Management of Epilepsy in Children with Cerebral Palsy

WHO SHOULD JOIN

Doctors and Nurses.

TRAINING OBJECTIVES  

The overall objective of this webinar is to equip doctors working for children with cerebral palsy (CP) with necessary knowledge and skills to identify different types of epilepsy, manage epilepsy and associated comorbidities, and communicate diagnosis, treatment plans, and prognosis with individuals with epilepsy and their caregivers and families.

TRAINING CONTENTS

• Definition and classification of CP

• Association of epilepsy with CP 

• Definition and classification of epilepsy

• Anatomical background and physiology of epilepsy

• Comorbidities associated with epilepsy

• Signs and symptoms of different types of epilepsy

• Emergency management of epilepsy

• Drug choice for regular treatment, and system of titration and tapering of different drugs

• Importance of counseling in epilepsy management

LEARNING OUTCOMES  

After completing the webinar, the participants will be able to

• Understand types, causes, and manifestations of epilepsy in children with CP

• Diagnose accurately different types of epilepsy in children with CP

• Provide regular and emergency epilepsy management in children with CP

• Counsel and empower individuals with epilepsy and their families

TRAINING FACILITATOR

Associate Professor Shekeeb Mohammad MBBS, FRACP, PhD

Paediatric Neurologist

Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

TRAINING MATERIALS

• An Introduction to Epilepsy - NCBI Bookshelf (nih.gov)
• Frontiers | Prevalence and related factors of epilepsy in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis (frontiersin.org)