This article is a written transcript of the course, “22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: Role of the SLP in Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment”, presented by Adrian Baylis, Ph.D., CCC-SLP on December 01, 2011.
>> Amy Hansen: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to today's expert seminar, 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: Role of the SLP in Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment presented today by Adrian Baylis. Dr. Adrian Baylis is a speech scientist and speech‑language pathologist for the division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She serves as co‑director of the 22q Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital and also provides clinical services to the speech‑language disorders associated with cleft palate and velopharyngeal dysfunction. Dr. Baylis’ primary clinical and research interests include speech‑language disorders associated with cleft palate and velopharyngeal dysfunction, speech outcome measures, and communication disorders associated with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. She also serves as a lecturer for the Ohio State University and is actively involved with the American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association and ASHA Special Interest Group 5: Speech Science and Orofacial Anomalies. Welcome, Adrian. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us today.
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>> Adriane Baylis: Thank you very much, Amy. Can everyone hear me? Okay. We're going to move forward with our presentation today on 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and talk about diagnosis, assessment and our role in treatment. We're going to do an overview of the syndrome and talk about the speech development profiles with children with 22q and talk about assessment and treatment guidelines.
Before we move forward I would like everyone to look on the left side of their screen where you have the hands up box. I’d like to take a quick survey. If you could click on the thumbs up green box if you have a current child on your caseload with 22q, just to get an idea of who is in our audience today. Some do and some did in the past. One additional question - click on the high-five box if you're currently a member of a cleft palate team or member of ACPA. Okay. So looks like just a few that are working in that area right now.
