title: An Innovative Collaborative Treatment Model: The Community-Based Speech-Language Pathologist and Cleft Palate Team.
abstract: Children with cleft-related articulation disorders receive ineffectual or inappropriate speech therapy locally due to lack of training and a disconnect between the team and local speech-language pathologists.
  
  
  
  A collaborative care program that is billable for the team allows the local speech-language pathologist to earn continuing education units and facilitates effective local speech therapy. This program is the first of its kind, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Continuing Education Board for Speech Pathology.
authors.forename: Lynn Marty
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Grames
authors.forename: Mary Blount
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Stahl
mesh_terms: D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: collaboration; continuing education; speech therapy