Are DC schools accommodating to children with epilepsy?

[archerovi]

Have you found DC schools - public or private - to be accommodating to children with epilepsy? Are certain schools known to be more accommodating than others?

My 4-yr-old has occasional seizures and has behavioral side effects from his medication, and I would hope for specific accommodations to each.

For his seizures, what I would like is for the school to NOT CALL 911 just because he has a seizure. It's unnecessary and traumatic (not to mention it's expensive). He just needs to be put on a bed in the nurse's office until we arrive within the hour.

His medication side effects include short attention span and, when his dosage increases, lack of impulse control and rough play with classmates until his body adapts to his dosage. We are afraid that a private school could expel or "counsel out" our child after a couple of these behavioral side effects of med dosage increases. Can private schools do that?

[Anonymous]

Op - I have a child with epilepsy, although not at a DC school and not in private. I talked extensively with DDs teachers and the school health technician. I educated the teachers about the condition (she's not on pain during an episode, don't stick anything in her mouth, etc.) and went over the protocol with the tech. My DD is not on meds, but does have meds on file for any seizures lasting longer than five minutes. I think the key is regular communication with the school nurse/tech to make sure what steps will be followed.

[Anonymous]

If I were you, I would try to get your child into Bridges. They are setup to deal with a variety of SN including epilepsy.