LEND - New Mexico Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities

2022

New Mexico children with neurodevelopmental disabilities or related disorders (NDD) and their families need access to highly trained health professionals with specialized expertise in NDD, including knowledge and skills in leadership, scholarship and partnership-building. With respect to national health indicators for children, NM ranks at, or near the bottom, when compared with other states in the U.S. and the District of Columbia. In addition, NM has a higher general disability rate than the national average, and reports severe shortages in all medical and therapy professions, especially in the rural and Southwest areas of the state. The continuing purpose of the LEND project is to expand the exemplary training efforts initiated by the NM LEND program since 1994.

leadership, graduate education, advocacy, public policy

Training Trainees

Health-Related Activities, Other - Cultural Diversity, Other - Leadership

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Community Trainees / Short term trainees

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English, Geographic Areas, Reservation, Rural/Remote

State

Federal

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