Child With Lazy Eye

AnonyMouse_64 · 2005-04-19T14:34:56+0000

I was speaking to one of my mum's yesterday about her child (3 1/2). She was diagnosed with 'lazy eye' when she was 2 and she has been wearing glasses for some time. I was also aware of the fact that she had to wear a patch over her good eye in the afternoons. As a bit of background I need to say that I have had slight concerns about this child. She really doesn't mix well with the other children and can often seem very withdrawn, although she is animated enough if you spend any time with her 1:1. However, I am also aware that the mother doesn't mix at all with any others and apart from going to a toddler group once a week her daughter has never really mixed with her peers. All this added to her visual problems went some way to explaining her nature. During our discussion her mum mentioned that her daughter has to do 'close work' whilst the patch is on and expressed her relief that the patching was now down to 2 hours, rather than the 4 it used to be. I expressed an interest into what this required and she said that she had to 'make' her child do activities such as drawing, puzzles etc for the entire time that the patch is on. This is not something I have had any experience of (and am ashamed that it was not something I had bothered to find out about before now). However, it has certainly given me an insight into why this little girl is perhaps not developing 'normally'. (Not sure how else to put it - not wanting to stereotype but she is certainly not a 'normal' child, if you know what I mean!!) I can see that the patching is important if she wants to correct the eye problem but how necessary is it that the child has to do close work for the entire time? And isn't expecting a child to do this slightly unreasonable given that she is only just 3 1/2? Would really appreciate any insight into this, particularly if you have first hand experience either with your own children or through work.

By AnonyMouse_64
April 19, 2005 in All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues

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