Educating children with Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome : also known as 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome and DiGeorge Syndrome / Donna Cutler-Landsman, MS, editor.

"A volume in the Genetics and communication disorders series."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Velo-cardio-facial syndrome : past, present, and future / Robert J. Shprintzen -- Introduction to education and the neurocognitive profile / Donna Cutler-Landsman, Tony J. Simon, and Wendy Kates -- Cognition and the VCFS brain : the implications of syndrome-specific deficits for school performance / Bronwyn Glaser, and Stephan Eliez -- Psychiatric disorders and treatment in Velo-Cardio-Facial syndrome / Doron Gothelf, and Merav Burg, and Moran Zalevsky -- Communication in Velo-Cardio-Facial syndrome / Karen J. Golding-Kushner -- Childhood illness in velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome and its impact on school attendance and performance / Anne Marie Higgins, Donna Cutler-Landsman -- Evaluation of educational interventions -- Getting ready for school : preschool (ages 3-5) -- Entering a formal school education program -- Building the foundation : kindergarten through second grade (ages 5-7) -- Gaining expertise : upper elementary grades three through five (ages 8-11) -- Exploring new horizons : middle school (ages 11-14) -- Choices and future goals: high school (ages 14-18) -- Transition to adulthood : a model program (ages 18-21).

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