BOOK OF THE MONTH
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 | Epilepsy and the family: A New Guide
Richard Lechtenberg, M.D.
This guide offers coping strategies for the practical and emotional challenges that epilepsy can introduce into the family including martial and sexual difficulties, concerns about pregnancy and genetics, drug compliance and abuse among teenagers, personality changes and depression. It offers chapters tailored to the special stresses of spouses, parents, children and siblings who, like the parent, must live with epilepsy. Highly recommended.
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (FICTION)
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 | Chris Plays Basketball
Author, Todd Filipps - Illustrated by Nina Laden
This book is about a boy named Chris who has epilepsy and who wants to get on his school’s basketball team. The book explains about epilepsy through Chris's eyes and talks about the challenges he faces. It is an inspirational story that every child who has epilepsy should read. Kids ages 6-8 years old.
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 | Lee the Rabbit with Epilepsy
Author, Deborah M. Moss Illustrated by Carol Schwartz
This book is about a rabbit named Lee who discovers that she has absence seizures. The book follows Lee’s adventures and unfolds a touching story of how she and her family face her epilepsy. Lee the Rabbit with Epilepsy is a light and bright book that children ages from 4 to 7 will enjoy.
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 | My Friend Emily- A story about epilepsy and friendship
Author, Susanne M. Swanson Illustrated by Paul Hart
My friend Emily is narrated by Katy who tells a story about her friend Emily and how she lives with epilepsy. This book talks about epilepsy in terms easy to understand and includes a short piece on First-Aid procedures. The lesson that any child will get from this book is acceptance of others and the power of friendship. This book is ideal for children ages 6 to 8.
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ADULT READING (FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY)
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Your Child and Epilepsy
Robert J. Gumnit, M.D.
This book is for anyone involved with a child with epilepsy. It covers all aspects of diagnosis and management, with an emphasis on active participation from both parents and children. In this book, Dr. Gumnit provides information to help parents understand their children’s epilepsy, suggestions on how to evaluate health care, to find better care if necessary and advice on how to help children with epilepsy to develop self confidence and self-motivation.
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 | The Ketogenic Diet
John M. Freeman, M.D., Eric H. Kossoff, M.D., Jennifer B. Freeman and Millicent T. Kelly, R.D.
If you are a parent or individual living with epilepsy looking for something beyond medication then this is the book for you. This book covers the many advances that have been made in understanding how the Ketogenic diet works, how it should be used and its future role as a treatment for children with epilepsy. Included is a new section on how the Atkins diet and a modified ketogenic diet can be used as alternative nutritional therapies.
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 | How to advocate for your special Ed child
Lawrence M. Siegel
If your child requires special attention at school, you need to know the entire process behind the Individualized Education Program (or IEP) to make the best possible choices. Fortunately, you have a compassionate and thorough guide in The Complete IEP Guide. This one-of-a-kind book walks you step by step through the IEP, providing all the instructions, strategies, resources and forms you need. Proceed with confidence from the time you first suspect that your child has special needs, to preparing for and attending IEP meetings until your child finishes school.
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ADULT READING (NON-FICTION)
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 | Managing your Epilepsy- advice from a distinguished expert in seizures and epilepsy
IIO E. Leppik, M.D.
This book provides comprehensive information on epilepsy, seizures, epilepsy syndromes, and different ways to treat epilepsy. You'll find advice on employment, driving, sexuality, interpersonal relations, sports and activities that individuals with epilepsy can participate in. A great book to read for newly diagnosed individuals who want to better understand epilepsy.
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 | Epilepsy the Facts
Anthony Hopkins and Richard Appleton
Written by a neurologist and a pediatric neurologist, this book provides images of what an EEG, MRI and CT Scan and provides detailed information on medications for both adults and children. The authors have succeeded in making this complex condition interesting and understandable for patients with epilepsy and their family.
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 | Seizure Recognition and Treatment
Richard Lechtenberg, M.D.
This guide offers coping strategies for the practical and emotional challenges that epilepsy can introduce into the family including martial and sexual difficulties, concerns about pregnancy and genetics, drug compliance and abuse among teenagers, personality changes and depression. It offers chapters tailored to the special stresses of spouses, parents, children and siblings who, like the parent, must live with epilepsy.
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 | Quality of Life in Epilepsy
Gus A. Baker and Ann Jacoby
This book reviews the recent literature on the impact of epilepsy on quality of life and the methodological issues involved in assessing impacts. It also considers the perspectives of a range of health professionals involved in caring for people with epilepsy and how, through appropriate management, the impact on their quality of life can be minimized.
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