This page covers written healthcare plans and local child development teams.
There are also healthcare plans and seizure observation and treatment form for you to download and use.
You’ll also finds links to our guidance for early years settings across the UK.
Individual Healthcare Plan
Before your child starts nursery or preschool, it’s a good idea to meet with the person in charge to talk about your child’s epilepsy.
A written plan, such as an individual healthcare plan, will really help them to understand your child’s epilepsy, what to expect and what they should do.
You should expect the nursery or preschool to take reasonable steps (known as 'reasonable adjustments' in equality law) to make sure that your child is included in all of its activities. Find out more about UK legal frameworks.
Download the Individual Healthcare Plan
If your child is prescribed an emergency or rescue medication, then any staff who might have to give it to your child must be trained to do so.
Download the Seizure observation and treatment form
Find out more about training for education settings
Your local child development team
If your child’s development is delayed, or if they’re not making the progress you’d expect, it’s likely your doctor will have already referred them to your local NHS child development team.
Child development teams work with children from birth to school age who may have special needs.
They are multidisciplinary teams that include, for example, children’s doctors, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and educational psychologists.
They will assess your child’s progress and work with you to support your child to develop their skills.
They will also visit the nursery to help the team there understand how best to work with your child.
Early years guidance
To find out more about the standards that school and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children in early years settings in the different parts of the UK, click on the links below:
