Dental Strategies for Adolescents with Special Needs: Enhancing Safeguarding Techniques

About This Course

This course explores the dental challenges unique to adolescents with special needs, including identifying and recognizing their needs, implementing safeguarding techniques, and involving parents and guardians in the process.

Why Take This Course?

Dental professionals in the UK commonly face the challenge of providing dental care for adolescents with special needs. These patients require unique care and attention, as their conditions may affect their oral health and ability to tolerate dental procedures. Dental professionals must also be aware of safeguarding measures to protect these vulnerable patients from potential harm. This course addresses these challenges by providing guidance on identifying and recognizing special needs, implementing safeguarding techniques, and incorporating effective techniques into dental practice. By completing this course, dental professionals can better serve their patients with special needs and ensure their oral health needs are met.

This course is beneficial because it provides comprehensive knowledge on understanding and identifying special needs in adolescents, as well as equipping dental practitioners with safeguarding techniques and legal considerations. It also covers unique dental challenges that may arise in treating patients with special needs. The course emphasizes the importance of involving parents and guardians in safeguarding and implementing effective techniques in dental practice. Overall, this course will enable dental practitioners to provide better care and support for adolescents with special needs.

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How This Course Supports GDC Enhanced Dental CPD

“Dental professionals have a duty to keep their knowledge and skills up to date. A primary qualification is only the first step in their education and development which should last throughout their professional life” General Dental Council

Learning Objectives	Anticipated Outcomes
1: By the end of this course, learners will be able to demonstrate comprehensive understanding of dental anatomy and physiology, and the role of these in oral health and disease.	#REF!
2: Upon completion, learners will have the capacity to conduct thorough patient examination, diagnose common oral diseases, and structure effective dental treatment plans.
3: Participants will demonstrate their ability to perform common dental procedures, using appropriate equipment and techniques, and to provide relevant post-operative care.
4: By the final session, learners will have mastered the properties, applications, and manipulation of various dental materials used in procedures, and will be competent in choosing the most appropriate material for a given situation.
5: At the course’s conclusion, attendees will have developed the competency to manage a dental practice, dealing with aspects like office and patient management, ethical and legal issues, financial management, and marketing strategies. Additionally, learners will be equipped with knowledge of ethical decision-making and legal considerations in dental practice, allowing them to navigate patient confidentiality issues, informed consent, malpractice, regulation and licensing, and ethical dilemmas in dentistry.

Regulatory Standards

GDC	CQC
✅ A – Effective Communication ✅ B – Effective Management ✅ C – Maintenance in Field of Practice ✅ D – Maintenance in Patient Confidence	✅ Caring ✅ Effective ✅ Leadership ✅ Responsive ✅ Safe

🕐 90 minutes of Enhanced Dental CPD

Course Description

The course covers understanding adolescents with special needs, identifying and recognizing special needs in patients, unique dental challenges of adolescents with special needs, safeguarding techniques and their implementation, the role of parents and guardians in safeguarding, guidelines and legal considerations in safeguarding, incorporating safeguarding techniques into dental practice, and a review of effective safeguarding techniques in dental practice for adolescents with special needs.

Course Outline

Section 1

Section 1 of this course provides an overview of understanding adolescents with special needs, including identifying their characteristics and types, recognizing dental challenges unique to this population, and discussing various scenarios involving special needs patients. Additionally, this section covers the role of dental professionals in recognizing and supporting special needs, as well as safeguarding techniques, theories, and implementation. The course also addresses the role of parents and guardians in safeguarding, guidelines and legal considerations, and strategies for incorporating safeguarding techniques into dental practice.

Section 2

This section of the course covers understanding and identifying characteristics of adolescents with special needs, unique dental challenges they may face, and the role of dental professionals in supporting them. It also provides training and preparation for implementing safeguarding techniques in dental practice, handling difficult conversations with parents or guardians, and the legal considerations that come with safeguarding practices. The course also covers adjusting dental procedures, preventative measures, and building a team approach to effective safeguarding techniques in dental practice for adolescents with special needs.

Section 3

The course content of Section 3 covers understanding the role of parents and guardians in safeguarding, guidelines and legal considerations in safeguarding, and incorporating safeguarding techniques into dental practice. It also includes discussions on balancing the rights of the child with parental consent, handling difficult conversations with parents or guardians, and strategies for communicating with special needs adolescents. The section also covers preventative measures to enhance safeguarding and building a team approach to safeguarding in dental practice.

Section 4

Section 4 of the course covers guidelines and legal considerations in safeguarding, including an overview of safeguarding legislation in the UK, confidentiality and information sharing, the obligation to report and the procedure, legal consequences of failure in safeguarding, and ethical dilemmas in safeguarding practices.

Section 5

The course content of section 5 covers strategies for communicating with special needs adolescents, adjusting dental procedures for their safety and comfort, implementing preventative measures, building a team approach to safeguarding in dental practice, and a review of effective safeguarding techniques for adolescents with special needs.

Course Reviews

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Provided valuable insights on identifying and recognizing special needs in adolescent patients, and practical strategies to incorporate safeguarding techniques into dental practice for optimal patient care.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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Excellent course material on legal considerations in safeguarding, and the role of parents and guardians in supporting adolescents with special needs during dental visits.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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Thoroughly enjoyed learning about the unique dental challenges faced by adolescents with special needs, and how to implement effective safeguarding techniques in practice to ensure patient comfort and safety.

✅ Met Course Objectives

✅ Met Course Outcomes

✅ Would Recommend

✅ Had Positive Impact

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