The Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland is delighted to announce our 2019 Information Evening with themes of Speech & Hearing.The topics titles are:‘Let’s get Talking’ Early Intervention in Children with Cleft Palate: Roberta Fleming Speech & Language Therapist, Cleft Team, Temple Street Hospital.Hearing and Cleft Palate: Jen Sim, Clinical Audiologist, Dublin Audiology, 12 Berkely Road, Dublin 7.Speech at Home: An update on Parent...

Dublin Final Report on Parent Led Articulation Therapy 270718Dr Triona Sweeney and Dr Debbie Sell recently published the Report on Parent Led Therapist Supervised Articulation Therapy (PLAT) for cleft palate speech disorder study (attached).This two-centre study involving Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) was carried out between January 2016 and July 2017. The main purpose was to test if par...

The Cleft Lip & Palate Association of Ireland is delighted to announce this year’s trip to a new venue, Carlingford Lough Activity Centre, Co. Louth on Saturday, 16th June 2018.We have an action packed day planned, full of activity on land and at sea for all age groups.The Family day is for children and young adults who were born with cleft. It’s for parents, brothers, sisters, babies and grandparents too.It is a time to enjoy activities toge...

UPDATE- Due to the upcoming weather event in Dublin our information evening scheduled for  1 March has been postponed until 14 March 2018.The Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland (CLAPAI) is hosting an information evening for adults attending cleft services in St James’ Hospital on Thursday, 14 March 2018 at 19:30 in the Clayton Hotel near Liffey Valley Shopping Centre.The focus for the evening will be on dental work and the experienc...

The Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland AGM & Information Evening 2017Thursday 30th November at 8pm, (Doors open from 7.30pm) Clarion Hotel Dublin, near Liffey Valley.The themes this year are surgery and braces and our speakers are as follows:1. A Parent’s Guide to Cleft Surgery by Mr David Orr, Consultant Cleft Surgeon, Our Lady’s Hospital, Crumlin & St James’ Hospital.2. My Experience With Braces by Molly Wade, Lead Singer...

CLAPAI is hosting an informal meeting on Tuesday 16th May in the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel, on the Naas Road. (Link attached. below).The doors will be open at 7:30 with tea and coffee served. At 8pm we are glad to have parent and committee member Aine Doyle give us a session on ‘First Aid for Toddlers’, Aine is a qualified Emergency First Responder as well as a qualified life guard. Her many qualifications include CFR,CFRA,CFRI,OPF,PFA &EFR. Res...