Iowa's Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities Project
A Distinctive Graduate Level Training Opportunity
ILEND is an interdisciplinary leadership training program for graduate students with a commitment to providing culturally competent, family-centered, coordinated systems of health care and related services for children with special health care needs and their families.
FY12 Iowa LEND Trainees.
Interdisciplinary training is a cornerstone of the ILEND program and builds awareness, knowledge, and skills in such areas as family-centered care, cultural competence, administration, community services and supports, policy/advocacy, and systems improvement. Faculty and trainees currently represent fourteen disciplines including: audiology, healthcare administration, nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, pediatric medicine, pediatric dentistry, physical therapy, psychology, social work, speech-language pathology, rehabilitation and mental health counseling, special education, and public health. The ILEND program also includes parents and families of children with special health care needs who are paid as staff and consultants. Trainees and faculty regularly interact across disciplines in their daily clinical work, in weekly seminars, in the community, and in the homes of families who have children with disabilities.
ILEND trainees also receive direct supervision and mentoring from the ILEND training director for their discipline in order to foster the development of knowledge and skills related to their respective area of study. These efforts are coordinated with the trainee's home department to ensure the completion of academic requirements.
- Parents as Mentors
- Advocacy/Policy Activities
- Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
- ADOS Training
- Midwest LEND Consortium
- Self-Assessment of MCH Leadership Competencies
- ILEND Contact Information
