Please join us for Virtual Epilepsy Education Day, a special event for parents and caregivers of children diagnosed with epilepsy, hosted by the Pediatric Epilepsy Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Patients age 14 or older are welcome to attend as well.

Agenda for the day:
9am: Introduction & Welcome
9:15am: Introduction to Epilepsy- Marissa Di Giovine, MD
10:00am: Neurogenetics- Laina Lusk, MMSc, LCGC
10:15am: Seizure First Aid & Safety- Yoon Ji Moon, MD
10:30am: Seizure Detection Devices- Yoon Ji Moon, MD
10:45am: Break
11:00am: Coping with Hospitalization- Elana Breitenbucher, MS, CCLS
11:30am: Emotional Health & Epilepsy- Katie Ramsey, PhD & Carinna Scotti-Degnan, PhD
12:00pm: Supports within your community- CHOP Social Work group & Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern PA
12:30pm: Question & Answer
1pm: Adjourn
For more information, email neuroscience@chop.edu.
Contact
Neuroscience Center
(215) 590-1719
(215) 590-1719