Join us for our Transforming Lives Webinar Series: Early Speech and Language Development in Children with Cleft Lip/Palate

Approximately half of all children born with a cleft palate will need some form of speech and language therapy. This webinar will explore how a cleft palate can affect early speech and language development, and strategies you can use at home to help your child progress. You will also have the opportunity to ask live questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Review of milestones related to early speech and language development 
• Discuss how a cleft palate may impact speech and language development 
• Provide families with strategies to encourage speech and language development

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

• Strategies to Encourage Speech and Language Development Prior to Cleft Repair
• CDC Milestone Checklist  Source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Use of this material does not imply endorsement or recommendation of this webinar by the U.S. Government, Department of Health and Human Services, or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
• Speech Development in Toddler to Preschool-Aged Children with Cleft Palate
• Help with Hearing This material is shared with permission from the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA) for personal, noncommercial use.
• Birth to One Year: What Should My Child Be Able To Do? This material is shared with permission from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

Generous funding of this program provided by the J.M. McDonald Foundation