On International Epilepsy Day, we want to dedicate a few words to this neuronal disease on the VICON Method blog , in order to understand how epilepsy affects the language of our non-verbal children.

What is epilepsy due to?

Para empezar, tenéis que saber que, la epilepsia en los niños/as se debe a factores neonatales en la mayoría de los casos. Donde el desarrollo de su lenguaje puede que no difiera demasiado del lenguaje de un niño/a que no presenta la enfermedad. 

Sin embargo, podemos encontrarnos síndromes como el Síndrome de West, donde la epilepsia es una de las manifestaciones más frecuentes. Los niños/as con este síndrome sí que presentan alteraciones en el habla y la voz. Las llamadas disartria y afasia, así como dificultades de aprendizaje. 

How can epilepsy affect language?

Depending on the intensity of the epileptic seizures and the affected area, language development will be more or less affected.

In aphasia , areas of the brain that are responsible for language are damaged, causing alterations in comprehension, expression, reading and writing . The absence of epileptic control will also cause behavioral problems .

De esta manera, la capacidad de aprendizaje en los niños/as que presentan epilepsia es diferente en cada niño/a, por lo que debemos diseñar un plan de intervención específico para cada niño/a. 

Las dificultades más frecuentes las observamos en el proceso de lectoescritura, necesitando adaptaciones específicas para lograr que este aprendizaje se lleve a cabo con éxito. 

We also found difficulties in the visual and auditory perceptual areas and in graphomotor skills . We must emphasize correct learning of reading and writing, such as adequate psychomotor development, laterality, body schema and visual and auditory perceptual structuring .

Thus, activities must be proposed to work on these areas.

Epilepsy can affect the language areas of the brain. Depending on the affected area and the extent of the injury , we can find in our children a general language delay .

In these cases it is effective to maintain adequate eye contact to ensure that the child understands what we want to say. Here the video modeling technique plays an important role. Well, it helps you focus your visual attention, generating learning, motivation always being our best weapon of attack and accompaniment , enjoy and you will surely be able to handle all the difficulties you have.

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