Seizures In The School Setting
What are Teacher Tips & Why School Nurses should use them?
As nurses, we often take our knowledge for granted. There might even be times when we assume others understand or have a similar knowledge base regarding certain health conditions. However, many times they do not. Since school nurses are often viewed as the medical expert within the school setting one of our roles to educate others. The goal is educate enough so they understand what they need to know about certain medical conditions.
Teacher Tips cards provide an opportunity to educate others within the school on a specific health condition. These digital and partially editable "cards" give broad information on a health condition and allow you to provide more specific details as needed.
How can you use Teacher Tips?
Many years ago (when email was optional!), I used to print Teacher Tips om paper, write student specific information, and hand deliver to teachers or put them inside their teacher mailbox. Now, I include these digital Teacher Tips digital health information cards within the body of an email message to teachers and/or add them as an IHP attachment in Skyward for a specific student.
EMAIL: Since the Teacher Tips cards offer broad information, I have the option of including more student specific details within the body of the email; information staff would need to know. I can also include a copy of the 504 Plan or ask teachers to reference the 504 Plan for even more specific information.
SKYWARD: Use Skyward to your advantage! If you have access to the Skyward Health module then consider uploading the Teacher Tips cards within the Health tab of Skyward Student Management. Do you know how?
- Once you have your student screen open select IHP
- Then “Add File”
- Enter a form description
- Then Choose the Teacher Tips file you want to attach (download as a PDF from Google prior to attaching in Skyward)
- Don’t stop there- Use the Comment box to add student specific information or more detailed information you want to the teacher to be aware of.
... Moving on to Teacher Tips for Seizures ...
Teacher Tips for Seizures
- Read product descriptions carefully so you know what you are purchasing
- Look at all of the pictures provided of the product- even the product preview pictures
- Read the reviews and the responses to the reviews
- Check out the custom categories list the store
- Start with a FREE TpT product- The School Nurse store offers 17 FREE digital products
Teacher Tips related to Seizures in the School Setting
Vagus Nerve Stimulator VNS
Let's start with the FREE product- the VNS Teacher Tips. It provides a good overview of the other 3 seizure related products & it has a 5 star rating!
This is a Google slides product and you will need to allow TpT access to your Google drive. Once available, you'll be able to view the actual product and edit as needed. The wording below each of the yellow areas is fully editable.
The digital health conditions card provides an easy to understand overview of what a VNS is and includes a "What You Need To Know" section with 7 editable items. There are links to a sample Seizure Action Plan and a Vagus Nerve Stimulator training video too.
The product includes the original black / white card and also the newly updated blue font card :)
Grand Mal Seizures
Petite Mal Seizures / Absence Seizures
Complex Partial Seizures
- Training video on how to insert Teacher Tips into an email
- Seizure Observation Record
- Parent Google Form of a student with seizures