Seizures and ‘absences’ in a child are one of the most distressing, recurrent events for parents to try and manage – and for professionals to try and support parents in managing. Epilepsy is internationally recognized as one of the highest priority concerns to address in a child before all others. The goal of this talk is to improve understanding for, detection of and treatment of epilepsy conditions in children with neuro-developmental conditions – towards improvement of their care.