Online resources
The following web sites may be useful to families and professionals:
1. Check out what we do: Families' experiences with the Epilepsy Classroom are highlighted in two articles in the Toronto Star from March 26, 2012 and May 10, 2012
2. www.aboutkidshealth.ca
This web site is developed by professionals at SickKids. It addresses: how the brain works, what happens during various types of seizures, diagnostic procedures, and treatments. It also provides answers to frequently asked questions.
5. www.care-alive.com
The Caroline Cunningham Foundation For Epilepsy. The goals of the foundation are to care for those living with epilepsy by providing support for individual and their families and to raise awareness of both Epilepsy and SUDEP.
6.www.thehawnfoundation.org/mindup
MindUpTM is one of the social-emotional programming initiatives in the Epilepsy Classroom.
7.www.sickkids.ca/LDRP/Empower-Reading/index.html
EmpowerTM is reading intervention program that is used for some of the students in the Epilepsy Classroom.
8. www.ldao.ca
The Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario is a useful resource. The organization offers workshops on a various topics to parents, children and teenagers.