Place Your Advertisement Here
All ad revenues support the mission of the Epilepsy Therapy Project
 
UPDATED: Fri, 10/10/2008 - 12:09pm

  • Insights & Strategies
  • Seizure Medication
  • Videos
  • Seizure Diary
  • Find a Doctor
  • Epilepsy Centers
  • Clinical Trials
  • Event Calendar

Place Your Advertisement Here
All ad revenues support the mission
of the Epilepsy Therapy Project

Adapting Plans to Summer Camp



Summer is a unique time in a child’s life – a time to relax, make friends, and have fun! It’s also a time of adventure and trying new opportunities. For children with seizures and their parents, it may also be a time filled with uncertainty and worry. Unfortunately, these worries and fears may keep children from participating in summer activities or camps, just when they need these programs the most! Camps can provide benefits that actually improve a child's ability to cope with and manage their seizures. For example camps can help build one's self-confidence, develop peer support and increase independence.

This preparedness module is intended to help parents think about the benefits of camp for their children, while recognizing inherent risks and concerns. The content is designed to help you consider issues unique to a child with seizures as you choose and evaluate summer camps. Use this also while preparing your child and camp staff to manage seizures safely and appropriately.

Parents of children preparing for camp should also read the other modules, especially Responding to Seizures and Developing Preparedness Plans. The resources and plans found in these sections can easily be applied to camp preparedness! Then visit My Resource Kit and look at all the forms you can use to communicate medical information to camp staff.

We hope that being prepared will help people be part of the process and take charge of their lives. These modules don’t solve everything or even address everything that a person with seizures or their parents may need to know, but hopefully it will give you enough information and skills to get started.

In this section, you will find information on:


Continue to Choosing a Summer Camp

Topic Editor: Steven C. Schachter, MD and Patricia O. Shafer, RN, MN.
Last Reviewed:5/25/07


Welcome to the Wiki. This space is created for epilepsy.com members to share their own experiences and expertise to help refine and expand the discussion around important topics.

No members have yet contributed to this topic. If you are not yet an epilepsy.com member, register today to get started on this Wiki topic and the many other advantages of being a member. If you are a member and wish to be the first to edit this Wiki topic, please make sure to login, then click on the orange "Start Wiki" button at the top of this page. Or, learn more about Wikis.


Take Control of your seizures by starting My Epilepsy Diary today.

Keeping a daily record of your seizures can help you and your doctor better understand and treat your epilepsy.

Open my epiCom Diary


    Title Posted
    Pain relievers for children with Epilepsy  
    wyboemail
    Seizures from adrenaline?  
    jojocarter
    My boyfriend has epilepsy...OUR STORY  
    praying_girlfriend
    Still Alone  
    Its Me
    lamictal and penabarbital problems  
    sheliad123
    Hair Loss and AEDs!  
    suebee27
    Andrews/Reiter Institute  
    riptide10x
    Post-surgery blues  
    philo23
    MRI results - what does this mean?  
    BamaNaren
    Welcome to My Epilepsy Diary!  
    epi_help
    View all Forums

    Title Page Views
    my.epilepsy.com Updates  
    epi_help
    topamax and weight loss  
    alexia mom
    kepra  
    brian mattingly
    Possible cure for absence seizures  
    pdl1
    Epilepsy and marijuana  
    cjad234
    Sexual Side Effects  
    George R
    How exactly do aura's feel  
    WendyBendy
    MEDICAL ALERT I.D.'s  
    picnupthepcs
    Over 40 Different Types Of Seizures - Revised  
    spiz
    electrical shock in head?  
    Maggie
    View all Forums

    Title Posted
    we have a question  
    KimandLannie
    Tegretol & Lamictal & Depo  
    CCrawford
    Car Crash - But Only Figuratively  
    stephsobota
    How in the world can I....  
    R_Vandercook
    Jillian's Progress  
    jillsmom
    2112  
    2112
    Specimen for Study Part II - Stupidity of Doctors  
    MichaelK
    Support Groups/Naples  
    pibbs84
    Doctors and diets  
    Christine86
    Jillian's Progress  
    jillsmom
    View all Blogs

    Title Page Views
    Inspirational Quote - My Own Personal Inner Thoughts  
    Butterflygrl
    my partial complex seizures  
    Zanna1211
    Topomax... The Dreaded.........  
    Dr Jason
    Brain Zaps, tics & twitches  
    JudiS
    side effects of phenobarb.  
    pksmom
    Feeling Sick  
    JBJ1984
    How can you tell if a sleep seizure happens?  
    epl_controller
    Tegretol XR and ANXIETY meds  
    Butterflygrl
    TYLENOL, AEDs & SEIZURES  
    cmscribbles
    Nonepileptic "Events" vs. "Seizures"  
    teft
    View all Blogs

    Title Posted
    My Son Has Seizures  
    KimandLannie
    Nathan  
    shamm
    Choosing Your Perfect Dishwasher  
    linhongzi
    MBT shoes and foot health of any contact  
    zxq2012
    I am a worried Morther  
    spades
    Army Gifts Lift Our Soldiers’ Spirits  
    bobo0
    Never Grew Out of It!  
    fhsu_recruiter
    Sophies Story- Infantile Spasms  
    sophiesmummy
    MIGUEL'S STORY  
    miguelitos mom
    Not again  
    megan.flore
    View all Stories

    Place Your Advertisement Here
    All ad revenues support the mission
    of the Epilepsy Therapy Project