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    Access for All Smiles

    Everyone Deserves a Healthy Smile

    McMillen Health developed Access for All Smiles, a dental health resource for caregivers of adults with disabilities. This resource will help professional and family caregivers learn:

    • The importance of dental health for the adults they support.
    • Best practices for daily mouth care.
    • Behavior support techniques to make daily mouth care a success.
    • How to encourage the desires and goals of the adults they support.

    This self-guided resource is broken down into easy-to-understand topics, such as Daily Care Basics and Adaptations and Positions. Each topic includes:

    • Short, engaging videos.
    • Motivational interviewing tips to support adults with disabilities.
    • Short, written modules.
    • Interactive handouts that can be used as added support tools.

    Download the Guide

    You can download the guide in full or you can download individual sections below:

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    Watch the Videos

    Although each video is linked in the full guide, you can also watch them below:

    Take the Training

    Access for All Smiles also includes one- and two-hour caregiver training videos. You can watch each below:

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Professional Advisory Group

    Thank you to the members of the Professional Advisory Group who helped make the development of this curriculum possible:

    • Kelly Bermingham, MA, BCBA, SHRM-CP, Social Skills Learning Collaborative, Easterseals Southern California
    • Paul Glassman, DDS, MA, MBA, California Northstate University College of Dental Medicine
    • Gary Goldstein, DDS, MA, MA, New York Developmental Disabilities Advisory Council
    • Darlene Jones, RDH, MPH, University of Michigan
    • Camie Powell, Special Olympics Arkansas
    • Holli Seabury, EdD, Delta Dental Foundation
    • Crystal Spring, RDH, LAP, Smiles Across Montana
    • Chrissy Stephen, RDH, MS, McMillen Health
    • Barbie Vartanian, New York University College of Dentistry
    • Allen Wong, EdD, DABSCD, American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Special Care Dentistry Association

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    Advocating for oral health excellence and equity for those who need it most.

    What We Do

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    Teaching the importance of good oral health across the lifespan.

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