LEND and Learn Monthly TA Series: Implementation Science

Monday, March 25, 2024
Location: Zoom

The March LEND and Learn Monthly TA Session will be held on Monday, March 25, 2024, at 3:00 PM ET. The topic of this session is Implementation Science. Implementation Science is the scientific study of using methods and strategies to promote the use of evidence-based practice and research by practitioners and policymakers across community service systems caring for individuals with Autism/DD.

LEND Lived Experience Virtual Summit

Monday, March 4, 2024
Location: Zoom

We are excited to invite you to the LEND Lived Experience Summit! The summit will be held via Zoom on Monday and Tuesday, March 4-5, 2024, from 3:00 PM-6:00 PM Eastern Time. The LEND Self-Advocate Discipline Network and LEND Family Discipline Network voted to join forces for future summits to showcase the work and best practices in both LEND disciplines.

LEND and Learn Monthly TA Series

Monday, February 26, 2024
Location: Zoom

The LEND and Learn session will be held Monday, February 26, 2024, at 3:00 PM ET, and the subject is IDD Curricula in the Health Professions: Results from a Medical Education Study and LEND capstone discussion. Kashia Rosenau, PhD, Clinical and Training Director at UC-LEND, University of California, Los Angeles, will facilitate this session.

LEND and Learn Monthly TA Series: Journal Club

Monday, January 22, 2024
Location: Zoom

ITAC's new LEND and Learn Monthly TA Series is an opportunity for LEND leadership and faculty to gather once a month to discuss priority TA topics and to learn from each other! Each month will focus on a different topic. A different LEND program will lead each session, including a 15-minute presentation and a 45-minute discussion. Please note that this is not a webinar series. Instead, it is designed to be an informal opportunity for LENDs to connect with one another on topics identified as top TA needs. DBP programs are welcome to participate.

Family Support 101: Understanding Policies that Support Family and Family Caregivers for Trainees.

Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Location: Zoom

AUCD hosted a webinar for trainees to learn about policies that support family and family caregivers. The participants received an overview and history of family support, current needs of families and family caregivers and policies and practices of Respite.

LEND and Learn Monthly TA Series: Recruiting Diverse Trainees and Faculty

Monday, August 21, 2023
Location: Zoom

ITAC's new LEND and Learn Monthly TA Series is an opportunity for LEND leadership and faculty to gather once a month to discuss priority TA topics and to learn from each other! A different LEND program will lead each session, including a 15-minute presentation and 45 minutes discussion. Please note that this is not a webinar series. Instead, it is designed to be an informal opportunity for LENDs to connect on topics identified as top TA needs. DBP programs are welcome to participate.

NIRS Kick-off Webinar

Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Location: Zoom

This webinar will provide a review of updates to NIRS for the new program reporting year, updates supporting federal reporting requirements, and address recommendations from federal funders and database users to help improve your database experience. These updates will be followed by Q&A and open floor discussion and will be recorded and archived. UCEDD and LEND Data Coordinators are strongly recommended to participate.

LEND and Learn July Session: National Trainee Network Exchange: A Virtual Leadership Opportunity

Monday, July 24, 2023
Location: Virtual via Zoom

The LEND and Learn Monthly TA Series is an opportunity for LEND leadership and faculty to gather once a month to discuss priority TA topics and to learn from each other! Each month will focus on a different topic. Each session will be led by a different LEND program and includes a 15-minute presentation and 45 minutes of discussion. Please note that this is not a webinar series. Instead, it is designed to be an informal opportunity for LENDs to connect with one another on topics identified as top TA needs. DBP programs are welcome to participate.

LEND and Learn June Session - LEND Trainee Mentoring: Mystery, Curiosity, and Wonder

Monday, June 26, 2023
Location: Zoom

The new LEND and Learn Monthly TA Series is an opportunity for LEND leadership and faculty to gather once a month to discuss priority TA topics and to learn from each other! Each month will focus on a different topic. Each session will be led by a different LEND program and includes a 15-minute presentation and 45 minutes of discussion. Please note that this is not a webinar series. Instead, it is designed to be an informal opportunity for LENDs to connect with one another on topics identified as top TA needs.

Fostering Joy for Audiologists: Why and How to Embrace a "Joy Lens" in Working with Families

Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Location: Zoom

This presentation introduced the LEND Audiology Fellows to the Fostering Joy movement, which aims to promote positive engagement between families and their deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) children, and to bolster professionals' ability to emphasize joy in the work that they do with children who are DHH. The presentation included descriptions of Fostering Joy and the science behind why doing so is important. It also offered suggestions for audiologists interested in embracing a "joy lens" in their work.

Dually Diagnosed: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Autism and Hearing Loss

Monday, May 1, 2023
Location: Zoom

When a child who is deaf or hard of hearing also presents as autistic, what can audiologists do to promote appropriate care? This presentation introduced the LEND trainees to the diagnostic challenges related to dual diagnosis, screening for secondary challenges and the role of audiology, and how to successfully create an interdisciplinary approach to ensure dually diagnosed children access the support they need.

2023 Disability Policy Seminar Orientation and Policy Education 101 Workshop: Preparing to Educate Policymakers in DC and at Home

Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Location: Virtual

This workshop helped trainees learn how to educate policymakers in DC and at home. It also taught trainees how to connect their experience and expertise to policy. Finally, the workshop helped prepare trainees for the virtual 2023 Disability Policy Seminar that was on Monday, April 24th, and the fly-in hill day on Thursday, April 27th.

NIRS Bootcamp for MCHB Training Programs

Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Location: Zoom

ITAC is sponsoring a NIRS Bootcamp for MCHB Training Programs. General Topics for each Day: Day 1: January 17th, 2023: Topics - Overview and Benefits of NIRS, the NIRS-DGIS Process, and Administration of NIRS profiles Day 2: January 24th, 2023: Topics - Trainee Dataset & Surveys Day 3: January 31st, 2023: Topics - Projects, Activities & Products Datasets Day 4: February 7th, 2023: Topics - Advanced NIRS: Importing/Exporting data and the Autism CARES Module Each Boot Camp session will be held virtually from 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM EST. Homework will be given prior to each session, and each day of will begin with time for questions and answers from participants.

The LEND Self-Advocacy Discipline Network Presents: Introduction of the LEND Self-Advocacy Discipline Competencies

Thursday, December 1, 2022
Location: Zoom

The LEND Self-Advocacy Discipline Network (LSDN) aims to strengthen the Self-Advocacy discipline across the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) network by supporting self-advocate trainees and faculty, developing best practices, and providing leadership opportunities across the LEND network. The LEND Self-Advocacy Discipline Competencies are a product of the LEND Self-Advocacy Discipline Network.

2022 Post-EHDI LEND Workshop: Adaptability in an Ever-Changing EHDI Environment 

Monday, April 4, 2022
Location: Virtual

This workshop will introduce LEND pediatric audiology trainees to the various challenges of effectively serving children with hearing loss (including those with additional disabilities) and their families.