What is the S4CCC?
The S4CCC virtual conference is designed for multidisciplinary CCC leaders worldwide. Our goal is to identify good practices and propose solutions to the challenges faced by cleft professionals in resource-constrained settings.
SG 2025 Topics
Effective Community-based CCC Interventions
What strategies lower the burden of care for families who live far from a CCC hospital or centre?
Co-Chairs
Suraj Subramaniyan
SLP, India
David Gillett
Surgeon, Australia
Multidisciplinary CCC Team-building
What practices are most effective in building and maintaining strong CCC teams?
Co-Chairs
Solomon Obiri-Yeboah
Surgeon, Ghana
Emily Gallagher
Pediatrician, USA
Making the Case for Core CCC Disciplines
How do we effectively advocate, internally and externally, for year-round CCC care?
Co-Chairs
Omolola Orenuga
Pediatric Dentist, Nigeria
Ruben Ayala
NGO, USA
Supporting Parents in CCC Treatment Decision-making
How do we support parents in making informed decisions about their child’s CCC treatment plan?
Co-Chairs
Sara Horne
SLP, USA
Nicola Stock
Psychologist, UK
Foundation
Review ~2 key topical papers, reports, or tools
Forming Recommendations
Meet fortnightly 4x for 75-min SG meetings
Create and distribute survey + analyze results
S4CCC 2025:
Presentations & Discussion
Present findings and recommendations + facilitate a Roundtable Discussion with conference participants
Dissemination
Revise Recommended Guidelines
Publish Guidelines online
Your role as
an SG Member
If your application is accepted, your role as an SG Member will be to:
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Sep 26, 2024
Attend all scheduled SG meetings
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Sep 26, 2024
Contribute to SG deliberations through identifying research, proposing survey questions, actively participating in discussion
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Sep 26, 2024
Help design your SG Roundtable presentation and contribute to other SG’s research
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Sep 26, 2024
Participate in S4CCC Conference Roundtables
Solutions Group Meetings Schedule
S4CCC SG Orientation
Thursday, Jan 16, 2025
8-8:55am EST / 13-13:55 GMT
SG Meeting 1
Thursday, Jan 23
8-9:15am EST / 13-14:15 GMT
SG Meeting 2
Thursday, Feb 06
8-9:15am EST / 13-14:15 GMT
SG Meeting 3
Thursday, Feb 20
8-9:15am EST / 13-14:15 GMT
SG Meeting 4
Thursday, Mar 06
8-9:15am EST / 12-13:15 GMT
S4CCC SG Leadership Huddle
S4CCC SG Leadership Huddle
Thursday, Mar 27
8-8:55am EST / 12-12:55 GMT
S4CCC: Propelling Learning Through Collaborative Research
In March, 2023 over 130 cleft professionals largely from LMIC backgrounds came together to participate in dialogue and hear from the Solutions Groups.
The diverse interdisciplinary Solutions Groups applied sprint methodology over eight weeks to form recommendations on Three pertinent themes of Comprehensive Cleft Care (CCC).
- Getting Started with Patient Reported Outcomes
- Initiating and Sustaining Parent and Patient Support Groups
- Integrating Psychosocial Care Across Cleft Specialities
We invite you to download the S4CCC Guideline Series in English, Spanish, or French on Circle, and to watch the roundtable recordings on Circle
S4CCC: Covid & Beyond
Over 120 cleft professionals from around the globe came together to collaborate and generate solutions for delivering Comprehensive Cleft Care (CCC) in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) amidst COVID and beyond.
Available in english. Disponible en español
S4CCC: Responding to COVID
Over 140 participants from around the globe actively engaged in a conference experience designed to build connections between cleft professionals and generate solutions to delivering CCC in low and middle-income contexts amidst COVID.
The International NGO sponsors of the Circle of Cleft Professionals (CoCP) are proud to support the S4CCC Conference.
