The Northern California Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program is a graduate and post-graduate level, interdisciplinary leadership and service training program federally funded through HRSA’s Maternal Child Health Bureau. The purpose of the LEND program is to provide interdisciplinary and leadership training to clinicians, families, self-advocates, and community leaders involved with developmental disabilities. By training future visionary leaders, the LEND will improve the health, developmental, and behavioral outcomes of infants, children, and youth with autism spectrum disorders or other developmental disorders (ASD/DD) and assist their families within highly diverse and dispersed, low income and low resource regions of northern CA.
The LEND will develop visionary leaders in communities who are:
- Experts in their disciplines and in interdisciplinary knowledge of ASD/DD
- Designers of new models of care provision
- Committed to high quality, evidence-based services
- Communicate well with families and providers from a wide range of cultural and economic backgrounds
- Committed to advocacy and leadership in their communities
- Providers of culturally competent, family-centered care
The LEND program provides trainees with multiple learning experiences, including empirically supported clinical care and leadership within communities to adopt evidence-based practices for improving services.
Resources and faculty at the MIND Institute and affiliated programs at California State University of Sacramento (CSUS) provide LEND training. Training will occur in clinical settings at the MIND Institute and CSUS, as well as in other clinical settings and community settings.
We are hiring a CF-SLP as part of our LEND program. Competitive salary and excellent opportunity to develop skills with an expert team of healthcare and educational professionals at a world renowned research center.
Application Process
1) Please submit the following either via mail to Janice Enriquez, PhD, MIND Inst., 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817 OR scan and email to jenriquez@ucdavis.edu :
• Northern California LEND Application
• Letter of interest: Please include interest in Northern CA LEND program, professional and/or personal experience with ASD/NDD, any interest in working with diverse populations, and career goals.
• Curriculum Vita or resume
• 2 Letters of Recommendation, including contact information of the letter writer
• Submit an example of communication skills either via a written document, a
video, or audio recording of an oral presentation, discussion, or interview
2) Applications will be reviewed by the LEND faculty team. Applicants meeting initial requirements will be contacted for a semi-structured interview with one or more faculty members. The discipline director will talk with the applicant and review their credentials and/or experience. Final decisions will be communicated to the applicant via email.
More info: https://health.ucdavis.edu/mindinstitute/education/lend/lend-index.html