Half-day Epilepsy Awareness Training (North Staffordshire)

Epilepsy Awareness Training

Date: Wednesday 5 February

Time: 09:30 - 13:30

Location: Hobby and Craft Room, Maple West Independent Living Accommodation

Please note this training is currently only being offered to care providers that work in Learning Disability Care Settings, that are based in the following areas:

North Staffordshire (e.g. Staffordshire Moorlands, Newcastle-upon-Tyne)

City of Stoke-on-Trent

Who is the session aimed at?

This session is aimed at all support staff working in community settings supporting someone with a Learning Disability and a diagnosis of epilepsy.

The course will be offered as a half day epilepsy awareness session or a full day (which includes the administration of midazolam training). Please note this session is the half day epilepsy awareness.

The course is delivered in-person and involves a presentation of information using projected slides, as well as practical exercises and group participation and discussion.

For those that require administration of Midazolam training there will also be a competency test, both in the form of a written quiz and a practical assessment.

The course content covers what epilepsy is, classification of seizures, causes and diagnosis, treatments, management of seizures, SUDEP, prolonged seizures, status epilepticus, health and safety and - if a full day session - administration of rescue treatments.

By the end of the sessions the leaner should be able to:

Understand what epilepsy and how it is treated

Understand how to support someone with epilepsy

Understand the different types of seizures and how they present

Understating what SUDEP is

Understand the importance of recording systems, care planning and risk management

For those that require it / the full day session - be competent in administering Midazolam

Know how to refer to the Community Learning Disability Team

Tea/coffee will be provided and each session will have breaks. Certificates will be provided for Epilepsy Awareness to all staff attending and Midazolam Administration Competency Certificates will be provided to those who complete and pass the assessment .

Half day sessions have a limit of 20 people.

Full day sessions have a limit of 12 people.

Host or Publisher ASC Workforce Development (Stoke-on-Trent City Council)