Cleft Palate & Craniofacial Conditions

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What about Cleft Palate?

Resources

Activities

Committee Members

What are Craniofacial Conditions and Cleft Palate?

A craniofacial disorder is an umbrella term that refers to a structural abnormality of the skull and/or the face.

Craniofacial conditions encompass a wide range of structural abnormalities affecting the skull and face, often requiring multidisciplinary care for management and treatment. These conditions are typically congenital and present at birth. The most common type of craniofacial disorder is a Cleft Palate with or without Cleft Lip. A Cleft Palate is characterised by a gap or opening in the roof of the mouth and can affect speech and feeding due to anatomical differences. 

The focus of the committee centers around supporting professionals in the assessment and treatment of individuals with Cleft Palate across the areas of speech and feeding.

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Resources

Webinar 1.

Overview of Cleft Palate and Cleft Palate Speech (Dr. Alice Lee & Dr. Triona Sweeney)

 

Webinar 2.

Assessment: Cleft Palate Speech/Velopharyngeal Dysfunction (Dr. Debbie Sell & Dr. Yoshiko Takei)

Webinar 3.

Intervention: Cleft Palate Speech/Velopharyngeal Dysfunction (Prof. Judy LeDuc, Prof. Kristiane van Lierde, Prof. Valerie Pereira)

Subramaniyan, B., Sell, D., Sweeney, T. & Pereira, V. (2022). Cleft lip and palate: an overview with a particular emphasis on communication issues in resource limited regions. In S. Levy, P. Enderby (Eds.), The Unserved. Addressing Communication Disorders in Unserved and Underserved Populations (pp.85-94). J&R Press.

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09 Cleft Lip and Palate – An Overview with a Particular Emphasis on Communication Issues in Resource-Limited Regions by Subramaniyan et al

 

Activities

Committee Members have very close links with professional, voluntary bodies and NGOs, facilitating networking and collaborative international work. These include Transforming Faces, Circle of Cleft Professionals, European Cleft Organization, CLEFT-Bridging the Gap, American Cleft-Palate Association, Royal College of Speech-Language Therapists (UK), Japanese Cleft Palate Association, the Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Please see the highlights of the committee’s work program from 2019 to 2023 here.

 

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Plans 2024-2025

IALP Core Strategies

The committee is committed to the IALP core strategies and our work program for 2024-2025 will aim to put in place specified action plans.

 

Recruitment of New Members

In Dec 2023, the committee bade farewell to members Kristiane van Lierde, Judy LeDuc and Alice Lee as their terms had come to an end. Deputy Chair, Triona Sweeney, stepped down for the same reason and has taken on a new role as Consultant to the committee. Debbie Sell has stepped in as Deputy Chair of the committee. The committee is actively seeking to expand and wishes to include diversity in terms of academic and clinical backgrounds, geographical regions and to have multi-generation representation.

 

Transforming Faces-IALP Mentoring Project

The committee is committed to continuing to support the project and aims to run live Q and A sessions for all Mentors and Mentees.

 

IALP Centennial Composium, 2024

The committee’s abstract has been accepted. We look forward to presenting on the topic: Speech-Language Pathology/Therapy in Cleft Care- Where we are now and where are we heading?

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Activities

Committee Members and Consultants

Term of office 2022-2025

Valerie Pereira (Hong Kong)

Chair

Debbie Sell (United Kingdom)

Deputy Chair

Triona Sweeney (Ireland)

Consultant

Suraj Subramaniyan (India)

Member

Yoshiko Takei (Japan)

Member

Mikaela Bow (Australia)

Member

Karen Goldschmied (Chile)

Member

Carolina Rivera (Costa Rica)

Member

Erika Bostock (South Africa)

Member

Sarah Kilcoyne (UK)

Member

Chelsea Sommer (USA)

Member

Linda Vallino (USA)

Member

Selena Young (Singapore)

Member

Affiliated Society Membership

There are 3 types of membership of Affiliate Society, depending on the profile of the organization. Category A Society Membership: National organizations in communication sciences and disorders having individual members among their membership. Examples of this category are The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA ), Speech Pathology Australia (SPA)and The Egyptian Society for Phoniatrics and Logopedics. (ESPL) Category B Society Membership: Multinational, regional, or local organizations in communication sciences and disorders having individual members among their membership. Category C Society Membership: Multinational, national, regional, or local organizations in communication sciences and disorders comprised of Societies as their membership. When your National Society/Association wishes to join the IALP as an Affiliated Society, please fill in and send the Application Form for IALP Affiliated Membership below.

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