What, if anything, has changed?
IN-PERSON EVENT, hosted by the Epsom and Sutton Section
Join the Epsom and Sutton Section for registration, networking, and pizza at 19:00, followed by a lecture by Wendy Bellis on 'Behaviour guidance for children - What, if anything, has changed?'.
19:00 Registration, networking and pizza
19:30 Lecture - Wendy Bellis
21:00 End
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Qualified as a dental surgeon since 1979 (London), MSc. Paediatric Dentistry Eastman Dental Institute, London 1983, Fellow of The Higher Education Academy(2007).
Wendy Bellis is an Honorary Clinical Senior Teaching Fellow at the Eastman Dental Institute, London. Since 1985 she worked in the Community Dental Service in Camden and Islington (Whittington Health) in London and has gained extensive experience of working with children who have special needs.
Her areas of expertise are “Behaviour Management for Children in the Dental Surgery” and “The Dental Management of the Autistic Child”. She has been responsible for the teaching modules on Behaviour Management at a postgraduate level on the MSc/MClin.Dent/Doctorate programmes in Paediatric Dentistry at the Eastman Dental Institute for over 20 years. Her clinical work has almost exclusively been in the field of autistic spectrum disorder, with autistic children representing 90% of her clinical case load.
Combining her knowledge and experience in these fields she lectures widely on these subjects nationally and internationally, contributing chapters to current and well known textbooks in general and paediatric dentistry. Dr Bellis is responsible for the content of the new leaflet for parents of autistic children which was published on the website for the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry.
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Would you be interested in getting involved in the Epsom and Sutton Section?
We are looking for enthusiastic members to join the Epsom and Sutton Section committee as general committee members. A role on the committee is a great way to get involved in the BDA at a local level and to help provide and shape local educational and networking events. It’s also great to have on your CV!
A brief description of the different roles in a committee is available here
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If interested, or for more information, please contact Pam Noon at the event, or email us at [email protected]
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If your test is negative, but you do have symptoms of COVID-19 (a new, persistent cough; a high temperature; or loss/changes to your sense of taste or smell) we kindly request you consider not attending the event to mitigate any risk to other attendees.
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Greeted by the team and made to feel welcome, the speaker was excellent!
The presentation was full of practical tips and useful resources
Wendy is clearly passionate about her work and cares about her patients, she provided a lot of useful information
