The following is a comprehensive list of downloadable guides and information for you.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Therasuit therapy for trunk control
HEMISPHERECTOMY
Web-based therapy for hemianopia
Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Training
Education After Hemispherectomy – An Introductory Guide (PDF)
Central Auditory Impairment After Hemispherectomy (PDF)
Strategies For Central Auditory Impairment After Hemispherectomy (PDF)
Vision After Hemispherectomy, TPO Disconnection, and Occipital Lobectomy
Vision Evaluations After Epilepsy Surgery Quick Guide (PDF)
Assistive Technology Assessments After Epilepsy Surgery (PDF)
Helpful Educational Strategies for Children With Homonymous Hemianopia (PDF)
Hydrocephalus After Hemispherectomy (PDF)
TPO DISCONNECTION/RESECTION
Assistive Technology Assessments After Epilepsy Surgery (PDF)
Vision Evaluations After Epilepsy Surgery (PDF)
Helpful Educational Strategies for Children With Homonymous Hemianopsia (PDF)
OCCIPITAL LOBECTOMY
Assistive Technology Assessments After Epilepsy Surgery (PDF) – New!
Vision Evaluations After Epilepsy Surgery (PDF) – New!
Helpful Educational Strategies for Children With Homonymous Hemianopia (PDF) – New!
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The following guides, products, or information will help you understand the various challenges a child may have after epilepsy surgery.
VISION
Homonymous Hemianopsia Simulators – from Vision Rehabilitative Services, LLC. These inexpensive simulators will help the educational team generally understand the visual field cut after hemispherectomy, hemispherotomy, hemidecortication, occipital lobectomy, temporo-parietal-occipital disconnection, and any multi-lobar resection or disconnection which includes the occipital lobe.
PLEASE NOTE: These glasses do NOT follow the movement of the eyeballs and are helpful only for a broad understanding of orientation and mobility challenges. They should NOT be used to understand the visual field deficit as it relates to reading.
Rummel Hemianopsia Buttons™ – These simple buttons remind others that your student is unable to see in their blind field. An inexpensive reminder for anyone working with a child after hemispherectomy, hemispherotomy, hemidecortication, occipital lobectomy, temporo-parietal-occipital disconnection, and any multi-lobar resection or disconnection which includes the occipital lobe.
Rummel Hemianopsia Guides™ – Reading guides that remind your student to read to the end of the line (for right hemianopsia) and where to begin at the next line (for left hemianopsia).
SEIZURES
Seizure Action Plan – From the Epilepsy Foundation. It is important that educators understand that epilepsy surgery does not have a 100% success rate. Children may have a seizure at any time after epilepsy surgery. A good seizure action plan is critical for the team to know and understand.
Legal Rights of Children With Epilepsy In School and Child Care – An excellent overview of the legal rights of children with epilepsy in school and child care, including an in-depth discussion of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act and Individual Education Plans, the Rehabilitation Act and 504 Plans, and administration of rescue medication in various educational and child care settings.
