Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Program
The future and the quality of life for individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities will be determined by how well we train future leaders and clinicians in the coming decades. The Shriver Center LEND program has been designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of future leaders and clinicians in interdisciplinary, family-centered and culturally competent care of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families. Funding from the Maternal Child Health Bureau (MCHB)is used to develop a comprehensive program that ensures that attention is paid to identifying leadership potential in individuals, to creating learning opportunities that will enhance this potential, and to monitoring the progress of selected individuals in acquiring the skills and competencies they will need.
Our Mission
- to provide the highest quality of service
- to educate and train health and other professionals to be leaders
- to engage in scientific investigation
- to disseminate information
Our Program
The Shriver Center LEND training program is designed to recruit and educate health and other professionals at the graduate and post-graduate levels. Its purpose is to develop leaders who will forge future services for infants, children, adolescents and adults with or at risk for neurodevelopmental and related disabilities and special health care needs and their families.
Graduates of our program will:
- be committed to improving the lives of these individuals and their families by addressing root causes of disability;
- inspire and energize those who work with and are concerned about these individuals and their families;
- demonstrate excellence in clinical, scholarly, and professional efforts;
- be effective change agents at the program, institutional, community, regional and national levels; and will define the cutting edge of knowledge in the field.
We have two concurrent training programs:
For more information, contact Kathleen Braden, MD.