During 2011, develop a process to increase the partnerships among Kansas safety-net dental clinics and Kansas Community Developmental Disability Organizations. In Summer 2012, OHK polled safety-net dental clinics to learn which partnered with community agencies serving individuals with disabilities.||October 2012 the number of safety-net dental clinics includes -- Rawlins County, Salina Family Healthcare, Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Douglas County Dental Clinic.- In Summer 2012, OHK polled safety-net dental clinics to learn which partnered with community agencies serving individuals with disabilities.
- October 2012 the number of safety-net dental clinics includes -- Rawlins County, Salina Family Healthcare, Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Douglas County Dental Clinic.
| Partner with Kansas organizations serving people with disabilities to establish an ongoing oral health staff development system for training and development. In Summer 2012, Oral Health Kansas designed a Staff Development Toolkit for each disability agency that hosted Healthy Smiles for Teeth workshop.||In May, 2012, Oral Health Kansas responded to a request from Harvey-Newton CDDO to conduct Healthy Smiles workshops for staff on a fee-for-service. ||In October, 2012, OHK will begin promoting Healthy Smiles workshops on a fee-for-service basis to all agencies serving adults with disabilities.- In Summer 2012, Oral Health Kansas designed a Staff Development Toolkit for each disability agency that hosted Healthy Smiles for Teeth workshop.
- In May, 2012, Oral Health Kansas responded to a request from Harvey-Newton CDDO to conduct Healthy Smiles workshops for staff on a fee-for-service.
- In October, 2012, OHK will begin promoting Healthy Smiles workshops on a fee-for-service basis to all agencies serving adults with disabilities.
| During 2011, establish a Disability Oral Health Advisory Council to address advocacy, public awareness and education goals for people with disabilities. Advisory Committee held first meeting in May 2011.||In March, OHK convened the advisory council for the second time, focusing on services for people with autism and residents of nursing facilities for individuals with mental illness.- Advisory Committee held first meeting in May 2011.
- In March, OHK convened the advisory council for the second time, focusing on services for people with autism and residents of nursing facilities for individuals with mental illness.
| | Through 2011, provide one annual professional educational session on special needs populations. Webinars on oral health for people with autism and Down Syndrome were held in August 2011. The webinars were presented by international speaker and pediatric dentist Clive Friedman. An archived webinar can be found on the main OHK page. | | Through 2011, partner with private and public organizations serving children and adults with special health care needs to provide oral health educational material, preventive services and referrals to care. | | Develop public awareness messages addressing strategies to prevent oral disease in people with disabilities. Beginning in 2012, Oral Health Kansas has published one article each month and distributed them to all Community Developmental Disability Organizations and community service providers affiliated with the CDDO's. |
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