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55.2 Healthy Mouths in school: an inter-professional approach to training staff in oral health care for learners with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD)
Senior Occupational Therapist Special Schools Service
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2. Why do Project? Neglected area Oral hygiene resistance
Perceived mouth pain for learners fed through tube
Advice & adaptive strategies requested by parents
Safety concerns in school a barrier to curriculum

3. Healthy Mouths Project Aims
Develop evidence-based multi-professional training
Develop knowledge in oral hygiene
Reduce risk of aspiration & pneumonia
Healthy Mouths Project Aims

4. How we did it 4 planning sessions
1 x theoretical session and 1 x practical
Session delivered to the staff in PMLD classes
Parent question & answer session
Feedback gathered from staff to evaluate & develop training package

5. 15 minute Lesson Plan

6. Qualitative Feedback from staff
most interesting/relevant
least interesting/relevant
The importance of different techniques to make the learner feel comfortable
Thinking about the different reasons why some pupils might refuse brushing teeth
I don’t think it is appropriate to ask us to brush each other’s teeth. I don’t want to have my teeth brushed

7. Outcome Measures