Name: Managing Behavior and Sleep: A Medication and Transition Roadmap for Epilepsy Families
Start: 2026-07-18T14:00:00-0500
End: 2026-07-18T14:45:00-0500

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Managing Behavior and Sleep: A Medication and Transition Roadmap for Epilepsy Families

Saturday July 18, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm CDT

Salon B

Behavior challenges, poor sleep, ADHD symptoms, and mental health concerns are some of the most exhausting parts of caring for a child with epilepsy, and these hurdles don't automatically disappear after surgery. This practical, family-centered session pulls back the curtain on how epilepsy neurologists use medications to support your child’s brain, mental health, and behavior as they grow, change, and eventually transition to a new adult care team.

Our speakers will discuss:

How neurologists purposefully choose anti-seizure medications (ASMs) that can pull double-duty by also improving sleep or behavior, and how they avoid medications that make irritability or night-waking worse. For children who are not on ASMs, our speakers will explain how they safely introduce medications for sleep or behavior without lowering the seizure threshold or triggering new seizures.
How to safely choose and combine medications to manage anxiety, depression, attention issues, and executive functioning deficits without disrupting seizure control.
Common challenges that arise during the transition from pediatric to adult neurology, including what happens when adult providers are more hesitant to prescribe or manage ADHD and other psychiatric medications that were started in childhood.

You will leave with practical tips on how to track symptoms, what information to bring to appointments, how to know when to bring up your concerns, and what questions to ask so you can confidently partner with your neurology team to help your child thrive.

Moderators

Monika Jones

Founder + Executive Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Alliance

Speakers

Daniel Freedman, DO

Assistant Professor of Neurology, Dell Children's Hospital

Daniel Freedman is a board-certified pediatric epileptologist in UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children’s with an interest in the behavioral and psychological effects of epilepsy. He is also director of the Dell Children’s Psychogenic Nonepileptic Events Clinic... Read More →

Saturday July 18, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm CDT
Salon B 3001 Kalahari Blvd, Round Rock, TX, USA

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Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Conference 2026

Monika Jones

Daniel Freedman, DO

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Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Conference 2026

Monika Jones

Daniel Freedman, DO

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