Minnesota Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Program (MNLEND)
Description
Prepares future leaders who will serve children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs), other neurodevelopmental and related disabilities (NDDs), and their families in healthcare, education, human services, and policy settings. MNLEND is an interdisciplinary training program that responds to the needs of these children and their families, bringing together faculty, staff and students from 12 disciplines across the University of Minnesota, as well as community members, to:
- Advance the knowledge and skills of all child health professionals to improve healthcare delivery systems for children with developmental disabilities;
- Provide high-quality interdisciplinary education that emphasizes the integration of services from state and local agencies and organizations, private providers, and communities;
- Provide health professionals with skills that foster community-based partnerships; and
- Promote innovative practices to enhance cultural competency, family-centered care, and interdisciplinary partnerships.
The MNLEND Program is coordinated by the University of Minnesota's Institute on Community Integration and partners with other departments in the College of Education and Human Development, College of Liberal Arts, and the Academic Health Center.
- Director
- Amy S Hewitt
- Contact
- BiKe Ojomo
- Website
- lend.umn.edu
- Funder
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Collaborators
- Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Minnesota
- Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota
- Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
Staff
Product
Topics
- Direct support workforce
- Workforce development strategies
- Education practices (K12 and transition)
- Family engagement
- Assistive/adaptive technology
- Instructional strategies
- Transition planning
- IEP development
- Accommodations and supports
- Positive behavior support
- Community life
- Civil rights
- Community supports and services
- Parenting and family relationships
- Person-centered planning and practices
- Positive behavior support
- Self-advocacy and self-determination
- Social inclusion
- Consumer/self-directed services
- Specific life stage
- Early childhood
- Children
- Adolescents and young adults
- Culture and diversity
- Cultural competence
- English language learners (ELLs)
- Immigrants
- Early education and development
- Early social/emotional development
- Child development
- Early childhood transition
- Early childhood education
- Early intervention
- Natural environments
- Early childhood screening and assessment
- Family engagement
- Housing and residential services
- Consumer/self-directed services
- Family supports/in-home services
- Medicaid services (residential)
- Employment and postsecondary education
- Accommodations and supports
- Health and safety
- Healthcare
- Educational accountability and assessment
- Accommodations and supports
- Assessment (large-scale, alternate)
- IDEA
- Assessment of individuals
- Quality outcomes
- Specific disability
- Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
- Intellectual/developmental disability (IDD)
- Multiple disabilities
- Other health impairment
Activities
- Research
- Training and professional development
- Technical assistance
- Dissemination
- Outreach