OUR PARTNER

Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Alliance (PESA)

Partnering with PESA to Advance Global Epilepsy Support

PESA Website

The Paediatric Epilepsy Surgery Alliance (PESA) in the U.S. leads global efforts to provide evidence-based resources that support optimal outcomes for children after epilepsy surgery, including hemispherectomy.

Some of the important resources developed by PESA for hemispherectomy families can be accessed below.

VISION

  • Homonymous Hemianopsia Helpful Educational Strategies for Children with Homonymous Hemianopsia
  • Vision After Surgery Hemispherectomy, Occipital Lobectomy & TPO Disconnection

READING

  • (Re)Learning how to Read Helpful Educational Strategies for Children with Homonymous Hemianopsia

HEARING

  • An Introduction An Introduction to Cortical Auditory Impairment After Hemispherectomy
  • Strategies Strategies for Cortical Auditory Impairment after Hemispherectomy

HYDROCEPHALUS

  • What is Hydrocephalus? Hydrocephalus after hemispherectomy and other epilepsy surgeries