Table 2.
Social, Clinical, and Academic Demographics of Children with 22q11 DS.*
Female | 58% (23) |
Parent Education (SES)** | |
12–15 Years | 77% (62/80) |
≥16 Years | 23% (18/80) |
Caucasian | 92% (37) |
22q11 DS FISH*** Positive | 100% (40) |
Mean Age of Detection | 37.0 months (±2.6)**** |
Early Hypotonia with/Motor Delays < Age 3 | 92% (37) |
Walking Mean Age (SD) | 17.6 months (±5.4) |
Permanent Hearing Loss (Hearing Aid Corrected) | 7% (3) |
Speech/Language Therapy | 83% (33) |
Occupational Therapy | 68% (27) |
Physical Therapy | 38% (15) |
Regular Education Classroom | 18% (7) |
Main-streamed Inclusion Classroom | 55% (22) |
Special Education Classroom | 25% (10) |
Home-Schooled | 2% (1) |
Note. N = 40
Hollingshead Index of Social Position (Hollingshead & Redlich, 1958)
fluorescence in situ hybridization assay
2 outliers confirmed positive at 10.6 and 12.8 years not included in the mean (SD) calculation.