Project Description:
This project includes:
1. Learning and Mind Sciences Program / Neurodevelopment and Educational Research Concentration. The Learning and Mind Sciences emphasis (LMS) within the UC Davis Graduate Group on Education, developed by CEDD faculty members Drs. Mundy and Sparapani, uses innovative and interdisciplinary research and training on the psychological, social, and neuroscience foundations of human learning. Within LMS, the program provides graduate training in a multidisciplinary integration of research and knowledge on neuroscience, developmental psychopathology, education and intervention science to construct the scientific foundations for improved school-based assessment and treatment of children and adults with DD including working with students with DD in the classroom.
2. Fundamentals of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics. This small group seminar series for DBP fellows and UC Davis Year 2 Pediatric residents provides educational content covering Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) specifications. The goal is to build a strong foundation in developmental theories, milestones, biological mechanisms in development and behavior, temperament, attachment, family factors and social determinants of health, health inequities, the basics of screening and interdisciplinary developmental assessments, including psychometric properties and administration of developmental and behavioral evaluation tools.
3. Lectures. CEDD faculty deliver lectures on DD, autism, partnership with families etc. as part of the seminars and classes at UC Davis and other universities.
Expected benefits: Trainees will increase their knowledge of DD and medical, legal, social and/or policy issues related to disabilities and, as a result, will provide higher quality services to people with DD.
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances
