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Project

Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Center:

WV-Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2024

Contact Information:

Margaret Jaynes
[email protected]
304-293-2341

Project Description:

The Maternal and Child Health/Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (MCH/LEND) Program develops and educates clinically competent leaders, skilled in the interdisciplinary process who can: (1) improve the health of children by exercising their knowledge and skills to develop comprehensive, compassionate, family-centered systems of care; (2) secure societal reforms that will enhance and protect the health status of infants, children and adolescents with, or at risk for, neurodevelopmental and related disabilities; and, (3) improve the quality of and reduce the cost of health care by forging community-based partnerships.

Keyword(s):

Training, neuro-developmental, family-centered, autism

Core Function(s):

Training Trainees, Continuing Education/Community Training

Area of Emphasis

Education & Early Intervention, Health-Related Activities, Recreation-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote, Specific Groups

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Single-County, Mulit-County, State, Regional