Presentations are categorized by subject.
– Genetics
– Feeding Disorders and Treatments
– Speech Disorders, Velopharyngeal insufficiency and Their Treatments
– Development, Growth, Behavior, Social Skills
Genetics
- Phenotype correlations in VCFS: a new method of analysis in a large sample of cases; Marcia Friedman, Syracuse, NY; Alan Holland, Cork, Ireland; Nathanial Miletta, Syracuse, NY; Anne Marie Higgins, Syracuse, NY; Bernice Morrow, Bronx, NY; Wendy Kates, Syracuse, NY; Robert J. Shprintzen, Syracuse, NY
- Can clustering analyses be used as a tool to identify sub types of people with the genetic disorder, velo-cardio-facial syndrome? B. Sinderberry, S.U. Brown, P. Hammond, A. Stevens, D.G.M. Murphy, KC Murphy, L.E. Campbell, Newcastle, Australia
- Characterization of two extended families with VCFS: importance of extracardiac manifestations; Alan Rope, K.A. Shooner, R. J. Hopkin, G. U. Andelfinger, D.W. Benson, Salt Lake City, UT
- Genetic modifiers of cardiac outflow tract anomalies in humans with VCFS; Bernice Morrow and the International Chromosome 22q11.2 Consortium (Tingwei Guo, Donna McDonald McGinn, Anna Blonska, Anne Bassett, Eva Chow, Mark Bowser, Molly Sheridan, Fritz Beemer, Koen Devriendt, M. Cristina Digilio, Bruno Marino, Bruno Dallapiccola, Courtney Carpenter, Anne Marie Higgins, Nicole Philip, Tony Simon, Karlene Coleman, Wendy Kates, Marcella Devoto, Elaine Zackai, Yuanyuan Shen, Zhe Liu, Jurg Ott, Robert Shprintzen, Beverly Emanuel)
- Phenotypic associations between major anomalies in a large cohort of people with VCFS; Marcia Friedman, Syracuse, NY; Nathanial Miletta, Anne Marie Higgins, Syracuse, NY; Bernice Morrow, Bronx, NY; Wendy Kates, Robert J. Shprintzen, Syracuse, NY
Feeding Disorders and Treatments
- Transitioning from tube feedings to oral feedings; Jill Merrow, M.A., Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
- When is reflux not reflux? Jill Merrow, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
Speech Disorders, Velopharyngeal insufficiency and Their Treatments
- Oral Motor Treatment in Speech and Resonance Disorders: An Abiding Professional Issue; Dennis Ruscello, Ph.D., West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
- From Sound Making to Meaningful Words; Virginia Dixon-Wood, Gainesville, FL
- The use of strategies for treating compensatory articulation errors in VCFS; Antonio Ysunza, M.D., Sc.D., Hospital Gea Gonzales, Mexico City, Mexico
- Cervical vascular anomalies in VCFS: Implications for surgery to correct VPI; Alan L. Shanske, Bronx, NY, Avi Oppenheimer, Bronx, NY; Susan Fulmer, Milwaukee, WI; Keivan Shifteh, Bronx, NY; Ja-Kwei Chang, Syracuse, NY; Allan Brook, Bronx, NY;; Robert J. Shprintzen, Syracuse, NY
- Speech therapy in the schools: can school-based clinicians get good results in children with rare medical conditions like VCFS? Dennis Ruscello, Morgantown, West Virginia
Development, Growth, Behavior, Social Skills
- Mother-child interaction in children with VCFS; Merav Burg-Malki, Ruth Feldman, Gil Disendurk, Rony Geva, Doron Gothelf, Tel Hashomer, Israel
- Social skills and bullying in schools; Donna Cutler-Landsman, Middleton, WI
- Social functioning in VCFS: transition to adult life; Kevin Antshel, Syracuse, NY
- Autistic spectrum disorders in VCFS; Carrie Bearden, Laurie Brenner, Jennifer Ho, Carolyn Chow, Maria Jalbrzikowski, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Anxiety, not intelligence, predicts adaptive functioning in children with VCFS; Kathleen Angkustsiri, Ingrid Leckliter, Elliott A. Beaton, Joel Stoddard, Robin L. Hansen, Tony J. Simon, Sacramento, CA, USA
- Children with VCFS report higher levels of anxiety but not depression compared with typically developing peers; Elliott A. Beaton, Ingrid Leckliter, Kathleen Angkustsiri, Janice Enriquez, Tony J. Simon, Sacramento, CA, USA
- Attentional control throughout development in children with VCFS; Heather M. Shapiro, Yukari Takarae, Danielle Harvey, Kathleen Angkustsiri, Tony J. Simon, Sacramento, CA
- The time has come: the critical need for a registry for VCFS; Vandana Shashi, Durham, NC
- Linear growth and weight gain in VCFS: what the new growth charts mean; Robert J. Shprintzen, Syracuse, NY
- Longitudinal changes in neuroanatomy and association with psychiatric symptoms; Wendy Kates, Syracuse, NY, USA
- Genetic Markers Linked to Differences in Brain Development in VCFS; Ioana Coman, Petya Radoeva, Frank Middleton, Syracuse, NY, Bernice Morrow, Bronx, NY, Wendy Kates. Syracuse, NY, USA
- Cognitive Impairments in Children with VCFS: Some Explanations and Prospects for Intervention; Tony Simon, Sacramento, CA, USA
- A socio-emotional remediation program for individuals with velo-cardio-facial syndrome; Bronwyn Glaser, Danny Dukes, Catherine Pasca, Sonia Martinez, Mélanie Chabloz, Stephan Eliez Geneva, Switzerland
- Supporting parents of children with disabilities across the lifespan; Nancy Murphy, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Individualized Education Plans (IEPs): How to get things done and how to use health care providers in the process; Cristina Bush, Warren, NJ, USA
- VCFS and the 22q11 Foundation in Australia; Maria Kamper, Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia