Health Practice

Introduction to Epilepsy

What the course covers:

  • What is epilepsy?
  • Causes of epilepsy
  • Seizure classification
  • Seizure description
  • Seizure monitoring
  • First aid in seizures
  • Treatments – Behaviour and epilepsy, rescue medicines
  • Positively supporting clients through seizures
  • Aftercare
  • Supporting clients to manage their conditions and its effect

How this course can be completed:

  • Classroom: this course can be completed as a half-day course in a classroom environment, which lasts approximately 2.5 learning hours.
  • Webinar: this course can be completed as a webinar that lasts approximately 2 learning hours.
  • E-Learning: this course can be completed on our online learning platform, Bridge. We estimate the e-learning course should take no longer than 2 hours to complete.

How to book on to a course:

      Creative Support staff – You can find dates for this course on our webinar rota. To book on to a course, please complete an
      application form and send it to: training.applications@creativesupport.co.uk

      Participants from other organisations – Please complete this application form or contact James Perkins at:       

      james.perkins@creativesupport.co.uk // 07972 735 378

How to request a course for your service:

To request an additional course for your service, please complete the Extra Training Request Form. This is an online form. Once submitted, this will be sent to our training coordinators who will be in touch with more information.