FULL OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR J GENEROUS DONATIONS. EXPERTS SAY ABOUT ONE IN EVERY 100 CHILDREN HAS EPILEPSY, A DISORDER WHERE THEY HAVE ONGOING SEIZURES. TOYA: BUT IN RECENT YEARS, MORE TREATMENT OPTIONS HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES. JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT THOSE OPTIONS IS DR. ANDREW KNOX, A PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGIST AT U.W. HEALTH IN MADISON. WHAT IS PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY? DR. KNOX: SO SEIZE YOURS CAN IMPACT YOUR BEHAVIOR, YOUR MOVEMENT, YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS AND THEY'RE VERY DISRUPTIVE TO DAILY LIFE. EPILEPSY CAN LOOK AT ANYTHING FROM A KID WHO HAVE A COUPLE OF SEIZURES THAT'S EASILY CONTROLLED WITH MEDICATION TO A KID WHO HAS FREQUENT DAILY SEIZURES, INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY, AND A HOST OF OTHER PROBLEMS. OUR PROGRAM HERE HAS GROWN DRAMATICALLY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS SO HERE OUR GOAL IS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE EPILEPSY AND ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO SEIZE YOURS CAN'T BE CONTROLLED WITH MEDICATIONS. DERRICK: AND SO YOU TOUCHED ON IT BRIEFLY THERE. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TREATMENT OPTIONS? DR. KNOX: YEAH, SO OVER THE YEARS, MORE AND MORE MEDICATIONS HAVE BEEN TREATING EPILEPSY. AND IF MEDICATIONS AREN'T EFFECTIVE, OCCURRING EPILEPSY WITH SURGERY HAS BEEN HAPPENING. AND WE TAKE PICTURES OF THE BRAIN, RECORD BRAIN ACTIVITY TO HELP US IDENTIFY WHERE SEIZE YOURS ARE COMING FROM. THAT HELPS US TELL IF WE CAN CURE THE EPILEPSY EITHER BY REMOVING PART OF THE BRAIN WHERE THE SEIZE YOURS START OR BY MAKING A SMALL HOLE AND USE A LASER TO GET RID OF BRAIN TISSUE CAUSING THE SEIZURES. AND WE CAN IMPLANT ONE OF SEVERAL DEVICES THAT STIMULATE THE BRAIN TO HELP REDUCE THE FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF SEIZURES. TOYA: YOU ANSWERED SEVERAL OF OUR QUESTIONS WITH THAT QUESTION RIGHT THERE. FOR PARENTS WHO ARE PERHAPS SEEING SOME TYPE OF CHANGES, NEUROLOGICALLY WITH THEIR KIDS, I GUESS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LITTLE SIGNS TO LOOK OUT FOR TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE GETTING THE HELP THEY NEED TO GO TO THE APPROPRIATE DOCTOR? DR. KNOX: SURE. MOST SEIZURES, IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS SOMETHING IS WRONG WHEN THEY'RE HAPPENING. THERE ARE SOME PATIENTS WHO HAVE SUBTLE EPISODES WHERE THEIR EYES FLUTTER AND THEY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING. IF YOU SEE THOSE FREQUENTLY, YOU SHOULD TALK TO YOUR PEDIATRICIAN OR IF YOU'RE ALREADY CONNECTED TO A NEUROLOGIST, TALK ABOUT THOSE EPISODES, ASK THEM WHAT'S GOING ON. IF YOU DON'T GET A GOOD ANSWER ASK FOR A REFERRAL TO A NEUROLOGIST. TOYA: DR. ANDREW KNOX JOINING US THIS AFT