This Cardiff Council course is for staff in social care roles who care for people with epilepsy.

Course content

• Introduction and welcome

–   Explanation of course

–   Tutor introduction to delegates (background)

–   Delegate introduction to each other

–   Paperwork

• What is epilepsy?

–   The brain

–   Seizures

• How many people have epilepsy?
• What causes epilepsy?

–   Risk factors

–   Triggers

–   Seizure Threshold

• Possible Causes

–   Symptomatic epilepsy

–   Idiopathic epilepsy

–   Cryptogenic epilepsy

• How is a diagnosis made?
• Classification of seizures

–   Partial seizures

–   Complex seizures

–   Generalised seizures Tonic clonic

–   Atonic

–   Myoclonic

–   Nocturnal epilepsy

–   Status epilepticus

• Alternative Treatment
• First Aid for Seizures
• Post Seizures
• Epilepsy & Learning Difficulties
• Identifying Seizures
• Seizure Control

–   Blood tests

–   Side effects

• Epilepsy & Cognitive Functioning
• How does epilepsy effect daily living activities
• Medic-Alert Bracelet
• Course evaluation

Certificates will only be issued to participants who attend the full session.

Please note: Training courses run by Cardiff Council are now only accessible via the ‘Cardiff Council Academy Online on Learning Pool’. Each course participant must have an account on the site in order to make a booking and, as managerial authorisation is required for each course booking, a line manager or training co-ordinator within your organisation must also have an account. Each account requires a unique username and email address.

– If you don’t have the accounts you require or are unsure if you’re already signed-up then please contact scwdp@cardiff.gov.uk

– If you already have the necessary account/s on the system then feel free to login on http://cardiff.learningpool.com in order to request the spaces you’d like.