Alexia Was Born with Cataracts in Both Eyes

question 59

Multiple Choice

Alexia was born with cataracts in both eyes. What can you tell her parents about when she should have corrective surgery?

• A) Alexia should wait to have corrective surgery until adulthood when her eyes are fully mature.
• B) Alexia should not have corrective surgery during the first six months of life because her vision would be severely and permanently impaired.
• C) The longer cataract surgery is postponed beyond infancy, the less complete Alexia's recovery in visual skills.
• D) Alexia should wait until later in childhood to have corrective surgery because there are no sensitive periods in visual development.

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Definitions:

Whole Child Concept

An educational approach that values nurturing all aspects of a child's development, including physical, emotional, social, and cognitive growth.

Intellectual Ability

Refers to the capacity to think, reason, solve problems, and learn, often measured through IQ tests or other cognitive assessments.

Social Ability

The skill to interact and communicate effectively with others in social settings.

Bronfenbrenner

Urie Bronfenbrenner developed the Ecological Systems Theory to explain how the inherent qualities of a child and the characteristics of the external environment which the child finds himself in interact to influence how the child will grow and develop.