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Teacher and children with epilepsy

The purpose of the study was to investigate primary school teachers' attitude towards children with epilepsy. Two hundred and sixteen teachers were investigated regarding their opinion or knowledge about children with epilepsy. The results reveal that teachers don't have an accurate conception of the capabilities of children with epilepsy and that those attitudes differ from teacher to teacher. Nearly half of the teachers believe that children with epilepsy differ from healthy children by their behaviour. The majority of teachers (60%) do not get information about child's disease from the parents, but from other sources. One third of teachers do not feel confident in their work with children with epilepsy. Great majority (91.80%) of teachers feel necessity to get additional information and education about epilepsy. Primary school teachers who work with children with epilepsy have inconsistent approach to the capabilities, behaviour and an inadequate way of working with children. Therefore they are eager to get more information on epilepsy. Our results are concordant with similar studies performed in various countries, which prove that epilepsy as a disease has a similar social effect on the affected person with no regard of cultural or social background. It is the duty of the medical team to offer teachers the necessary information, so that the approach, work and life quality of children with epilepsy can be improved

Children; teachers; epilepsy

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