Additional Resources

If your family is dealing with a cleft or craniofacial abnormality, there are a variety of educational and supportive resources for you to access.

Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS)

Enhanced Recovery after Surgery is based on scientific evidence about surgical recovery. We use these standards to help your child have a better, faster recovery from their surgery.

• ERAS - Speech Surgery
• Una mejor y más rápida - ERAS Speech (Spanish)
• ERAS - Cleft Lip Surgery
• Una mejor y más rápida - ERAS Cleft Lip (Spanish)
• ERAS - Cleft Palate Surgery
• Una mejor y más rápida - ERAS Cleft Palate (Spanish)
• ERAS - Alveolar Bone Graft Surgery
• Una mejor y más rápida - ERAS Alveolar Bone Graft (Spanish)

Postoperative Patient Instructions

• Speech Surgery – (View PDF)
• Cirugía para mejorar el habla - Speech Surgery (Spanish)
• Cleft Lip Surgery – (View PDF)
• Eparación de labio hendido - Cleft Lip (Spanish)
• Cleft Palate Surgery – (View PDF)
• Reparación de paladar hendido - Cleft Palate (Spanish)
• Craniosynostosis Repair – (View PDF)
• Alveolar Bone Graft – (View PDF)
• Injerto óseo alveolar - Alveolar Bone Graft (Spanish)

Resources for Cleft Lip and Palate

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Cleft Advocate
• Cleft Palate Foundation
• National Institute of Health

Resources for Velopharyngeal Insufficiency

• Postoperative care instructions after speech surgery

Resources for Other Craniofacial Anomalies

• About Face International
• American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
• FACES: The National Craniofacial Association
• Foundation for Faces of Children
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
• Operation Smile
• Smile Train

Resources for Dental Health

• American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
• American Association of Orthodontists
• American Dental Association

General Resources

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Genetic Alliance
• March of Dimes
• National Center for Biotechnology Information

• UIC Craniofacial Center Educational Resources: Animations to Support Caring for a Child with Cleft