In her 20 years of working with children with epilepsy, Dr. Blackburn has been continually impressed by the fact that no two childre.