1. Special needs oral health program
Amber Burks
Danielle Chelette

2. Agency Groves Elementary PN-G I.S.D. 4th and 5th grade students
Mission:
“We believe that all students can learn , the mission of the staff of groves elementary is to provide continuity of the teaching process, a challenge for all students to excel academically a positive school climate for learning, and to caring atmosphere through which we can offer the best possible educational opportunities.”

3. Goal and objectives
Goal- Improve the oral health of the 4th and 5th grade special needs students at Groves elementary through an educational program.
Objective 1- Increase the dental health knowledge of the students by 15% using the pre and post-test
Objective 2- Decrease plaque and oral debris by 15% using plaque score
Objective 3- Increase their oral health and skills by passing a toothbrush evaluation
Objective 4: Increase their knowledge of healthy foods by getting 50% correct matches on the nutrition game board

4. Review of Literature
Oral Health Services for Children and Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs
Oral Health Needs Survey 2009 Technical Report
Michigan Department of Community Health
Michigan Oral Health Coalition

5. Target Group 10 students total (ages 9-12) Life Skills Dept.
Intellectual and developmental disability
Enrollment requirements are based on the Dr.’s diagnosis
Ex. Down’s syndrome, mental retardation, and autism
Adaptive Behavior Unit
6 students
Emotionally disturbed

6. Lesson #1 March 18, 2014 Topics Activities Timeframe: 30 minutes
Role of an RDH
Human deciduous
permanent dentition
Importance of keeping teeth
Activities
Pre-test
Passed around masks, gloves, typodont, x-rays
The Tooth Book by Dr. Seuss
Mouth model
Timeframe: 30 minutes

7. Lesson #2 April 4, 2014 Topics Activities Timeframe: 30 minutes Plaque
Brushing (Fones method)
Activities
Brush on typodont
Plaque scores
Coloring page
Timeframe: 30 minutes

8. Lesson #3 April 8, 2014 Topics Activities Timeframe: 30 minutes Caries
Caries process
Fluoride
Activities
The Power of Fluoride experiment
Tooth anatomy coloring page
Timeframe: 30 minutes

9. Lesson #4 April 15, 2014 Topics Activities Timeframe- 45 minutes
Bad foods for teeth
Good foods for teeth
Frequency of consumption
Activities
Post-test
Nutrition matching game
Final plaque scores
Healthy snack time
Certificate ceremony
Timeframe- 45 minutes

10. Survey Measurements Pre and post-test Plaque scores
To determine the knowledge gained by the students throughout the program
Plaque scores
To analyze the effectiveness of skills learned by the students
Toothbrush skill evaluation
To test the tooth brushing skills by each student
Nutrition game/quiz
To determine the nutritional knowledge gained by the students

11. Pre and post-test results
Pre-test (10)
100 80 70 60 50 40 10
Post-test (9)
100 90 80 40
Mean: 61
Mean: 83
Increased by: 36%

12. Plaque score results Initial plaque scores Final plaque scores 2.3 2.0
1.5
1.3
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.5
0.3
Final plaque scores
2.0
0.8
0.5
0.3
0.1
Mean: 0.9
Mean: 0.5
Increased by: 80%

13. Tooth brushing Skill evaluation results
Highest possible score: 39
Passing score: 29.25 39 38 36
Recommendations were made to students as needed, but every student passed

14. Nutrition game results
All students successfully matched 100% of their game pieces to the correct column

15. Previous PROGRAMS
No previous oral health programs for our specific target group
There has not been an oral health program held at Groves Elementary in the past

16. Weaknesses/recommendations
Time constraints
We ran over 15 minutes on lesson #2&4 while gathering plaque scores
Recommendation: Plan ahead for the extra time that is needed for dates when gathering plaque scores
Zero parental involvement
A letter was sent out encouraging the parents attendance and involvement in our program
Recommendations: A phone call can be made to each parent to make it more personable, we also can send a letter each time

17. strengths Program planners work well together
Program was well organized and designed
Designed to meet their learning level
Activities geared to their abilities
Used 5 senses: sight smell, touch, taste, hear
Hands on with students

18. Conclusion We feel that Groves Elementary will be a good future site
The life skills and adaptive behavior unit was in need of an oral health program and will continue to be in need and benefit from oral health education
This program was a success

19. Questions?