Level 2 Paediatric Dentistry (2025 cohort) Behaviour management, CBT & effective behaviour change conversations with children (DWD09JUNE25)

AvailabilityCourse has taken place
SubjectBehaviour Change
DescriptionTo provide an overview of behaviour management techniques including cognitive behavioural therapy and behaviour change conversations to enable effective dental care in anxious children and young people.
Additional information

Part of the Level 2 Complexity Care Programme. Each Level 2 Dentist should bring an additional member of their prevention team (person they most work with delivering oral health conversations eg dental nurse/dental therapist).

This event will take place in the Great Woodhouse room. 

VenueUniversity House, Leeds  View details
Date & timeMonday 9 June 2025, 09:00 to 17:00
LecturersAmrit Chauhan, Eleanor Forshaw, Francesca Soldani & Susan Welford  View details
Target audience

Recommended to all

Course styleWorkshop
CategoryClinical course
CateringRefreshments and lunch
Development outcomeA, B
CPD hours6:00
CostNo charge
Aims

To provide an overview of behaviour management techniques including CBT and behaviour change conversations to enable effective dental care in anxious children and young people.

Objectives
  • Understand how you can use behaviour change models to assess patient motivation and readiness to change
  • To learn how cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) fits in with other techniques for managing dental anxiety
  • Introduce strategies to reduce anxiety in children who need dental care including non pharmacological behaviour management
Learning outcomes
  • Have a structured approach to having a behaviour change conversation with parents
  • To be familiar with the Sheffield CBT resource “Your Teeth You Are in Control"
  • Be aware of resources to help reduce anxiety and the importance of bitewing radiographs in the diagnosis of caries and techniques to enable these to be completed in anxious children