ASHA Learning Pass

Live broadcast (one-time viewing only): March 28, 2024, 1:00–3:00 p.m. Eastern time

Last chance to sign up: March 28, 2024, Noon, Eastern time

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Description:

This webinar will guide SLPs in knowing what to listen for in the speech and resonance of children with cleft palate, cleft lip and palate, and/or velopharyngeal dysfunction and will discuss how to differentiate active, passive, and adaptive articulations. The speaker will address how to decide what to treat with speech interventions vs. what requires treatment from the medical team and will review evidence-based intervention techniques.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Differentiate passive, active, and adaptive articulation differences, and identify which to treat with speech interventions and which to report to the medical team 
• Describe at least three ways to differentiate articulatory differences based on an evaluation 
• Describe intervention techniques to treat children with speech sound disorders who have cleft palate or velopharyngeal dysfunction

Contents

• Introduction/brief overview (5 minutes)
• A cleft palate/velopharynx primer for the SLP (15 minutes)
• Evaluation of the child with cleft palate or velopharyngeal dysfunction, and unusual articulatory features that may be seen (25 minutes) 
• Deciding what should be treated with SLP intervention and what should be treated by the medical team (10 minutes)
• Q&A (5 minutes)
• Intervention for children with cleft palate or velopharyngeal dysfunction: Early intervention (10 minutes)
• Intervention for children with cleft palate or velopharyngeal dysfunction: Motor learning (30 minutes)
• Intervention for children with cleft palate or velopharyngeal dysfunction: Phonological (10 minutes)
• Q&A (10 minutes)

Presenter Information

Lynn Marty Grames, MA, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) has served with the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute at St. Louis Children's Hospital for more than 40 years. In that capacity, she provided evaluation and therapy for children with cleft palate, velopharyngeal dysfunction, and craniofacial differences. Collaboration with members of the medical team included radiographic and endoscopic velopharyngeal imaging studies and clinical research. With colleague Mary Blount Stahl, she instituted a collaborative care program in cleft palate and craniofacial differences for school and community SLPs that is eligible for ASHA continuing education credit. She has presented at state, national, and international conferences on cleft palate, velopharyngeal dysfunction, and craniofacial disorders. Though recently retired from clinical practice, she continues to teach at Saint Louis University and serves as a peer reviewer for several journals. She is a member and past coordinator for ASHA Special Interest Group 5: Craniofacial and Velopharyngeal Disorders, ASHA Special Interest Group 19: Speech Science, and also the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Lynn became an ASHA Fellow in 2019.

Financial Disclosures:

• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation
• Has drawn salary as a clinician with the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute at St. Louis Children's Hospital 
• Adjunct instructor at Saint Louis University

Nonfinancial Disclosures:

• Member of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 
• Affiliate of ASHA SIGs 5 and 19

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

To earn continuing education credit, you must complete and submit the learning assessment by March 30, 2024.

Program History and CE Information

Live webinar: March 28, 2024
1:00–3:00 p.m. Eastern time

This course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).