Growing up with Epilepsy: Language, Learning and Emotional Complications Book

	Preface
	Glossary
1	Looking ahead	1
Pt. I	Speech and language problems
2	Language: the challenge	11
3	Speech, language, and communication	17
4	Speech and language problems in epilepsy	31
5	Seizure types and speech and language risks	50
6	Language regression with epilepsy syndromes	70
7	Other epilepsy language syndromes	101
8	Seizure-management effects	116
9	Evaluation of speech and language problems	133
10	Management of speech and language problems in epilepsy	141
11	Behavior consequences	149
Pt. II	Learning problems
12	Learning challenges	161
13	The development of learning	171
14	Learning difficulties	186
15	Learning problems with seizure types	203
16	Modifying factors	235
17	Transient cognitive impairments of epilepsy	252
18	Attention and alertness	268
19	Memory	289
20	Executive functioning	310
21	Academics	320
22	Antiepileptic medication effects	337
23	Effects of other therapies	362
24	Diagnosis	375
25	Gaining help	386
26	Frustrations of learning problems	396
Pt. III	Behavior problems
27	Mental health needs	407
28	Psychologic development	415
29	Seizure types and modifying factors	425
30	Overview: extrinsic factors	443
31	Behavior problems: general	459
32	Attention deficit disorders	477
33	Anxiety disorders	494
34	Mood disorders	508
35	Disruptive behavior problems	533
36	Psychoses of epilepsy	547
37	Non-epileptic events	566
38	Possible treatment issues	590
39	Helping with psychiatric problems	616
40	Epilog	638
	Index	639