151086550 VISUAL DEVELOPMENT & PEDIATRICS ( 3 Crd.Hrs )

Pre-Requisites : 151086300

This course will provide students with an understanding of the normal human development of visual anatomy and visual functions and its related developmental anomalies and pathologies. Students are expected to learn different techniques of examining and interacting with infants, toddlers and pediatric patients. Topics such as refractive error, visual acuity, accommodation, binocularity, contrast sensitivity function, color vision and ocular motility will be explored. Child abuse will be considered in terms of identification and reporting. Ocular medications for children will be discussed. In addition, discussion of children with special needs will cover such developmental anomalies as Down Syndrome, Fragile-X Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and Mental Retardation (ID=Intellectual Disability).