Conference Schedule

General Session II: Adoption Panel

Goal: To Increase the participants understanding of international adoption.

Objective: Participants will be able to name surgical, speech, psychosocial, dental and developmental challenges of adopted children with cleft and craniofacial conditions.

Session Chair:

Gregory C. Allen, MD

2:00-3:30PM	INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION PANEL DISCUSSION Participants: Gregory Allen, MD, Lawrence Ketch, MD, Robert Brayden, MD, Jamie Idelberg, RDH, Meredith Harris, MD, DDS, Ulrich Klein, DDS, MaryKay Farina, MS, Jeffery Steffen, MA, Maureen Andrews, MS, BSN, Debra Paul, BS, OTR, Katie Glowacki, MSW, LCSW, Allison Brower, MS Children born with cleft and craniofacial defects in developing countries often present challenges that overwhelm both the birth parents and local health care systems. In the hope of a better future for their newborn, these parents are often forced to make the difficult decision to leave the child in an orphanage or foster care. Couples and families in developed countries are seeking international adoption of these children for a variety of reasons. As a result there is an increasing number of these patients seen in the Cleft and Craniofacial Clinics. These children present new challenges to the team. This panel will discuss a variety of issues that such patients bring to the team. Twelve members from one team, including team coordinator, two surgeons, developmental pediatrician, clinical nurse specialist, two speech language pathologists, audiologist, pediatric dentist, orthodontist, occupational therapist, and social worker will sit on this panel.
3:30PM	POSTER SESSION A, EXHIBITS, COFFEE BREAK

2:00-3:30PM

INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION PANEL DISCUSSION

Participants: Gregory Allen, MD, Lawrence Ketch, MD, Robert Brayden, MD, Jamie Idelberg, RDH, Meredith Harris, MD, DDS, Ulrich Klein, DDS, MaryKay Farina, MS, Jeffery Steffen, MA, Maureen Andrews, MS, BSN, Debra Paul, BS, OTR, Katie Glowacki, MSW, LCSW, Allison Brower, MS

Children born with cleft and craniofacial defects in developing countries often present challenges that overwhelm both the birth parents and local health care systems. In the hope of a better future for their newborn, these parents are often forced to make the difficult decision to leave the child in an orphanage or foster care. Couples and families in developed countries are seeking international adoption of these children for a variety of reasons. As a result there is an increasing number of these patients seen in the Cleft and Craniofacial Clinics. These children present new challenges to the team.

This panel will discuss a variety of issues that such patients bring to the team. Twelve members from one team, including team coordinator, two surgeons, developmental pediatrician, clinical nurse specialist, two speech language pathologists, audiologist, pediatric dentist, orthodontist, occupational therapist, and social worker will sit on this panel.

3:30PM

POSTER SESSION A, EXHIBITS, COFFEE BREAK

American Cleft Palate–
Craniofacial Association

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