Child Care Providers - Oral Health Information

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Filling the Gap: Oral Health and Kansas Children

This 6-hour course presented in two lessons focuses on oral health as important to the general health, well being, and quality of life for all children. Providing community-based training to child care providers promotes behaviors that become a part of the child's healthy lifestyle that they will carry into adulthood. This curriculum will identify best practices for oral health education for child care providers, recognize children's oral health concerns, make providers aware of oral injuries that can occur, and embrace parents and community members as oral health partners.

Questions contact:
Gwen Bailey at baileyg@ksu.edu

Trainer manual: $15
Caregiver book: $15
Video: $15
Set of all three: $45

To order send check or money order to:
KCCTO, Inc.
2323 Anderson Ave, Suite 250
Manhattan, KS 66502

Bright Futures in Practice - Oral Health

Open Wide
Open Wide: Oral Health Training for Health Professionals is a series of four self-contained online modules designed to help health and early childhood professionals working in community settings (e.g., Head Start and WIC staff) promote oral health in the course of promoting general health for infants, children, and their families.

The modules were prepared by the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center and the Center for the Advancement of Distance Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago with support from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Topics include tooth decay, risk factors, and prevention; oral health risk assessment and oral health screening; and anticipatory guidance for parents. Each module includes an overview, learning objectives, key points, a self-assessment quiz, online resources, and an evaluation form. A glossary and a list of presentations, print materials, and videotapes are also presented.

"Dental Health Web Sites for Teachers & Students"
This is a list of Internet connections targeting primary grade level students, some of which are sponsored by commercial dental care companies. There are a myriad of resources to choose from including lesson plans, games, activities, movies, animations, coloring pages, puzzles, word searches, experiments, poems, songs, interactive stories, recommended books, crafts, bulletin board ideas, nutrition and oral health information.

"Early Care and Education" (.pdf) - By The Kansas Head Start Association
This manual was designed to provide basic information about oral health in pregnant women and children, from infants through preschool age. Each section, divided by age group, explains the rationale behind good oral health practice. The format is suitable for use with overhead transparencies or handouts.  Following each section is a list of web sites and other resources which provide additional information.

Oral Health Educational Tools & Resources
This oral health education resource list was developed to support efforts in teaching children and families the importance of oral health.  Books, videotapes, brochures, and web sites are among the resources described.

P.A.N.D.A.
P.A.N.D.A. is an acronym for Prevent Abuse and Neglect through Dental Awareness. It is an educational program to help dental professionals and others, recognize and report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect.