Friends with Seizures Story + Coloring Book + Seizure First Aid Handout
Welcome to a world where every friend shines and every child is included—let’s learn, color, and grow together! 🌈
“Friends with Seizures” is a social story within a coloring book that invites elementary-aged learners on an adventure of friendship and understanding of friends with seizure disorders.
This special book helps explain seizures with easy, kid-friendly examples (“Think of your brain like a powerful computer—it just has a little glitch sometimes!”), reassuring kids that their friends with seizures are still regular kids who love to play and belong.
Key features:
✶ Explains seizure disorders: relatable analogies and easy-to-follow language for young readers.
✶ Emphasizes teamwork and inclusion: importance of supporting all friends, no matter their unique challenges.
✶ Shares how children with seizures may need help: keeping friends safe along with learning and memory.
✶ Encourages a safe, empathetic, and inclusive environment: through social stories and art-based activities.
✶ Includes interactive coloring pages: reinforces key concepts and invite every child to participate.
✶ Suitable for grades K-3: ideal for teachers, school nurses, counselors, and families seeking supportive resources.
Learning objectives:
✶ Understand seizure disorders: in a kid-friendly way and how they may look different for each person.
✶ Learn the importance of staying calm: getting help from a trusted adult during a seizure.
✶ Understand challenges of friends with seizures: like with learning, but they are still “regular kids.”
✶ Build positive, supportive attitudes: toward classmates with seizures and other medical differences.
✶ Practice inclusion: build empathy, and safety through creative activities and classroom routines so everyone learns the importance of empathy, teamwork, and understanding each other.
Format & what’s included:
✶ PDF format for flexible printing and display
✶ 15-page coloring book style social story
✶ Instant access after purchase-(just download and print!)
✶ Classroom-friendly resource for whole-group, small-group, or individual use
Instant digital download:
✶ This is a digital download so no physical product will be shipped. After purchase you will receive a link to download your files and can print them for your personal, classroom, organization or single-clinic use. Please, no editing, redistribution, or resale.
✶ Due to the nature of digital products, all sales are final; please see the Terms and Conditions for full licensing and usage details.
✨PLUS✨
Friends with Seizures Presentation
Celebrate the "Superpowers" of the brain! 🧠🎉
In our classrooms, every student brings a unique way of thinking and learning to the team. This interactive resource is designed to help elementary-aged learners understand neurodiversity through the lens of friendship and support.
This presentation takes complex topics like Autism and ADHD and turns them into a kid-friendly adventure. Using relatable analogies- like a camera’s "zoom button" for hyperfocus- it helps classmates understand why some friends focus deeply on what they love.
Key features:
✶ The Unique Brain: A gentle introduction to how neurodevelopmental differences can make learning, focusing, or communicating look a little different.
✶ Understanding Hyperfocus: Explaining that when a friend is "zoomed in" on an interest, they aren't ignoring others—they are just deep in concentration.
✶ The "Why" Behind Stimming: Teaching students that movements like rocking or tapping are tools that help their friends feel calm and happy.
✶ Executive Functioning Tools: A simple look at the brain's tools for planning and why some friends might need extra effort to switch tasks.
✶ Social Skills & Support: Practical ways to include everyone, such as using gentle name reminders or inviting a friend to join a game.
What's included (instant digital download):
✶ PDF: PDF file that includes a Canva link for instant presentation access.
✶ 24 Slide Presentation: A comprehensive guide to understanding neurodiversity.
✶ Slides 1-15: Friends with Special Interests story and core concepts.
✶ Slides 16-24: Fun Interactive Quiz (The "Brave Guesses" Edition).
✶ Instant Access: Get your resource immediately after purchase.
✶ Classroom-Friendly: Designed specifically for elementary learners.
✶ Works on Any Device: Perfect for smartboards, tablets, or computers.
Instant digital download:
✶This is a digital download so no physical product will be shipped. After purchase you will receive a link to download your files and can print them for your personal, classroom, organization or single-clinic use.
✶Due to the nature of digital products, all sales are final; please see the Terms and Conditions for full licensing and usage details.
(For classroom use only. Please, no editing, redistribution, or resale).
