Journal of Disability and Oral Health

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Cover Date:
December 2014
Print ISSN:
1470-8558
Vol:
15
Issue:
4

The use of personalised multi-sensory sensitive story to prepare a young man with profound intellectual disabilities and autism for oral health care: a case study

The use of a personalised multi-sensory sensitive story to prepare a young man with profound intellectual disabilities and autism for oral health care: a case study
L Lambe, M Fenwick, H Young and J Hogg

Abstract
A personalised multisensory story was used to enable a young man with profound intellectual disability and autism to overcome his anxiety and non-cooperation during dental visits. Both behavioural observation during storytelling and interviews with key carers were employed to evaluate the effectiveness of the technique.
Key words: Profound intellectual disability, autism, oral health, challenging behaviour, multisensory stories
Doi: 10.4483/JDOH_Lambe05

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Page Start
154
Page End
158
Authors
L Lambe, M Fenwick, H Young, J Hogg

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