Assignment task:
Discussion: Visual Dysfunction in Children
? Amanda, a 16-year-old female, suffers from a pituitary gland tumor. This tumor presses on the optic chiasm causing a condition where Amanda's right eye can no longer see the right side of the visual field. It also affects her left eye so that it can no longer see the left side of the visual field.
? Jacob, a 5-year-old, has scarring on the fusiform gyrus secondary to seizures. This damage has caused ventral stream disruption. It has led to problems with facial recognition.
Address each of the following questions in your discussion post:
1. What functional deficits might affect Amanda and Jacob?
2. What are their different developmental levels? List the deficits.
3. What are their potential effects in the physical, cognitive-academic, and social-emotional areas of functioning? Describe them.
4. What interventions are appropriate?
5. How would the interventions differ for each of these two children, given their developmental differences?