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.

Surgery taking place in Ghana with International Program Student(s)

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

Annie from TC International Program upside down

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

First Ghanian Speech Therapy Program Collaboration

Int'l Program in Ghana

CSD team eliciting first high pressure sounds with cleft palate patient

First Ghanian Speech Therapy Program Reading Together

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

International Program taking a trip to the Ancestral River Park

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

International Program students counting with child

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

Teaching in Ghana Speech Therapy with TC CSD Program

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

Cleft Palate Speech Assessment in Twi at Okomfo Anoyko Hospital, Kumasi.

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

2017 International Program trip to Ghana

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.

Students pose with faculty at Smile Train.

Program in Latin America

CSD students visit Smile Train headquarters with Dr. Crowley

Program in Latin America

CSD Team in Neiva, Colombia

Students wear scrubs and pose together after a cleft palate surgery

Program in Latin America

CSD students prepare to watch cleft surgeries in Neiva