Presentations

2013 VCFSEF Meeting
Genetic modifiers of cardiovascular anomalies in 22q11DS

Bernice Morrow

Overview of medical characteristics of VCFS/22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Vandana Shashi

Imaging of the velopharynx: The importance of a good study

Robert Shprintzen

Articulation and Resonance in the population with VCFS/22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Dianne Altuna

Surgery for speech in VCFS: Special or just the same as for other children with hypernasal speech?

Robert Shprintzen

Improving neurocognitive and social cognitive skills in adolescents with VCFS: Preliminary feasibility and efficacy data

Vandana Shashi

Improving social skills in children and adolescents with VCFS (22q11.2 deletion syndrome): computerized intervention programs that can be used at home.

Bronwyn Glaser

Effects of socio-emotional remediation on internalizing symptoms in children and adolescents with 22q11 DS.

Martina Franchini

An emotional reality monitoring task in adolescents and young adults with a 22q11 deletion syndrome.

Sarah Menghetti

Psychiatric disorders and treatments in children with VCFS

Doron Gothelf

Psychiatric problems in adolescents with VCFS: a key period for treatment and prevention strategies.

Stephan Eliez

Cognitive risk factors for negative symptom exacerbation during adolescence in 22q11DS.

Maude Schneider, MS

Adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis with and without 22q11 deletion syndrome: A comparison of prodromal psychotic symptoms and general functioning

Marco Armando

The development of cognitive control in children with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Carrie Bearden

Cross-sectional developmental study of executive functions in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome

Sarah Howley

Academic profile of children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: Delineating specific mathematics and reading disabilities.

Stephen Hooper

Structural and functional brain connectivity in 22q11.2 deletion (Velocardiofacial) syndrome

Carrie Bearden

Multimodal MRI reveals structural connectivity differences in 22q11 deletion syndrome related to impaired spatial working memory

Erik O’Hanlon, Sarah Howley, Sarah Prasad, Jane McGrath, Colm McDonald, Hugh Garavan, Kieran Murphy

Neurobiological effects of COMT Haploytypes and psychosis risk in VCFS

Doron Gothelf

An examination of parents’ and teachers’ views on educational provision and educational achievement for children with VCFS

Collin Reilly

Cognitive and neurophysiological endophenotypes in VCFS and their association to COMT and PRODH genotypes.

Omer Zarchi

Does the parental experience of diagnosis impact on their disclosure to children? A study of parents of children with genetic disorders

Linda Campbell, Jane Goodwin, Kelly Schoch, Brooke Sinerberry, Vandana Shashi, Moran alevsky, Doron Gothelf.

Tailoring education for future employment and independent living. Keys to success

Donna Cutler Landsman

Relationships, sexuality and parenting: The experience of five young women with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2 DS). An interpretative phenomenological study.

Linda Campbell, Lisa Phillips, Rev, Dr. Martin Johnson

2011 VCFSEF Meeting
When does a 22q11.2 deletion not cause VCFS?

William D, Graf, Ryan Miller, Robert J. Shprintzen, Robert R. Lebel

Combined human and mouse genetic approaches to find genes for VCFS

Bernice Morrow

Tissue interactions during inner ear development are regulated by the VCFS gene TBX1

Dennis C. Monks, Evan Braunstein, Bernice E. Morrow

New directions in genome research

Vandana Shashi, David Goldstein, Wendy R. Kates, Robert J. Shprintzen

Phenotype to phenotype correlations: the relationship of IQ to physical phenotypes in VCFS

Nathaniel Miletta, Marcia Friedman, Cheryl Roe, Dongliang Wang, Bernice E Morrow; Wendy R. Kates, Anne Marie Higgins, Robert J. Shprintzen

Genetic Modifiers of Cardiac Outflow Tract Anomalies in Humans with the 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome

Tingwei Guo on behalf of the 22q11.2 International Consortium

Logic, theory and evidence against the use of nonspeech oral motor exercises

Gregory L. Lof

Early intervention speech services: effective or not?

