Save the Date - Upcoming CAPS-A Training Course 2022

It is planned to run a full CAPS-A Training Course on 31st March - 1st April 2022 in Oxford, UK (in person). Please note that these will be two longer days to permit covering all training materials. (Previous courses involved 3 shorter days). It is anticipated the cost will be £200 (sterling).

The CAPS-A Training Course is for Speech & Language Therapists currently working in the UK and Ireland only and who carry out cleft speech audits. Priority for places will be given to Cleft Centres who do not currently have any CAPS-A Trained therapists.

If you are interested in attending this course, booking is not yet open, however, expressions of interest are currently being collected. If you would like to attend please advise your Cleft Lead Therapist who will feed back to the CAPS-A Trainer's group.

Further details will be posted here in the next few months.

BOOKING NOW OPEN: CAPS-A Refresher Course - November 2021 (virtual)

VIRTUAL REFRESHER COURSE 2021

November 4th and 5th 9.30-12.30

CAPS-A Trainers: Louise Cafferky and Lucy McAndrew

This course is suitable for SLTs who have completed the original CAPS-A training course and would like an update on current recommended practice and developments in current thinking regarding the CAPS-A tool and its uses. We suggest that you may wish to attend this course to update your skills and knowledge if you completed your original training over 7 years ago

Open to all UK and Ireland SLTs as a priority

Early bird offer - £35 if payment is received within 14 days of confirmation of place

Late payment after reservation (over 14 days) £45

All payments to be made by October 1st 2021, otherwise places will be reopened to other centres

Spaces are limited to 18 delegates, maximum 2 per cleft site

Places allocated on a first come first served basis

To reserve your place please contact Bethany Jones at email:

bethany [dot] jones [at] ouh [dot] nhs [dot] uk

(if emailing: please replace brackets in the email address above with the symbol described)

When availability is confirmed, we will request payment by bank transfer.

Save the Date! Upcoming CAPS-A Refresher Course in November 2021

This CAPS-A Refresher Course (2 half-days) is suitable for SLT/Ps who have already completed the original CAPS-A Training course and would like an update on current recommended practice and developments in current thinking regarding the CAPS-A tool and its uses. We suggest that you may wish to attend this course to update your skills and knowledge if you completed your original training over 7 years ago.

Please note that booking is not yet open, however it is anticipated the course will run over two half-days on 4th and 5th November 2021 from ~9:30am - 12:30pm (GMT). The course is being planned to run online with an early bird cost of £35.

Places are limited to SLT/P's based in the UK and Ireland, and limited to 2 places per cleft centre (maximum 18 places).

Further details regarding registration to follow in the next few months.

Due to a number of constraints it will not be possible to hold the main CAPS-A Training (3 days) course in 2021, however we are hopeful of running this in 2022.