General introduction -- Classification of seizures and convulsions -- Conditions associated with convulsions -- Differential diagnosis of seizures and convulsions -- Neurological evaluation: the history -- Neurological evaluation: the physical and neurological exam -- Neurological evaluation: complementary exams -- Electroencephalography -- Important interdisciplinary evaluations in the patient with convulsions -- Febrile convulsions -- Neonatal seizures -- Factors that precipitate convulsions -- Medical treatment of convulsions -- Monitoring blood levels of antiepileptic medications -- General guidelines in the treatment and management of the epileptic child -- Role of the nurse in the comprehensive management of the child with seizures -- Psychological and emotional aspects in the child with seizures -- Special aspects in the epileptic patient -- Duration of antiepileptic treatment -- Conclusions.