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6 Easy Ways to Overcome Group Toothbrushing Challenges: Children Ages Three to Six Years

6 Easy Ways to Overcome Group Toothbrushing Challenges: Children Ages Three to Six Years
In August, Tooth Talk presented tips for overcoming toothbrushing challenges with infants and toddlers, including children with special healthcare needs. This month, we focus on group toothbrushing in the classroom with three-, four-, and five-year-olds. These tips can help you overcome toothbrushing challenges with older children! Be positive. Your great attitude and positivity go a…
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4 Easy Ways to Overcome Infant/ToddlerToothbrushing Challenges

4 Easy Ways to Overcome Infant/ToddlerToothbrushing Challenges
Brushing very young children’s teeth with safe and healthy fluoride toothpaste is an important  daily activity that protects oral health and overall health.  But, it can be a challenge for parents and child care staff to get little ones to cooperate...and it is even more challenging if a child has special health care needs. Approximately…
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Ask the Expert: Head Start’s Commitment to Supporting Families Includes Homeless

Ask the Expert: Head Start’s Commitment to Supporting Families Includes Homeless
Homelessness is a lot like an iceberg–what’s visible is only a small portion of what actually exists. It is estimated that 9200 people, including children, experienced homelessness in North Carolina in 2018.  Terry David, MSW, Executive Director of Chapel Hill Training Outreach Project, Inc. (CHTOP) and President of NC Head Start Association, believes those figures…
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