Module introduction

Welcome to this CPD Online module, Epilepsy in intellectual disability. We hope that you find it an interesting and rewarding learning experience.

 

Learning outcomes

 

By completing this module, we hope that you will gain an understanding of:

 

  • epilepsy and seizure types;

 

  • the association between epilepsy and intellectual disability;

 

  • the common EEG abnormalities associated with epilepsy;

 

  • epilepsy syndromes commonly associated with intellectual disability;

 

  • intellectual disability syndromes commonly associated with epilepsy;

 

  • the assessment of epilepsy in intellectual disability;

 

  • the management of epilepsy in intellectual disability. 

 

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