Training: LEND Core Funding
Project Description:
LEND: Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related DisabilitiesThe LEND program is an interdisciplinary long-term leadership training program that trains professionals in 13 clinical disciplines. Under the Combating Autism Act, it also specifically trains advanced level physicians, psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and nurses in diagnosis and evidence based treatment of ASDs. Rochester LEND also trains medium-term trainees in ASD screening and evidence based treatment. The LEND program at Rochester is completing its 16th year, and has additional foci on health care transition and electronic systems of health care coordination.
Keyword(s):
Mental/Behavioral Health – Autism, Clinical Care, Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood – Developmental Health (including developmental screening), Early Childhood – General, Health Care Transition, Health Equity, Life Course Approach, Maternal Health – General, Mental/Behavioral Health – General , Social Determinants of Health, Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Special Health Care Needs, Leadership
Core Function(s):
Training Trainees, Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information, Continuing Education/Community Training
Area of Emphasis
Education & Early Intervention, Child Care-Related Activities, 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, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote, Urban
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
Single-County, Mulit-County, State
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
