School absence and its effect on school performance for children born with orofacial clefts.

Jane C BellCamille Raynes-GreenowRobin TurnerCarol BowerAlan DodsonKirsten HancockNatasha Nassar

Published in: Birth defects research (2017)

School absence affected school performance for all children. Absence did not differentially disadvantage children born with OFC, suggesting current practices to identify and support children with OFC are minimizing effects of their absence on school performance. Birth Defects Research 109:1048-1056, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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