For families
Sitters comfortable around seizure routines
If your kid has a seizure history — epilepsy, a single past event, or anything in between — your sitter has to be the kind of person who does not panic. Someone who reads your seizure-action plan, asks what to do if a seizure happens, and is calm enough to follow through.
Our sitters include paraeducators with epilepsy-aware classroom training, Direct Support Professionals from local day programs, and special-education teachers who work with kids who seize at school. They are not nurses or neurologists, but they are not surprised by your kid's situation either.
What to expect
- Sitters who read your seizure-action plan before they accept the booking. They know the trigger profile, the typical presentation, and the rescue-medication protocol.
- Comfort with the parts of the plan that are not heroic — keep your kid safe, time the event, call for backup if it crosses thresholds you specify.
- Knowing the difference between a seizure and a different event (a faint, a panic episode, a sleep myoclonus). They follow your plan, not their guess.
- Calm communication. If something happens, they will tell you exactly what they saw, in writing, after the booking.
What we don't do
- The sitter is sitting. They do not deliver professional services, do not chart sessions, do not run a behavior plan.
- We do not bill insurance or Medicaid. Cash pay only.
- Rescue medications: the sitter can administer rescue medication only if you have written, explicit, dose-specific instructions in the kid profile, and only with your walk-through on how. Otherwise they call 911 and call you.
- We do not represent our sitters as nurses, neurologists, or epilepsy specialists. They are sitters who have been in rooms with kids who seize, and who know what to do.
Booking tips
- Upload your seizure-action plan to the kid profile. Sitters read it before they accept the booking.
- List the rescue medication by name, dose, and exact administration method. List who to call (you, the second parent, the neurologist).
- Walk the sitter through the plan in the handoff. Five minutes upfront so they are not improvising under pressure later.
- Favorite the sitter your kid trusts. Continuity matters most for seizure-history families.
Common questions
- Will your sitters administer rescue medication?
- Only with written, dose-specific instructions in the kid profile and the parent's explicit walk-through during the handoff. Sitters are not nurses. If the situation is outside what your written plan covers, they call 911 and call you.
- What if my kid has a seizure during the booking?
- The sitter follows your seizure-action plan. They time the event, keep your kid safe, document what they see, call for backup at the thresholds you specify. They report everything in writing to you after the booking.
- Are your sitters seizure-trained?
- Many of our paraeducators and SpEd teachers have classroom seizure-response training. We do not certify them as seizure-response specialists, but we list the training on their profile if they have it.
- What does the sitter need from us before the booking?
- A current seizure-action plan, the rescue medication, a parent contact, and a five-minute walk-through. If anything is missing they will say so before they accept.
- Do you sit for adults with epilepsy?
- Yes. Many of our Direct Support Professionals work with adults with epilepsy during the week. See our adult bookings page.