Epilepsy in Children: What Every Parent Needs to Know

by Orrin Devinsky, Courtney Glick, Erin Conway

For the parent of a child with epilepsy, an easy-to-read guide to understanding and managing the disorder while helping your child achieve and maintain a high quality of life.

From a leading neurologist, experienced nurse practitioner, and registered dietician comes the complete guide to managing your child's life with epilepsy. "Epilepsy in Children" offers the practical advice and information you need to manage your child's seizures safely and effectively, understand the latest treatment options, and find hope for a seizure-free future.

Key Features: Get the right diagnosis for your child and the correct treatment to reduce the frequency of seizures faster Learn the benefits and risks of pharmaceutical, surgical, and alternative therapies including the ketogenic diet Help your child maintain a normal life at school, with friends, and in sports and other activities Navigate the transitions from infancy and childhood, to puberty, to becoming a young adult

320 pages, Paperback

First published September 28, 2015

Reviews

[Amber Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am so glad I read this book to help me understand my son’s epilepsy diagnosis. We are in the beginning of this horrific journey, and this book really helped me to understand what epilepsy is, all the different types, the variety of meds (and the importance of looking for side effects, and how to parent my kid who has tonic clonic seizures. It was very eye opening and I read it in two days, as I’m at the point where learning helps me to tamper down the massive anxiety I now have. This book was very well done and just what I needed.

[John Gehrling · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a great resource. I’m several months into my son’s diagnosis, so I had already learned quite a bit from other sources, but I still feel more knowledgeable and prepared after reading this. I expect that I’ll reference back to certain sections as he gets older as well. I highly recommend for any parent of a child with epilepsy.

[Faiza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very nice

[Cheralee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of good information that you can cross reference with the Epilepsy Foundation.