Pedo Teeth Talk | Aapd, Pediatric Dentistry

For most of healthcare training, our clinical learning experiences take place in clinic and/or hospital settings. Yet, at the same time, evidence shows that most of health improvement is a result of behaviors that occur at home, by the patient.  Without a greater understanding of the challenges faced in achieving health improvement through patients’ at home behavioral changes, we cannot achieve the desired goal our expert counseling in maximizing outcomes.   For patients with special needs and/or disabilities, this challenge becomes even greater. You will be inspired in learning from Matthew Weed; a scholar, a person with special needs and with disabilities, an engaging keynote speaker, and a patient who wants to help us help him. Bio: www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-weed-08a72412 Dr. Weed is a totally blind and very brittle type I diabetic three-time Yale graduate, including his Ph.D. in Genetics earned in 2004. He also has master’s degrees earned at Princeton and Harvard. During his dissertation work he was a