Department of Pediatrics
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Informative Videos and Treatment:


Ketogenic Diet, Charlie Foundation
The Charlie Foundation is dedicated to raising awareness of the ketogenic diet for the treatment of epilepsy.

Managing Seizures in Children - Video
Once on link, click "videos" tab
Click "Patient Education"
Click "play" button for Managing Seizures in Children


Diastat Video
Teaching video and instructions

Helpful Links:

The Meet-Up Group of Central Alabama is a new group and great resource for families to "talk to each other"

The Talk About It site partners with the epilepsy foundation for people with epilepsy. It is an interactive website for families to get more information about seizures and how to deal with them in their daily life.

Epilepsy Foundation of Alabama 
The Alabama chapter of the Epilepsy Foundation of America has information for patients/families with epilepsy and the local news.

Epilepsy Foundation of America
This website has information on types of seizures, seizure management, seizure first aid, working and epilepsy, etc.

National Institutes of Health website has information about epilepsy and links to epilepsy trials and national support groups.

Epilepsy.com has general information on epilepsy and has patient forums.