Journal of Disability and Oral Health
- 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
- Article Price
- £15.00
- Institution Article Price
- £0.00
- Page Start
- 154
- Page End
- 158
- Authors
- L Lambe, M Fenwick, H Young, J Hogg
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