Reference no: EM133786429
Special Needs Presentation Assignment
Topic - Drug Addiction
Rationale: The dental hygienist must be competent to treat all patients, especially those with special needs. Special needs patients consist of those patients diagnosed with a medical/behavioral/psychological/developmental condition what will affect the patient's systemic and oral health. These special needs conditions affect the dental hygiene services that are employed and patient education/oral hygiene instructions that are provided.
Each student will be assigned a different medical condition/disease/disorder to research and develop a research paper. Each student will also develop a short presentation to be shared with classmates.
General Directions for research paper:
1. Must be 3-5 pages, double spaced, 1 inch margins, 12 pt. Times New Roman font
2. Must be college level writing required for English 101 and proper APA format with title page. (Refer to the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition for proper APA format of paper, in-text citations, and references.
3. Must include a minimum of 3 references (scholarly, peer-reviewed journals or texts)
a. Must be available in BCCC Library, on-site periodicals and books and electronic databases (or both)
b. Must be current (within 5 years)
4. Paper should include:
a. Title Page (APA format)
b. Introduction
c. Body (Refer to Grade Sheet for Specific Content)
d. Conclusion
e. Reference Page