ADD UCEDD Core Grant

CA-USC, Childrens Hospital, UCEDD/LEND
Program Type	UCEDD	Fiscal Year	2020
Contact	Larry Yin, MD, MSPH
Email	[email protected]
Phone	323-361-3855
Project Description
The USC UCEDD is one of three UCEDDs in California. Among the first UAPs funded in 1966 at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, the USC UCEDD has a $19.4 million annual budget and is home to a Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) interdisciplinary graduate training program funded by the Maternal Child Health Bureau, two APA-accredited graduate psychology training programs (Internship and Fellowship), an ACGME-accredited Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Fellowship Training program; and an ASCEND-accredited Dietetic Internship Program. The UCEDD is home to a large clinical services program funded by the LA County Department of Mental Health and a number of smaller contracts to provide community-based services to high-risk infants, mental health and nutrition consultation to Head Start, medical consultations to school systems to assure least restrictive environments for children with complex medical and behavioral issues, to name a few. We are also home to one of the largest Spina Bifida centers in the nation, the only Rett Syndrome Clinic in southern CA, Nevada and Arizona, and a longstanding interdisciplinary Feeding Clinic. Our 5-year plan will focus on critical needs within our state and our county, which include identifying infants and young children with or at risk for I/DD and linking them to services, maximizing the number of providers who are competent in providing services to children and adolescents with dual diagnosis (I/DD and mental health, creating innovative programs that connect adults with I/DD with a medical home for their primary health care needs, providing adults with I/DD with information on relationship building and healthy sexual relations, and exploring and addressing the needs of aging caregivers of adult children with I/DD. We will continue to support model programs in the state to promote employment for individuals with DD and begin work around competitive integrated employment. We will also continue our intensive work around addressing racial disparities in California's regional center system, promoting the equitable access of services for individuals with I/DD who are members of culturally and linguistically diverse groups. Our work and strategies frequently involve collaboration with DD network partners which maximizes our impact and with community partners who are the gateway to underserved populations, and use multiple core function activities to achieve systems transformation.