Connections Program
Connections 2008 Conference for Patients and Families
Friday, April 11, 2008
4:00PM-6:00PM
Saturday, April 12, 2008
8:00AM-5:30PM
A day for parents and patients presented by the Cleft Palate Foundation
Attendance by ACPA professionals is welcomed and encouraged. Registration is discounted for ACPA members attending the annual meeting.
Please click here to register for Connections 2008.
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Program
(Session topics, times, and presenters are subject to change.)
Friday, April 11, 2008
4:00PM-6:00PM
Welcome Reception
Saturday April 12, 2008
7:30-8:30AM
Registration/Check-in/Welcome
8:30AM-5:30PM
Childcare
Please know that Connections is a very informal, family-friendly day! You and your children are invited to move between Connections sessions, childcare, snacks, and lunch as needed throughout the day. Please remember to communicate with caregivers at all exchanges.
8:30AM
Welcome
Dr. Earl J. Seaver, PhD
President, Cleft Palate Foundation
9:00AM
Keynote Address
Keynote Speaker: David Roche
David Roche is an inspirational humorist, motivational speaker and performer who has transformed the challenges and gifts of living with a facial disfigurement into a compelling message that uplifts and delights audiences around the world. Now, with the publication of his first book, the Church of 80% Sincerity, in February 2008, he is also an author. For more about David, visit www.davidroche.com.
10:00AM
Blessings in Disguise Panel
Moderated by David Jones, PhD
This parent-child panel assembles a group of families with older children who’ve come through childhood and adolescence into the world of life after cleft care. Panelists will speak to and answer questions around a range of issues including the dynamics of sibling relationships, adoption experiences, balancing the cleft care with the rest of life and other in cleft-affected families and the challenges that exist there.
11:00AM
Break
11:30AM-12:30PM
Small Group Roundtable Discussions: Session One
(all round tables offered again, session two, 1:30pm)
CPF is pleased to present concurrent round table discussions in several specific areas of interest. Facilitated by professionals working in cleft and craniofacial care, these small groups will convene around a range of topics including:
- The couple relationship
- Transitions and services in the early childhood and school-age experience
- Maximizing the adolescent and teenage experience
- Navigating the world of insurance and cleft–craniofacial care
- Psychosocial and developmental issues associated with syndromes
12:30PM
Lunch
1:30-2:30PM
Small Group Roundtable Discussions: Session Two
please refer to 11:30AM details.
2:30PM
Team Q&A
Facilitated by CPF President, Earl Seaver, PhD, Team Q & A gives parents an opportunity to learn more about the roles of various team members and how to make the most of their relationship with their cleft-craniofacial treatment teams.
Panel:
- Speech and Hearing — Kerry Calahan-Mandulak, MA, CCC-SLP, Chapel Hill, NC
- Surgery — Delora Mount, MD, Madison, WI
- Orthodontics — Peter Spalding, DDS, MS, MS, Lincoln, NE
- Psychosocial – Cassandra Aspinall, MA, ACSW, LICSW, Seattle, WA
3:30PM
Break
4:00PM
Closing Connections: TBA
5:00PM
Adjourn
5:30-6:30PM
Wine & Cheese Reception
Please join us for a farewell reception for Connections families!
Please click here to register for Connections 2008.