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Listen to Dr. Sprouse's August 22, 2011 interview on The Coffee Klatch

View Dr. Sprouse's interviews with
Barbara Harrison
on Channel 4:
May 19, 2011
March 21, 2011

May is National X & Y Chromosome
Awareness Month!


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Senator Brownback

Forgotten Children Questionnaire

Public Service Announcement

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The Focus Foundation

Welcome! The Focus Foundation has been quite busy in the last couple of months, working to increase awareness of its goal to identify and help children who have X and Y Variations, Dyslexia and/or Developmental Dyspraxia.

On October 13, The Greater Philadelphia Fund Raising Committee for the Focus Foundation is holding its first annual Oktoberfest Under the Sea at the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ. The Chesapeake 5k Run and Family Fun Walk was a great success, thanks to everyone who came out to join us. Runners' times and results are available here. Click here to read more about the foundation's current activities.

We're focused on finding The Forgotten Children

The Focus Foundation is the first and only research-based agency exclusively dedicated to identifying and helping children who have X & Y Variations (also called X & Y Chromosomal Variations or Sex Chromosome Disorders), Dyslexia and/or Developmental Dyspraxia, conditions that lead to language-based disabilities, motor planning deficits, reading dysfunction, and attention and behavioral disorders. All physicians, ancillary health care providers and special educators are taught that genetic abnormalities can impact a child's development. Unfortunately, because most ' practitioners often receive insufficient information about sex chromosome disorders, they don't even consider testing for X & Y Variations when caring for a child who presents with developmental concerns.

We want health care providers, educators and parents to know:

  • 1 in 500 children have X & Y Variations that cause complex learning disabilities.

  • 20 babies born each day have an X & Y Chromosomal Variation, and only 5 will be diagnosed in their lifetime.

  • Developmental Dyspraxia is often mistaken as being "only a minor speech delay" when, in fact, multiple developmental domains are affected and require targeted treatment.

  • Symptoms of Dyslexia often present in preschool years and early identification and treatment is highly effective.

  • 10 percent of children with X & Y Variations are identified prior to birth and they usually develop Dyspraxia and Dyslexia. The knowledge gained from caring for these infants and toddlers benefits all children who have reading, speech and motor planning dysfunction.

  • With the proper diagnosis and intervention, children who have these neurogenetic disorders can be transformed from vulnerable to powerful, from school failure to academic success, from disabled to able.

    Early Identification + Targeted Treatment = Recovery

    The Focus Foundation: Because every child deserves the chance to succeed

    The Focus Foundation - The Forgotten Children
    from One Story Productions on Vimeo.

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    The photographs used on this website are for illustration purposes only.

    OUR MISSION
    The Focus Foundation is dedicated to helping children and families affected by X & Y Variations, Dyslexia, and/or Developmental Dyspraxia. The Focus Foundation believes that through increased awareness, early identification and syndrome-specific treatment, children with these conditions can reach their full potential.

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    The Focus Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit human service foundation.
    Donations to The Focus Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
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