Summer Seizure Action Planning – What you need to know and do to be prepared

"Summer Seizure Action Planning - What you need to know and do to be prepared" with pediatric neurologist, Dr. Inna Hughes With Summer comes changes in routine, new caregivers, and new environments. Be prepared for seizure emergencies in all scenarios by planning ahead. Come hear from a pediatric neurologist and a rare epilepsy family about…

Planificación SAP de verano: lo que necesita saber y hacer para estar preparado

"Planificación SAP de verano: lo que necesita saber y hacer para estar preparado" con Dr. Rebecca Garcia-Sosa En Español! Con el verano llegan cambios en la rutina, nuevos cuidadores y nuevos entornos. Prepárese para emergencias convulsivas en todos los escenarios planificando con anticipación. ¡Venga a escuchar de un neurólogo pediátrico y una familia de epilepsia…

Back To School SAP

Back to school time means it's time to update your child's seizure action plan (SAP)! Make sure that those who care for your child know how to handle seizure emergencies appropriately and in accordance with your wishes. If it isn't in the plan, it can't be done. Hear from Dr. Inna Hughes and SCN2A dad,…

Oral Health and Hygiene for Those Who Do Not Eat by Mouth

Does your loved one with a DEE/rare epilepsy struggle with dental issues? Swollen gumsExcessive oral secretionsTooth grinding Join us to hear from Dental Hygienist who specializes in working with medically complex children, researcher and KCNT1 rare epilepsy mom, Shannon Daly Weir as well as Pediatric Dentist Dr. Hans Reinemer from the University of Utah. This…

Keto and the DEEs

Do you have questions about the keto diet? Come to find out how the ketogenic diet works with the DEEs from Ketogenic Diet Program Director and Pediatric Epileptologist Dr. Chalongchai Phitsanuwong and registered dietician Stephanie Schimpf from the University of Chicago!

Epilepsy Surgery and Rare Genetic Disorders

Come hear about when and why you should consider epilepsy surgery for your child with a DEE. Our guests will be: Dr. Ahmad Marashly, Medical Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program, Johns Hopkins HospitalandMonika Jones, JD Founder and Executive Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Alliance In this webinar, you will:- Get an intro to epilepsy…

Pediatric GI Issues in the DEEs

Come hear about GI issues such as reflux, feeding tubes, constipation, and more from pediatric GI doctor and KdVS dad Russ Zwiener. The discussion will be led by Kaci Fisher, a Koolen-de Vries Syndrome Foundation Board member and KdVS mom.

Inchstone Community Update Webinar

The tools that are currently being used to measure the progress of people with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) are not able to capture their small improvements, which could jeopardize trials of new disease-altering treatments. The goal of the Inchstone Project is to identify and develop measures that are sensitive to the small but important…

Epilepsies Action Network Advocacy Update

Last Fall 2022, a new consortium - Epilepsies Action Network (EAN) - launched to develop national government relations strategies to increase federal funding for research, translation, care, and cures for the epilepsies. We welcome ALL epilepsies stakeholders who share our vision and mission. Register here to hear their spring updates!

Learn How to Maximize Your Data with The CRID

Join us for this 30 min webinar to learn more about the Clinical Research ID (aka The CRID™), a service that enables patients and parents (and their child/children) involved in clinical research studies the opportunity to create their own unique universal patient identifier to be used in clinical research. This CRID identifier can be used…

Protecting Rare Access to Off-Label Treatments

Have insurance companies or Medicaid refused to cover critical prescribed treatments claiming they were off-label and not "medically necessary"? Is coverage denied because treatments that may work for you or your child are not on compendia - a compilation of evidence-based, off-label treatment options? Nearly half of chemotherapy drugs prescribed today are off-label but there…