AWD006917 - LEND/Disability and Diversity: Training Tomorrow's Leaders
Project Description:
Schladant, M. Principal Investigator/Project Director. Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Award Number 6 T73MC00013‐30‐01. Grant Period July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2025. $3,942,330. Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND): Disability and Diversity: Training Tomorrow's Leaders. Funding for this project provides interdisciplinary, family-centered training to more than 100 graduate students, practicing professionals, family leaders, and individuals with disabilities each year. The goals of the LEND training program are to (a) increase the number and diversity of leaders to provide person-and family-centered, interdisciplinary, culturally responsive services; (b) increase the number of leaders who can evaluate and develop public policy and can (c) conduct research and integrate it into clinical programs and systems of care; (d) provide continuing education and technical assistance; and (e) improve local systems of care.
Keyword(s):
Developmental Disabilities
Core Function(s):
Training Trainees, Performing Direct and/or Demonstration Services, Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information, Continuing Education/Community Training, Other Direct/Model Services, Demonstration Services
Area of Emphasis
Health-Related Activities
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, Legislators/Policy Makers, General Public
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English, Geographic Areas, Reservation, Rural/Remote, Urban, Territory
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
State
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
