Nothing to fear

By Radhika Holmstrom, Nursery World, 13 December 2001

Early years workers need to know what to do if a child has an epileptic seizure. Radhika Holmstrom shows how to cope We told the other children in the nursery that Alex might not be well at times. He might fall on the floor and shake,' remembers nursery teacher Shelley Singh. 'Because of this, when we actually had emergencies the children dealt with them very calmly; in fact once a child came directly to an adult to tell us Alex wasn't very well. We made the situation safe and they just carried on around us.'

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