Cleft and Craniofacial Autumn Online Study Morning
2 November @ 9:15 am – 1:00 pm
Cleft and Craniofacial Autumn Online Study Morning on Monday 2nd November 2026.
Autumn Study Morning Agenda
Monday 2nd November 2026 09.15-13.00
Virtual Study Day: hosted by Microsoft Teams – see registration link below
Cost
Members – Ticket cost included in annual membership fee, please register for your free ticket.
Non members fee – £35 (visit our website at https://cleftcen.org.uk to sign up)
Registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8dd2feb9-4e54-4c51-aab7-db32c76ffdef@d9365876-61eb-4bcc-a764-91400a304273?source=copyLinkLegacyShareLinkDialog
AGENDA
| 09:15 | Welcome | Jo Waldron Chair of the CEN Committee |
| 9:20 | Treasurer’s Business Update | Claudine Milligan CEN Treasurer |
| 9.30 | Occupational Therapy Tools and Strategies to Complement Speech Therapy | Joni O’Rafferty Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist |
| 10:10 | Working Group updates | 10.10 Intervention – Carrie Luscombe 10.15 Speech Prosthetics – Carrie Luscombe 10.20 Non cleft VPD – Lucy McAndrews 10.25 Therapy Outcomes – Miriam Seifert 10.30 Fistula occlusion – Sarah Lee 10.35 – 10.50 Questions and discussions |
| 10:50 | Comfort Break | |
| 11:00 | Take-aways from the CFSGBI Conference – Glasgow 2026 | Kathryn Da-Costa-Greaves Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in Cleft Palate- Alder Hey Children’s Hospital |
| 11:10 | AI in Cleft SLT: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What’s Next? A survey of AI use, benefits and challenges within our cleft speech and language therapy service | Claudine Milligan Advanced Practitioner Speech and Language Therapist (Cleft/Craniofacial) Alder Hey Children’s Hospital |
| 11:40 | Comfort Break | |
| 11:50 | Seeing Beyond the Craniosynostosis. Late-diagnosed cleft palate, delayed repair and the impact on speech development | Emma Hankinson Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Cranio/Cleft team Aldey Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool |
| 12:25 | An interesting speech case: What would you do? (Listening and transcription practice opportunity) | Chloe Niven Cleft Speech and Language Therapist Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow |
| 1:00 | Thank you and Close | Jo Waldron Chair of the CEN Committee |
Ticket fee is included in your Membership (£20 per year – please see Member section of the website for more information)
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