Esperienze, conoscenze e atteggiamenti di un campione di insegnanti delle scuole materne ed elementari di Firenze sull'epilessia

They have been examined, by a list of questions, two groups of 60 teachers: control group (CG) without a direct experience in teaching to children suffering from epilepsy; experimental group (SG) with a direct experience. Results: 1) level of knowledge: no differences between CG and SG; 2) type of scholastic inclusion: SG is different from CG (p = 0.5): most of CG thinks that the children with epilepsy should not be included in normal schools. 3) ability of learning: SG believes that the epileptic present greater difficulty in learning (p = 0.009); 4) ability of attention: SG thinks that the epileptic children have difficulty in paying attention (p = 0.01); 5) mnemonic ability: no differences between SG and CG.