In this Share & Learn session, we spent some time reflecting on how local oral health program (LOHP) back-to-school activities went and considered how to strategically prepare for the rest of the school year. Katie Conklin and Bahar Amanzadeh from the California Oral Health Technical Assistance Center (COHTAC) walked you through school dental program resources and moderated a discussion with a few LOHPs on what goes into their planning for the duration of the school year. You heard from Stanislaus County, the City and County of San Francisco, and the Smile Keepers Dental Program in Tuolumne County. We ended the session with updates from the System for California Oral Health Reporting (SCOHR). We hope you left this session feeling energized and equipped with new ideas to implement in your LOHP!
Learning objectives:
- Reflect on how back-to-school activities went: what went well, what resources were helpful, how you would change things next year.
- Understand how to access school dental program resources on the recently updated COHTAC website.
- Hear from local programs on what goes into their planning for the rest of the school year.
- Learn how to access and use the System for California Oral Health Reporting (SCOHR) and have your questions answered by a member of the SCOHR team.
Resources & links shared:
- Mentimeter report celebrating wins, identifying challenges, and sharing resources/tools
- COHTAC school programs webpage and highlighted resources
- OOH factsheet on missed school days due to dental problems
- Brush in a Box Toolkit and training
- KOHA webpage, social media toolkit, promising practices for LOHPs, starter manual for school staff, and data support tools
- School-Linked Dental Program Manual and training
- School-based dental programs webpage
- DHCS dental care coordination referral form
- Medi-Cal managed care plan toolkit
- Smile Keepers short film
