We encourage our members to participate and submit ideas for the HSE's Sharing Day on the Assisted Decision Making Act - it promises to be a great opportunity for shared learning

Today is World Autism Day. Check out my piece in ⁦⁦Irish Independent⁩ . We need your support to make the mundane that most can take for granted, a reality for all. I’ll be on ⁦Morning Ireland⁩ shortly for ⁦AsIAm⁩ #SameChance independent.ie/opinion/commen…

We are delighted that Dr Mary Doherty will speak about Neurodiversity in Medicine at RCSI to mark #AutismAwarenessMonth . Students and staff are welcome in person at the Albert LT or online on Thurs 18 April at 3:30. Please register here to attend: forms.office.com/e/3qzypmfn3H

‘No dedicated respite beds in Donegal for Children with Disabilities’ donegallive.ie/news/local-new….

Happy Easter to ISDH members!

We have 3 prizes sponsored by Dental Health Foundation Ireland #KeepBrushing and DeCare Dental Why non enter?

Awards to be presented at the Cork Conference. Full details here isdh.ie/bursaries-and-… and isdh.ie/conference-202… #specialcaredentistry

Great to work with you Sharat! Our first co-authorship together.

Delighted to be there!

Dr. Caoimhin Mac Giolla Phadraig & PhD Researcher Trina Byrne lead a training session yesterday for practitioners & researchers on the MOSST. Seeing innovative research methods seamlessly applied is truly remarkable.

& many thanks to our fantastic participants who contributed from Stewarts Care

We had a great day training practitioners and researchers in oral health data collection today in TCD Dental School, University of Dublin Trinity Centre for Ageing & ID Trinity College Dublin . Lovely to see transfer of new methods from research into practice. #MOSST A ten year overnight success.

Great supervisor! Go for it

Learning, discussing, and planning future directions at our poster session on #IADR2024 IADR

The behavioural and social sciences have an essential role in oral health

The new consensus statement in Journal of Dental Research reflects current state of knowledge in the behavioural & social oral health sciences and identifies future directions for #dentistry

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Link to an evaluation of the programme doi.org/10.1111/scd.12…

“Health conditions” = Oral health - constipation more likely in edentulism for adults with disabilities. The mouth is the start of the alimentary canal and teeth are essential for digestion. Keep teeth healthy to keep digestion healthy

Me and Trina Byrne busy working on our online training tool for training and calibration in oral health data collection using the #MOSST ( Modified Oral Status Survey Tool ). Next training only 3 wks away. Trinity College Dublin TCD Dental School, University of Dublin Trinity Centre for Ageing & ID

We got to train 80 dental students how to plan mouthcare and brush dependent adults’ teeth with student guided content last week Trina Byrne TCD Dental School, University of Dublin Trinity Centre for Ageing & ID #studentsaspartners Education Research Group of IADR National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers #keepMyTeeth

This week we hosted the awards ceremony for our inaugural Research Impact Case Study Competition during #THEconf2024 .

Our winners included Dr Dr Susie Hannon, the IDS-TILDA team and Dr Eilish Burke.

Watch short videos highlighting their research: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Nurses & non-dental professionals working with individuals w. ID can play a crucial role in improving oral health outcomes🦷

By empowering them with training on the modified oral status survey tool, we can drive positive change and promote inclusivity🪥⭐️
TCD Dental School, University of Dublin