Panel session (Dennis Ruscello, Eileen Marrinan & faculty TBA)

Surgical Management of Hypernasal Speech in VCFS: results and complications from a series of over 100 consecutive cases

Sherard A. Tatum III

VCFS Around the World

Dianne Altuna

Longitudinal soft tissue and skeletal facial development in VCFS

Michael Arvystas

Dental and orthodontic disorders and treatment in VCFS

George Cisneros

Platybasia in VCFS

Ariela Nachmany, Yehuda Finkelstein, Doron Gothelf

Integrating cognition, emotion, and psychiatry for treatment in VCFS

Tony J. Simon

The development of cognitive control in VCFS

Heather Shapiro, Tony J. Simon

How coping skills affect symptoms of anxiety and depression in young adults with VCFS

Elise Parson, Ulrich Schall, Linda Campbell

Computerized cognitive remediation in adolescents with VCFS: a preliminary report

Wendy R. Kates, Kerri Tang, Lauren K. Sanderson, Matthew Kurtz

The effect of methylphenidate on prefrontal cognitive functioning, inattention, and hyperactivity in VCFS

Doron Gothelf, Tamar Green

Intervention for social skills deficits in children with VCFS

Carrie Bearden, Jennifer Ho, Carolyn Chow, Chelsea Anderson

Mentoring program as an effective psychosocial intervention to encourage social engagement in children with VCFS

Merav Burg-Malki, Doron Gothelf

Self-Hypnosis to Reduce Anxiety in Patients with VCFS

Ran Anbar

How to determine if a therapy is based on science

Gregory L. Lof

Focus on Math Interventions for Students with VCFS

Donna Cutler-Landsman

Is Oral feeding in Children with Severe Medical Issues a Possibility?

Jill Merrow

VCFS Plan of Care

LuAnn Weik, Stephen F. Conley, Adriane L. Baylis, Sue O. Carneol

Scoliosis and its treatment

Guest Faculty Steven Reich

The medical home model

Guest Faculty Jack Levine

Texas Senate Bill 1612: inception to outcome

Dianne Altuna

Being a VCFS Advocate: How one person can make a difference

Raymond Tanner

Clinical features of a large cohort of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: an Italian multicentre study preliminary Results
Clinical manifestations in a cohort of 48 patients with 22q11 deletion syndrome
Present State of VCFS treatments in Japan
Clinical and biological data of a cohort of 81 patients with VCFS
The State of Texas (USA) passes the first legislation specifically related to VCFS
Feeding, weight gain, and failure-to-thrive
Velopharyngeal Surgery in VCFS
Velocardiofacial Syndrome a review of 75 cases operated by Pharyngoplasty
Cardiac Defects: Diagnosis and Treatment
Frequency of psychopathology in Italian children and adolescents with 22q11 deletion: preliminary results from a follow-up multicenter study
Cognitive profile in 20 children with VCFS
Social cognitive skills and visual scan paths in children and young adults with Velo-cardio-facial syndrome
Longitudinal assessment of neuropsychological, behavioral and psychiatric difficulties in VCFS
Brain development in VCFS: a longitudinal study
Psychiatric Disorders in VCFS Throughout Development
Mental retardation and psychosis in VCFS From the 22q11 deletion to hyperprolinemia
Neuroanatomic and Behavioral Correlates of Language Function in VCFS
Neuropsychological profile of Italian children with VFCS
Impact of emotion on reality monitoring performance in VCFS
Psychopathologic aspects and features in children and adolescents with 22q11.2 Delection Syndrome: Preliminary results of a study on 16 patients
Movement timing in primary school children with the Velo-Cardio-Facial syndrome (VCFS) and age-and IQ-matched controls.
Local form discrimination: a visual impairment in VCFS
Scanpath variation in individuals with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome during the Benton Visual Retention Test
Detecting 22q11.2 deletions from neonatal dried blood spot samples
Functions of TBX1: an update
Relevance of humoral immune response in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Clinical and immunological aspects in chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Follow-up Survey in the first years of life
Better medicines for children. Practical Challenges in Drug Development
VCFS and congenital heart defects: length of postoperative hospitalization
Thyroid function and morphology in VCFS
Australia and the Pacific Rim
The VCFS Foundation of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia)
French-speaking Belgian Association for support and assistance to families concerned with 22q11.2 Microdeletion Syndrome
22q11 Danmark (Copenhagen, Denmark)
England Max Appeal
Generation 22 FRANCE
22q11 Ireland Support Group
AIdel 22 Italy
VCFSEF Latin America
Middle East Update
DiGerorge Foreningen 22q11, Norway
Velocardiofacial syndrome in Chile
SWEDEN Freningen 22q11
The European Network of the VCFS Educational Foundation
VCFSEF United States and Canada
The Inclusion and Learning Opportunity Project (ILOP) A brief review and a research project