Cleft Palate Speech Assessment in Twi at Okomfo Anoyko Hospital, Kumasi.
International Programs
Since 2006, Dr. Cate Crowley has led international trips for CSD master’s students. Generally the group goes to Ghana in January and Latin America in May/June. During these trips, students provide supervised speech-language therapy services for patients/students in hospitals,schools, and private clinics. In addition, the group collaborates with local colleagues in professional development retreats, with a focus in AAC, literacy, and cleft palate.
TC CSD students also have opportunities to work with Dr. Crowley in her international cleft palate work with a number of organizations, including Smile Train, Transforming Faces, Operation Smile, and Healing the Children. TC CSD master’s students have joined Dr. Crowley in her cleft palate work in Guatemala City, Guatemala; Kumasi, Ghana; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Salvador, Brazil; Neiva, Colombia; Quito, Ecuador; and Chennai, India.
Int'l Program in Ghana
CSD student observing cleft palate surgery at Korle Bu Hospital in Accra
Int'l Program in Ghana
Close inspection by CSD student of levator veli palatini muscle
Int'l Program in Ghana
TC Team welcomed from the Aboom School for Special Needs, Cape Coast
Int'l Program in Ghana
CSD student's oral peripheral of cleft palate patient at Korle Bu Hospital in Accra
Int'l Program in Ghana
Dr. Carol Hammer and Ghana's SPED teachers at our AAC-Literacy PD retreat in Koforidua
Int'l Program in Ghana
CSD students working on syllables with cleft palate patient at Korle Bu
Int'l Program in Ghana
CSD team eliciting first high pressure sounds with cleft palate patient
Int'l Program in Ghana
Sharing AAC to support language development at PD retreat
Int'l Program in Ghana
Cleft palate speech screening in Okomfo Anoyke Hospital, Kumasi
Int'l Program in Ghana
AAC Community Request Cards used in Effiduasi Unit School
Int'l Program in Ghana
CSD Student retrieving water
Int'l Program in Ghana
CSD Students taking a trip to the Ancestral River Park
Int'l Program in Ghana
TC and U. of Ghana master's SLT/SLP students sharing experiences
Int'l Program in Ghana
Cleft palate therapy counting production of target sound, Korle Bu Hospital
Int'l Program in Ghana
Katie and Charity plan classroom use of AAC language supports
Int'l Program in Ghana
CSD student organizes the materials for the PD Retreat in Koforidua
Int'l Program in Ghana
CSD student, Meg Lico, assists Dr. Crowley in nationwide Smile Train training, Abuja, Nigeria
Int'l Program in Ghana
Dr. Crowley and Charity co-teach in Charity's SPED classroom
Int'l Program in Ghana
Signage of 6th Annual Professional Development Retreat in Ghana
All About My School
Unti school teachers and TC CSD students work to translate the All About My School book into Twi.
First Ghanian Speech Therapy Program
TC Team meet U. of Ghana's first master's SLT grads, Accra
Cleft Palate Assessment
AAC Market Cards
Using AAC Market Cards in Effiduasi.
Kakum National Park
Rope canopy bridge walk across the forest at Kakum National Park.
Program in Latin America
Therapist working with boy using mirror.
Program in Latin America
Practicing S in Spanish with Sammy Sosa book
Program in Latin America
Role playing in cleft speech therapy training, Quito, Ecuador
Program in Latin America
CSD student strengthens high pressure sound in cleft palate therapy, Arequipa, Peru
Program in Latin America
Co-treating cleft palate patient with local fono in Neiva, Colombia
Program in Latin America
TC invited to share anti-bullying campaign at patient's school in Neiva, Colombia
Program in Latin America
Students prepare to travel abroad.
Program in Latin America
Students arrive in Colombia.
Program in Latin America
CSD students visit Smile Train headquarters with Dr. Crowley
Program in Latin America
CSD Team in Neiva, Colombia
Program in Latin America
CSD students prepare to watch cleft surgeries in Neiva