Special education participation in children with epilepsy: What does it reflect?

Anne T. Berg; Dale C. Hesdorffer; Frank A J Zelko

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.07.014

Special education participation in children with epilepsy: What does it reflect?

Anne T. Berg^*, Dale C. Hesdorffer, Frank A J Zelko

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Abstract

Epilepsy is associated with academic and neurocognitive disorders, with the latter often assumed to explain the former. We examined utilization of special education services (SpES) in relation to neurocognitive test scores in a case-matched sibling control study. In a follow-up assessment 8-9. years after entry into a prospective study of childhood-onset epilepsy, cases and siblings participated in an interview and standardized neurocognitive testing. Analyses included 142 pairs in which both had Full Scale IQ ≥ 80 and the case had normal examination and imaging. Sixty-four (45%) cases and 25 (17.6%) controls reported SpES utilization, (matched odds ratio [mOR]. = 5.3, P< 0.0001). Adjustment for neurocognitive test scores resulted in a mOR of 4.6 (P< 0.0001). Types and duration of services were similar in cases and controls. Twenty-four percent of school-aged cases were already receiving services at the time of initial epilepsy diagnosis. Young people with epilepsy have academic difficulties that are not explained simply by cognitive test scores.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	336-341
Number of pages	6
Journal	Epilepsy and Behavior
Volume	22
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.07.014
State	Published - Oct 2011

Funding

Anne T. Berg received travel funding and honoraria from Eisai, the British Pediatric Neurological Association, and the Epilepsy Research Center (Melbourne); travel funding from UCB, the American Epilepsy Society, and the International League Against Epilepsy; awards from the British Pediatric Neurological Association; and consulting fees from Dow Agro Science. This study was funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, NINDS-NS-R37-31146.

Keywords

Academic difficulties
Case-control study
Children
Cognitive function
Epilepsy
Special education

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neurology
Clinical Neurology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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