FAMILIES AND YOUTH RESOURCES – Edmonton Epilepsy Association

RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES

EPILEPSY 101 SESSIONS FOR FAMILIES

In the 2023-2024 season the EEA will offer a new series of online presentations about epilepsy. Member families can register for the session through a zoom link. Click on the session below and join a 1.5 hours session, to learn about epilepsy, how to support your child and connect with other families.

FREE OF CHARGE FOR ALL MEMBER FAMILIES! (if you are not a member family membership is free on year one! Click here)

FALL SESSION – NOVEMBER 6, 2023 – 7:00 TO 8:30 P.M.

WINTER SESSION – FEBRUARY 5, 2024 – 7:00 TO 8:30

SPRING SESSION – APRIL 22, 2024 – 7:00 TO 8:30 P.M. register

OTHER RESOURCES

Access the resources we built together from the Families Online Conversations (FOCs) sessions held in previous years.
Access our Epilepsy Information Booklets Series – order your online today! Always free.
Request a Kids on the Block live performance for your child at school, to learn together about life with epilepsy!
Talk to teachers and administrators at your school, and book a free Epilepsy 101 presentation for their staff, so they can learn to support your child.

RESOURCES FOR YOUTH

YOUTH FUN
OUTINGS

See the list below and keep visiting this page to learn of new projects. Click on the links below to register for your fun session today! Registration will be followed by sharing details about safety protocols, costs and other information.

2024 OUTING and EVENTS

PLAN TO ATTEND AND WEAR YOUR PURPLE!
YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROJECT – young people living with epilepsy, along with their siblings can register to be part of a special youth team, which will set to do great things together. We have a small budget to make a special project come to life together. Email us or call the office to learn more about this project. info@edmontonepilepsy.org – 780-488-9600

EPILEPSY WEBSITE FOR KIDS AND YOUTH

Click here to access a wonderful resource to explain epilepsy to younger kids and youth! This project is ever growing! We are adding new content and resources on a regular basis, and invite younger kids and youth to join the special website club, which entitles you to contribute to our inside look at how we can make this resource grow and benefit everyone!