Teresa has a left-side visual field cut. At meals, she often pushes the food off her plate with her fork and only eats half of what is given to her. How could you adapt Teresa's plate to help her eat more of her meal?
A)Place her plate on the left side of her visual field.
B)Place her plate on the right side of her visual field.
C)Give Teresa a divided plate with compartments and a raised edge.
D)Both B and C.

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To adapt Teresa's plate to help her eat more of her meal, you could give her a divided plate with compartments and a raised edge. Teresa can feel along the compartment dividers to locate her food and push her utensils against the raised edge to load them. You could also place Teresa' plate on the right side of her visual field. Since Teresa has a left-side visual field cut, she may not see items placed on her left side. So placing her plate on her right side will insure that she sees it.

Teresa Has a Left-Side Visual Field Cut