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Accessible Oral Health 2025 ECHO: Building Confidence in Serving People with Disabilities

Check out the Accessible Oral Health 2025 ECHO webinar and course series hosted by University of Kansas Medical Center. 

September 4 through October 2, 2025. About the Series: 

• This series will include 5 courses on Thursdays, beginning September 4 through October 2, 2025.
• All courses will be held via Zoom Noon – 1:00 PM CST.
• The Accessible Oral Health 2025 ECHO series aims to build confidence in dental teams to better serve people with disabilities. Through didactic and case-based learning, participants will learn about intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), gain strategies and resources to improve care for patients with IDD, and discover ways to cultivate interprofessional collaboration to better support oral care patients with IDD.

Series Topics 

• A Multidisciplinary Approach to Inclusive Oral Health Care 
• Behavioral Strategies to Improve Patient Experience and Cooperation 
• Creating a Sensory-Inclusive Dental Office Environment 
• Fostering an Accessible and Welcoming Environment in the Dental Office

Specialty Team 

• Barbie Vartanian, Executive Director, Project Accessible Oral Health, Syosset, NY
• Allen Wong, DDS, EdD, DABSCD, Professor, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA
• Ben Hudson, CEO, Sensory Health, Dallas, TX
• Christie Stiehl, MA, BCBA, LBA, Owner, Stiehl Behavioral Consulting, BCBA, Valley Mountain Regional Center, Stockton, CA
• Nick Rogers, DDS, Owner & Dentist, Rogers Family Dentistry, Arkansas City, KS
• Billie Donohue, CDA, Dental Assistant, Rogers Family Dentistry, Arkansas City, KS

Register.

If you sign up for the course, email DSHS and let them know! 

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