Category: Training

As part of Arcora Foundation’s mission to expand the arc of oral health, with no one left behind, we provide learning opportunities for different types of professionals. In doing this, we spread the message that oral health is an important part of overall health and everyone deserves a healthy mouth.

To learn more about our education offerings, please explore below.

Cavity Free Kids

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Early Learning Providers

Cavity Free Kids is oral health education for young children and their families. It’s designed for use in Head Start and Early Head Start, childcare, preschool, home visiting, and other programs and for families to use at home.

Cavity Free Kids includes a rich collection of lessons, activities, stories, songs and other resources that actively engage young children in fun-filled, play-based learning and help parents practice good oral health habits at home.

Course Information
Participants will learn what causes cavities and how they can be prevented. At the end of the course, participants will understand how to use Cavity Free Kids with kids and families. You will also learn how to connect children with local dental care.

The course is offered in two formats:

  1. Stored online through the State of Washington Department of Early Learning.
  2. In-person or live online through Arcora Foundation (with the instructor in a different location than attendees and technology is used to enable real-time interaction).

Cost: This course is FREE in Washington state. If you are located outside of Washington, please contact Matt Gonzalez at mgonzalez@ArcoraFoundation.org.

Credit: 2 STARS credits, Core Competency V: Health, Safety, and Nutrition

To Schedule a Live Online session: contact Matt Gonzalez at mgonzalez@ArcoraFoundation.org.

Oral Health Basics

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Start the Course

Helping clients enjoy good oral health can be challenging. Physical and cognitive diseases or disabilities can make it hard for some clients to perform their own oral care and sometimes they may not want the help of family members or other caregivers.

Course Topics Include:

• Strategies to make providing oral care easier – for you and your clients
• How oral health affects overall health
• How aging affects oral health
• Basic facts about oral health and ways to assist clients with routine daily oral care
• What a healthy mouth and unhealthy mouth look like
• How to identify and report unusual conditions in and around the mouth to help clients prevent oral disease or intervene early before a dental problem becomes more serious

Target Audience: This course is designed for licensed home care aides and other types of caregivers to increase the quality of oral health care delivered to clients or loved ones.

Continuing Education: This course is approved for one credit hour by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.

The following professionals contributed to the creation of this course:
Arcora Foundation Staff: Diane Oakes, MPH, MSW; Alison Cusick, MPA; and Karen Lewis, BA
Content Experts: Joyce Hagen, RDH, MA; May Chin, RDH; Jenny Shuler, CDA, BA

Original Release Date: May 2019
Expiration Date: May 2022

Arcora Foundation is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.

ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.

Arcora Foundation designates this activity for 1 continuing education credits.