The Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana has received a grant from the national Epilepsy Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide free 40- to 45-minute epilepsy awareness programs to students in grades K-5 in Kentucky and southern Indiana. Students who complete the training should be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of epilepsy as a medical condition, [...]
The Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana (EFK) is offering a free lesson on epilepsy for teachers to use in the classroom. The training, appropriate for grades 4-12, provides students with a basic knowledge of the brain, the different seizure types, first aid responses for each seizure type and a discussion to help reduce stigma and misperceptions about seizures and epilepsy. A [...]
The Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana (EFK) has received a grant from the national Epilepsy Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control to provide seizure training to Kentucky students. The one-hour lesson is in the “flipped classroom” format, which provides students with a video lesson to watch the day before the actual classroom presentation. Teachers familiar with the flipped classroom format [...]