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LEND Program

Vermont Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

University of Vermont
Pediatrics, College of Medicine
RE4 477, 4318 Rehab, UHC
1 S. Prospect St.
Burlington, VT 05401

Main Phone: 802-656-0204
Main Fax: 802-656-9523
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vtlenduvm
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Position Name Primary Discipline Email
Leadership
LEND Director Maria Mercedes Avila, PhD, MSW Social Work [email protected]
Lead Administrative Staff
Community Health & Refugee Outreach/Internship Coordinator Naw Esther Doh, B.S. Social Work [email protected]
Education/Social Work Faculty Course Co-Coordinator Maria Mercedes Avila, PhD, MSW Social Work [email protected]
Program Evaluator Leigh Ann Holterman, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Program Specialist Ivania Belen Ruiz Mangas Education/Special Education [email protected]
Training/Clinical Director Christine Velez Social Work [email protected]
Primary Activity Coordinators
Community Support Maria Mercedes Avila, PhD, MSW Social Work [email protected]
Community Support Naw Esther Doh, B.S. Social Work [email protected]
Community Support Ivania Belen Ruiz Mangas Education/Special Education [email protected]
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness Maria Mercedes Avila, PhD, MSW Social Work [email protected]
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness Naw Esther Doh, B.S. Social Work [email protected]
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness Christine Velez Social Work [email protected]
Data Coordinator Leigh Ann Holterman, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Data Coordinator Ivania Belen Ruiz Mangas Education/Special Education [email protected]
Data Coordinator Christine Velez Social Work [email protected]
Distance Learning Naw Esther Doh, B.S. Social Work [email protected]
Distance Learning Christine Velez Social Work [email protected]
Information/Dissemination Maria Mercedes Avila, PhD, MSW Social Work [email protected]
Information/Dissemination Leigh Ann Holterman, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Information/Dissemination Ivania Belen Ruiz Mangas Education/Special Education [email protected]
Information/Dissemination Christine Velez Social Work [email protected]
Pediatric Services Jill Rinehart, MD Medicine-Pediatrics [email protected]
Person Centered Planning Maria Mercedes Avila, PhD, MSW Social Work [email protected]
Research Maria Mercedes Avila, PhD, MSW Social Work [email protected]
Research Naw Esther Doh, B.S. Social Work [email protected]
Research Leigh Ann Holterman, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Research Christine Velez Social Work [email protected]
Technical Assistance Leigh Ann Holterman, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Technical Assistance Ivania Belen Ruiz Mangas Education/Special Education [email protected]
Technical Assistance Christine Velez Social Work [email protected]
Training Director Christine Velez Social Work [email protected]
Discipline Coordinators
Education Maria Mercedes Avila, PhD, MSW Social Work [email protected]
Education Bidur Dahal Education/Special Education [email protected]
Medicine Maria Mercedes Avila, PhD, MSW Social Work [email protected]
Pediatrics Jill Rinehart, MD Medicine-Pediatrics [email protected]
Physical Therapy Heather Blackburn, DSc, PT, PCS Physical Therapy [email protected]
Psychology: Developmental Maria Rheaume, Psy.D. Psychology [email protected]
Public Health Skye Peebles, MPH Public Health [email protected]
Social Work Maria Mercedes Avila, PhD, MSW Social Work [email protected]
Social Work Christine Velez Social Work [email protected]
Special Education Ivania Belen Ruiz Mangas Education/Special Education [email protected]
Special Education Mary Ellen Seaver-Reid, M.Ed. Education/Special Education [email protected]
Speech-Language Pathology Joshuaa Allison-Burbank, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CPH Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Speech-Language Pathology Karen Brown, PhD, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Specialty Resource Contacts
Culturally Responsive Practice, Workforce & Leadership Diversity Maria Mercedes Avila, PhD, MSW Social Work [email protected]
Pediatric Faculty Jill Rinehart, MD Medicine-Pediatrics [email protected]
USVI Outreach Karen Brown, PhD, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
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