This course will teach you how to support someone with epilepsy. You will learn about the different types of epilepsy, and how they can affect the individual physically and mentally.
Learning Outcomes:
- What is Epilepsy? – Learn what epilepsy is and understand the cause of it along with how it can affect the individual. This section will also cover who is affected by epilepsy.
- Types of Epilepsy- In this section you will learn the many different types of epilepsy including how they are caused and the different symptoms that may be displayed along with it.
- Diagnosis- These will teach you how epilepsy is diagnosed in people, as there are many different signs and symptoms. It will also teach you who diagnosis a person has epilepsy and will help to decide on the next seps needed to support them.
- Tests for Epilepsy- This section will cover some of the tests available to help diagnose someone with epilepsy.
- Treatments- In this section it will go through the different types of treatment options that are available, depending on the type of epilepsy the person has.
- Living with Epilepsy- Learn the impact epilepsy has on someone and how it can change their life as epilepsy can affect people in different ways.
