I've had epilepsy since I was the age of 1 . For me I was garrantee a seizure during my sleep hrs . When I would get up in the morning , I would always go to school. Now if I would have any clusters of seizures or I was sick my mom would keep me home. If it was just a single one I would still go to school. There have been good days and bad days at school. Depending on my day the teacher would send me to the school nurse . Then the nurse may have me rest awhile and if it's med time she would give me my meds. If the seizures keep progressing, she would call my mom to pick me up.

Hope this helped some . You may also want to get some advice from your sons Dr.

In my days 60's-70's, I went to school. I took medication. I had seizures at school too. People including my parents did not understand medication does not cure epilepsy, but can help control seizures. I wish schools would have seminars on epilepsy, so it still would be more known. I agree to keep him home after having a seizure. But also, make sure the doctor is doing blood work on medication levels. I feel everyone should know and understand epilepsy, at school, relatives, friends, etc... Hugs to you! And your son

It is scary,they want to offer help but dont know what to do without having learned something about epilepsy. Our brain triggers a fight or flight reponse and that can cause them to freak out if they reuse to follow the flight instincts.

If the seizure was a grandmal and it lasted several minutes I would recommend keeping them home to rest. The longer they arein the throws of the seizure, the longer it takes for them to crawl back to counciousness sleep is more important than aday at school.