Kate Lambert

Can I tell you about Epilepsy?

A guide for friends, family and professionals
Illustrator: Hellier, Scott

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Meet Ellie â a young girl with epilepsy. Ellie invites readers to learn about epilepsy from her perspective. She tells us what it feels like to have epilepsy, how it affects her physically and emotionally and how it can be treated. This illustrated book is a simple introduction for children and is ideal for family and classroom discussions.

Produktdetails

• Can I tell you about...?
• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 151mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 118g
• ISBN-13: 9781849053099
• ISBN-10: 184905309X
• Artikelnr.: 35080720

Autorenporträt

Kate Lambert is a drama teacher working with young people. She has a BA (Hons) in Drama and Theatre Arts. Her daughter Lille was diagnosed with absence seizure epilepsy at the age of 5. Kate and Lille live in Lancashire, UK. Scott Hellier is an artist and teacher. He studied at Salford University, Manchester, collecting a BA (Hons) in fashion design which encouraged his love for illustration. Following on from his degree, Scott has sold artwork in boutique galleries and created logos for numerous companies. He lives in Lancashire, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. 1. Introducing Ellie and friends who have Epilepsy. 2.
What is Epilepsy? 3. Absence seizures. 4. Focal (Partial) seizures. 5.
Tonic Clonic seizures and basic first aid for seizures. 6. Medication and
treatments. 7. We are all unique. 8. How teachers can help. Recommended
reading, websites and organisations. Blank for your notes.