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Kristine Hodsdon, RDH, BS
ReachingHygiene: Connecting the Power of Oral Wellness to Overall Health
"In her program- Putting patient's first with new and future technology was the most valuable"
MDHA participant, client
Dental and Dental Hygiene Planners

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Health, Happiness & Hygiene: the Sciences of Change
Given how critical a high level of well-being is to performing at peak and how important it is for leaders to walk the walk, this introductory program can help you build your personal DNA of Well-Being, perform at your best, and improve your impact on those closest to you and the world beyond. After all, we are all leaders, whether we’re executives, clinicians, or serving as role model for our families and communities. Learn to engage and develop the “meaning, strengths, emotions and energy” necessary to build better selves, high performance teams, and co-create patient outcomes.

Course Objectives:

  • Define and describe the theories of evidence based positive psychology and behavioral change tools.
  • Integrating positive psychology with dental hygiene to improve patient’s outcomes and product choices.
  • Demonstrate personal responsibility and exploring the DNA of Well-Beings

Charting the Course for Change: Coaching Self-Care Practices
Wellness and economics are now intertwined. By 2030 government expenditures on healthcare are projected to reach 50% of government revenues, much of which could be avoided if people do now what's needed to prevent disease. The impact of lifestyle choices health and well recognized. Therefore affecting behavioral change and motivating individuals toward better choices is an area of active interest and research. This course seeks to introduce clinicians to efficiently and effectively coach their patients toward improved oral health choices, protocols and products.

Course Objectives:

  • Define the “heart of self care” and identify tools for developing relationships.
  • Assess a patient's readiness to change and tailor their message and coaching to the patient's stage of change
  • Understand and integrate evidence based behavioral change and coaching principles into your patients’ self care practices.

Promising Outcomes: Basic How to Coaching for Leaders and Peers
The desire to improve individual performance and productivity is the most widely cited reason for using a coach. The new domains of positive psychology and coaching psychology have taught us much about what it takes to be at our best with respect to health, well-being, and performance at home and work. This workshop is appropriate for those new to coaching and or involved in peer to peer coaching.

Topics will include:

  • Introduction to coaching including a summary of the history of coaching, and roots of coaching in the science of behavior change
  • What coaching is and what it is not
  • Open ended Inquiry, Active Listening, Planning and Goal Setting

Topics and Products in each program vary depending on course length/sponsorship/association requests. The depth and breadth of topics will depend on the length of the program. Continuing education credits can be applied for longer or shorter presentations (2-3 hours) and two half-day topics can be combined for full-day presentations. Kristine can be reached at www.kristinehodsdon.com or 603.765.6633 to customize a continuing education event.

 
 
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