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This is an opportunity for you to join content expert Darlene Jones, RDH, BS, MPA and other fellow educators to openly discuss innovative strategies for both teaching a Special Needs course and also embedding topics into the dental hygiene curriculum.

• Discuss concept of “Special Needs Patients” and importance in the Dental Hygiene Curriculum.
• Identify different ways to teach the concepts of special needs patients for hygiene students.
• Review teaching strategies for in-class and on-line assignments that may be effective for teaching about special needs patients.
• Identify sources that can be used to increase awareness of how to treat special needs patients.

Educators Platform Masterminds are dynamic two-hour virtual sessions building on each other’s challenges, ideas and successes in the presence of a content expert. Mastermind sessions are thoughtfully facilitated to create an environment for like-minded colleagues to share and learn from one another with the goal of collective professional growth and development. Sessions are uniquely tailored to the needs of participants. Those attending will have the opportunity to create strong connections with other participants to last a whole career.

More about our content expert: Darlene Jones is a current faculty member at the University of Michigan with numerous years of teaching Special Needs. She receives high acclaim from her students and colleagues. Ms. Jones enjoys practicing primarily in community settings, and her passions include expanding the use of dental hygiene services for underserved populations as well as mentoring students during their community-based research projects.

Attendees of Educators Platform Mastermind sessions will earn 2 CEU in Educational Methods.