Margret Pfäfflin

Margret (Margarete) Pfäfflin (born June 10, 1950 ) is a German psychologist and ethicist with many years of experience in the field of epilepsy .

Life

Pfäfflin first studied psychology in Regensburg, Groningen and Berlin and then completed training in behavioral and conversation psychotherapy. In 1999 she received her license to practice as a psychological psychotherapist. From 1977 to 1982 she worked as an industrial psychologist in the communal workshops, then from 1982 to 1992 in the psychological service of the children's area of what was then the Bethel institution. From 1992 to 2015 consultant with a wide range of tasks at the Bethel Epilepsy Center in Bielefeld. At the same time, she completed a two-year course in 2007 for the “European Master in Bioethics”.

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In 1992, Pfäfflin co-founded the specialist conference on Epilepsy North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and from 1992 to 1996 a member of the Public Health NRW research association with responsibility for the epilepsy rehabilitation sub-project. From 2004 to 2009 she was a member of the “Commission on Education” of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). Among other things, she contributed to the creation of the epilepsy training program for families with epilepsy "famoses" (for both parents and children with epilepsy).

She is (co-) author of numerous articles in national and international journals, among others on the patient training programs MOSES and famoses or for the benefit of specialized nursing staff for epilepsy.

Books

Books co-authored or edited by M. Pfäfflin:

N. Semmer, M. Pfäfflin: Interaction training. An action theory approach to training social skills. Beltz-Verlag, Weinheim / Basel 1979.
M. Pfäfflin, S. Pöld: Desire for children and parenthood of people with an intellectual disability: an orientation aid . (= Bethel working texts. 6). Bethel-Verlag, Bielefeld 1992.

M. Pfäfflin (Ed.): Children and adolescents suffering from seizures in educational and school counseling centers. (= Betheler working texts. 8). Bethel-Verlag, Bielefeld 1994.

M. Pfäfflin, M. Endermann (Ed.): Disabled people with epilepsy in homes and assisted living groups. Care considerations and recommendations. (= Bethel contributions. 49). Bethel-Verlag, Bielefeld 1995.

M. Pfäfflin, RT Fraser, R. Thorbecke et al. (Eds.): Comprehensive Care for People with Epilepsy. (= Current Problems in Epilepsy. Vol 16). J. Libbey, Eastleigh 2001.

P. Wolf, T. Mayer, U. Specht, R. Thorbecke, H.-E. Boenigk, M. Pfäfflin (Ed.): Praxisbuch Epilepsien. Diagnostics / treatment / rehabilitation. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2003.

U. Bettendorf, H. Fischbach, G. Heinen, K. Jakob, P. Klein, G. Kluger, M. Pfäfflin, D. Rahn, S. Rinnert, R. Winter, G. Wohlrab: famoses (modular training program for epilepsy for Familys). A course for children with epilepsy. Bethel-Verlag, Bielefeld 2005.

U. Bettendorf, H. Fischbach, G. Heinen, K. Jakob, P. Klein, G. Kluger, M. Pfäfflin, D. Rahn, S. Rinnert, R. Winter, G. Wohlrab: famoses (modular training program for epilepsy for Familys). A course for parents of children with epilepsy. Bethel-Verlag, Bielefeld 2006.

M. Pfäfflin, R. Wohlfahrt, R. Thorbecke: addressing epilepsy. (= Foundation Michael information on epilepsy ). Michael Foundation in cooperation with Bethel-Verlag, Bonn 2015.

Awards

2001: Sibylle Ried Prize from the Michael Foundation for the evaluation of the MOSES patient training program
2007: again the Sibylle Ried Prize of the Michael Foundation as a member of the project team "famous / modular epilepsy training program for families"
2016: Honorary membership in the German Society for Epileptology

Individual evidence

↑ TW May, M. Pfäfflin: The efficacy of an educational treatment program for patients with epilepsy (MOSES): results of a controlled, randomized study. In: Epilepsia. 43, 2002, pp. 539-549.
↑ M. Pfäfflin, F. Petermann, J. Rau, TW May: The psychoeducational program for children with epilepsy and their parents (FAMOSES): Results of a controlled pilot study and a survey of parent satisfaction over a five-year period. In: Epilepsy Behav. 25, 2012, pp. 11-16.
↑ M. Pfäfflin, B. Schmitz, TW May: Efficacy of the epilepsy nurse: Results of a randomized controlled study. In: Epilepsia (fourth series). 57, 2016, pp. 1190-1198.
↑ T. Mayer: Award of honorary membership of the German Society for Epileptology to Dipl.-Psych. Margarete Pfafflin. In: Z Epileptol. 29, 2016, pp. 181-182.

personal data
SURNAME	Pfafflin, Margret
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pfafflin, Margarete
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German psychologist and ethicist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 10, 1950

[1] TW May, M. Pfäfflin: The efficacy of an educational treatment program for patients with epilepsy (MOSES): results of a controlled, randomized study. In: Epilepsia. 43, 2002, pp. 539-549.

[2] M. Pfäfflin, F. Petermann, J. Rau, TW May: The psychoeducational program for children with epilepsy and their parents (FAMOSES): Results of a controlled pilot study and a survey of parent satisfaction over a five-year period. In: Epilepsy Behav. 25, 2012, pp. 11-16.

[3] M. Pfäfflin, B. Schmitz, TW May: Efficacy of the epilepsy nurse: Results of a randomized controlled study. In: Epilepsia (fourth series). 57, 2016, pp. 1190-1198.

[4] T. Mayer: Award of honorary membership of the German Society for Epileptology to Dipl.-Psych. Margarete Pfafflin. In: Z Epileptol. 29, 2016, pp. 181-182.