Description: Parents of children with epilepsy describe many challenges that confront their children within the school system. In our experience, school personnel may have a basic understanding of seizures and related safety concerns, but are less well informed about how seizures and the child’s learning, emotional, behavioral and social adjustment are related. For example, genuine concern over a child’s physical safety in the schoolyard may supersede that of concern over his or her social integration. The following paper provides a brief overview of the information we provide in a letter to schools (at the request of parents).