Project Description:
Need:
The state of Georgia has a need for practitioners with appropriate training to help children with developmental disabilities and their families navigate the numerous systems of care. The Georgia Leadership and Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (GaLEND) Program seeks fill this gap.
Overall goals and objectives:
The GaLEND Program is a collaboration between the Center for Leadership in Disability and the Satcher Health Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine. We also work closely with the MCH Center of Excellence at Emory University and the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the CDC.
Distinctive features:
The GaLEND Program offers extensive training for advanced graduate students, families, practitioners, and self-advocates with disabilities throughout a traditional academic year. Sessions include seminars, academic specializations, internships, and participatory action research opportunities. Furthermore, the culminating event of the GaLEND is a lecture on health disparities by David Satcher, the 16th U.S. Surgeon General.
Benefits:
Graduates from the GaLEND program provide leadership in medical and non-profit fields where they use their knowledge to help decrease disparities and increase service utilization of individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities.
Core Function(s):
Training Trainees, Developing & Disseminating Information, Continuing Education/Community Training
Area of Emphasis
Education & Early Intervention, Health-Related Activities, Other - Cultural Diversity, Other - Leadership
Target Audience:
Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Community Trainees / Short term trainees, Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English, Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote, Urban
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
State
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
