Healthy Smiles: Promoting Oral Health in Child Care

Hours

2.0

Level

Beginning

Knowledge Base

Child Development (2 Hours)

CDA Content Areas

Planning a safe, healthy, learning environment (2 Hours)

Fee

$24 (Free for Montana child care providers)

This course is FREE for providers and staff who live in the state of Montana. Please note: to fulfill training hours for your Professional Development Registry, this course can only be taken once.

This course provides instruction for early childhood professionals about the development of oral health in childhood, the scope of dental disease in children in the United States, the causes of tooth decay, and prevention strategies that can be implemented as part of the daily routine in early childhood programs.

This course satisfies a STAR 2 requirement for the Montana Best Beginnings STARS to Quality program. Also satisfies the Oral Health requirements.

Course Author

Shelly Meyer

Instructor

Charrisse Jennings