[senco-forum] narcolepsy

We have a girl with narcolepsy and we were told by medical personnel 
not to wake her, but to leave her to wake up naturally. She takes a 
full and active part in school life except for swimming (health and 
safety).

----Original Message----
From: colstonLSU at lwight.eclipse.co.uk
Date: 13-Sep-2006 18:08
To: <mikestroud01 at aol.com>, <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
Subj: RE: [senco-forum] narcolepsy

Hi

Don't know the official answer to Mike's question but taught a boy 
with
narcolepsy years ago and it was impossible to wake him - he had to be 
left
to wake naturally.  We were never given medical advice how whether to 
wake
or not although we did ask.

At the risk of being thought of as flippant and irrelevant:
In the "Peanuts" cartoon strip one of the girl characters suffered 
from
narcolepsy and when she was introduced there was uproar. People 
protested to
the cartoonist that he was mocking the afflicted. However she remained 
for
many years and was often drawn with her head down on the desk asleep.  
My
pupil used to "nap" with head slightly forward - never down on desk - 
and
rarely for more than a few minutes at a time.

Lindsay

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Sent: 13 September 2006 12:39
To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: [senco-forum] narcolepsy

 Hi all,
Hope you are all settling back into the grind, sorry joy of school.
We have a male student with Narcolepsy. I have been asked to find out 
if we
should wake him when he falls asleep in lessons or leave him to wake 
up
naturally. I have visited several web sites on the condition and this
question does not seem to have been answered, I may have just missed 
it. As
this site is the font of all knowledge I thought someone will know, if 
not
could direct me to someone who does.
Thanks in atticipation.
Mike Stroud
SENCo. Birmingham Secondary School.