Downloadable pdf: El Pollo Pepe.pdf
(Spanish) Cleft Palate Practice for P and B
Category: Cleft Palate
Cleft palate is a condition in which the hard palate does not fuse together during embryonic development. This results in a hole in the hard palate, which may or may not be covered by soft tissue, that can lead to speech and feeding issues. Cleft palate can co-occur with cleft lip but cleft lip can also be present without a cleft in the actual palate.
(Spanish) Cleft Palate Practice for S
Downloadable pdf: Sammy Sosa.pdf
Cleft Palate Speech Therapy Books in Spanish
Cate Crowley took a group of students and professionals to provide therapy and professional development with the Healing the Children cleft palate surgical mission in Neiva, Colombia. The Healing the Children mission differs from traditional cleft palate missions because the team returns every year to provide ongoing surgery, treatment and therapy to the same patients each year. During this last mission, 166 hours of therapy were provided in group and individual sessions to patients working with Healing the Children. This year Cate developed an idea to create books in Spanish that would help children with repaired cleft palates to improve their speech. Cate oversaw development and supported the books that were written by Angela Giraldo and illustrated by Tina Yeung. These books, in Spanish, focus on specific high pressure sounds that are at the same place of articulation. For example some books focus on t, d and n while others focus on p, b and m. These books were given to all the surgeons and fonoaudiologists (speech therapists) working with patients from the Healing the Children mission. In addition, small format versions of the books were given to all the patients so that they would have fun and interesting materials that they could use to practice their sounds.
Healing the Children Mission to Neiva, Colombia
This year Catherine Crowley and her team accompanied Healing the Children surgical mission to Neiva, Columbia. Healing the children is not a typical cleft palate repair mission. Traditionally, a cleft palate team would travel to a developing country and do many dozens of cleft lip and palate repairs and then return to their home country. However, a child with a repaired cleft lip or palate actually requires onoing therapy, monitoring and often further surgery in order for the repair to be successful. Without this type of long-term support, many children do not learn to talk intelligibly, despite the repair and can even develop fistulas (holes) as they grow. Healing the Children instead conducts annual trips back to Neiva. This was their 21st trip and Cate’s 2nd trip back. They work with the same patients each year while providing therapy and further surgery, including later revisions, bone augmentation and orthodonture.
Cate’s team was there for the second year and offered a 5 day training course for fonoaudiologists (speech therapists). The fonoaudiologists learned the specific knowledge and skills they will need to provide quality services to children with repaired cleft palate.Classes were given in the morning and then the clinicians provided services, including language stimulation, in the afternoon to patients.
Terapia para Paladar Hendido: Evaluación en Tratamientos (Playlist)
Objectivo: Estos videos tienen el objectivo de enseñar estrategias y tecnicas para mejorar el habla de gente con paladar hendido/ fisura palatina. Read More
Terapia del Habla para Paladar Hendido 3: Metodología/ Cleft Palate Speech Therapy 3: Methodology
La tercera clase presenta métodos y estrategias que se pueden usar en la terapia del habla para paladar hendido. Primera demuestra cómo el paladar hendido afecta los sonidos del habla. Luego repasa la jerarquía de terapia y muestra como usar las estrategias en la terapia. Se recuerde no usar los ejercicios orales motrices en terapia del habla porque no son eficaces.
Terapia para Paladar Hendido 4: Un Estudio de Caso/ Cleft Palate Speech Therapy 4: A Case Study
La cuarta clase de la serie del paladar hendido/ fisura palatina muestra las estrategias que se han presentado dentro de un estudio de caso. La terapeuta sigue la jerarquía de terapia y se repasa y demuestra las estrategias para sonidos específicos dado en clases anteriores. También se trata de la falta de eficacia de ejercicios orales motrices y se explica porque no se debería usarlos nunca en terapia del habla para paladar hendido/ fisura palatina.
Terapia del Habla para Paladar Hendido 3.3: Metodología- Estrategias Adicionales para Eliminar la Oclusión Glótica
La tercera parte de la tercera clase presenta mas estrategias para eliminar la oclusión glótica. La oclusión glótica es una costumbre que usan los niños con paladar hendido/ fisura palatina como compensación antes de la cirugía. Por lo tanto, puede ser especialmente difícil de corregir después de la cirugía.
