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Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities

January-May 2008 Schedule (Updated 1/17/2008)

TIME	Course and Module	Presentation	Speaker(s)
1/3
9:00-11:00		Discussing Difficult News with Families	Sally Schwab, PhD, CSW, Director, Primary Care Faculty Development and Curriculum, NYMC
11:00-12:00		Open for work on projects and for ITP meetings
1:00-2:30		Introduction to Transition	Karen Edwards, MD, MPH
2:45-5:00		Interdisciplinary Project Team Meeting	Project Faculty
1/10
9:00		Transition and the LEND Disciplines	Laurette Olson PhD, OTR/L, BCP, Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Occupational Therapy, Mercy College
10:30		BREAK
10:45		Transition and Beyond	Jackie Fowler, Director Consumer Resource Center WIHD;  Diane Greble, WIHD LEND Class ’05
1:00-2:30		Open for work on projects and for ITP  meetings
2:45-5:00		Interdisciplinary Project Team Meeting	Project Faculty
1/17
9:00-12:00		Assistive Technology	Kate Franklin, PhD, CCC-SLP, Director, Assistive Technology, WIHD, Associate Professor of Clinical Speech-Language Pathology; Associate Professor of Public Health Practice, Disability and Human Development, NYMC
1:00- 2:00		Open for work on projects and for ITP meetings
2:00-5:00		Interdisciplinary Project Team Meeting	Project Faculty
1/24
9:00-12:00	NDSC	Vulnerable Populations	Family Program faculty
1:00- 4:00	SEBM	Interim Team Project Presentations	LEND Trainees
1/31
9:00-12:00	NDSC	Vulnerable Populations	Family Program faculty
1:00-2:00		Open for work on projects and for ITP meetings
2:00-5:00		Introduction to Metabolic Diseases and Newborn Screening	David Kronn, MD, Director, Inherited Metabolic Disease Center, Biochemical Genetics Program, Associate Director, Regional Medical Genetics Center at the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, NYMC; Mary Sexton, MS RD, CSP, CDN, Metabolic Nutritionist for Childrens & Women's Physicians of Westchester
2/7
9:00-10:30	SEBM	Making a Poster using PowerPoint	Shawn Manning, Coordinator, Educational Services, Health Sciences Library and Michael Cotter, Head, Educational Media
10:30		BREAK
10:45-12:00	NDSC	The Genetics of Developmental Disabilities	Bob Marion, MD, UCEDD Director, Rose F. Kennedy Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
1:00-2:45	NDSC	Genomic Medicine-Implications for Clinical Practice	Caroline Lieber, MS, CGC, Director, Human Genetics Program, Sarah Lawrence College
2:00- 5:00	SEBM	Interdisciplinary Project Team Meeting	Project Faculty
2/14
9:00-12:00	LEAD	Health Advocacy: Enabling, Communicating, Collaborating, and Catalyzing Change	Rachel Grob, PhD, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Director, Child Development Institute, Sarah Lawrence College; Constance Peterson, MA, Emergency Department Patient Services Administrator, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Campus, Faculty, Health Advocacy Program, Sarah Lawrence College; Laura Weil, MA, Interim Director, Health Advocacy Program, Sarah Lawrence College
1:00-2:30	LEAD	Open for work on projects and for ITP  meetings
2:45-5:00	SEBM	Interdisciplinary Project Team Meeting	Project Team Faculty
2/21
9:00	LEAD	Advocacy Training	Yasmin Pedrogo, MD and Nerian Ortiz, MD
10:30		BREAK
10:45-12:00	LEAD	Self-determination and Self-advocacy; Life Choices, Policy, and Planning	Mitchell Levitz, Consumer Issues Specialist, WIHD Consumer Resource Center; Diane Greble, MS, WIHD LEND Class ’05
1:00-2:30	NDSC	Quality assurance and quality management	Janet Murphy, CSW, ACSW, Associate Director of the Community Living Services Division, Jawonio, Inc.; WIHD LEND Class of 2004
2:45-5:00	SEBM	Interdisciplinary Project Team Meeting	Project Team Faculty
2/28
9:00	LEAD	Preparation for the Policy Meeting	Ansley Bacon, PhD, President and CEO, WIHD; Barbara Levitz, MS, Director, The Family Connection; Aaron Velez, MSW, Manager, Health IT, WIHD LEND Class of 2005
10:30		BREAK
10:45-12:00	NDSC	Self-reflection in Practice	Laurette Olson, PhD, OTR/L, BCP, Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Occupational Therapy, Mercy College
1:00-2:30	LEAD	Family Mentoring Presentations	Presentations by LEND trainees Panelists: Barbara Levitz, MS, Marina McGoven, Karen Edwards, MD, MPH
2:45-5:00	SEBM	Interdisciplinary Project Team Meeting	Project Faculty
3/6
9:00	LEAD	Obtaining funding for Projects and Programs	TBA
10:30		BREAK
10:45-12	NDSC	Obtaining funding for Projects and Programs	TBA
1:00- 5:00	SEBM	Interdisciplinary Project Team Meeting	Project Team Faculty
3/13
9:00	LEAD	Cultural Competence Part I	Ingrid Allard MD MSEd, Director of Pediatrics, Family Program, Child Welfare Services
1:00-5:00	SEBM	Interdisciplinary Project Team Meeting	Project Faculty
3/20		LEND Program Spring Break
3/27
9:00-12:00	LEAD	Presentations by LEND Trainees who attended the Disability Policy Meeting	LEND Trainees Panelists:  Ansley Bacon, PhD, President and CEO, WIHD; Barbara Levitz, MS, Director, The Family Connection; Aaron Velez, MSW, Manager, Health IT, WIHD LEND Class of 2005
1:00-1:30	LEAD	Presentations by SPH Certificate Trainees	Cristina Travieso
1:45-5:00	SEBM	Interdisciplinary Project Team Meeting	Project Faculty
4/3
9:00-10:30	LEAD	Next Steps LEND Leadership	Karen Edwards MD, MPH
10:30		BREAK
10:45-11:30	LEAD	Preparation for Albany Field Trip Poster Session How-to’s	Karen Edwards, MD, MPH; Laurie Miller, PhD
11:30		Open for work on projects and for ITP meetings
1:00-2:00		Open for work on projects and for ITP meetings
2:15-5:00	SEBM	Interdisciplinary Project Team Meeting	Project Team Faculty
4/10
9:00-10:30	LEAD	Feedback about the LEND 07-08 experience from LEND Trainees	Karen Edwards, MD, MPH; Laurie Miller, PhD
10:30-12	LEAD	Open for work on projects and for ITP  meetings
1:00-5:00	SEBM	Interdisciplinary Project Team Meetings	Project Faculty
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO E-MAIL your PowerPoint poster file to Lcolby@wihd.org by noon on Friday April 11
4/17		Hold for Albany field trip
4/24
9:00-12:00	LEAD	Cultural Competence II	Ingrid Allard MD, MSEd Director of Pediatrics, Family Program, Child Welfare Services
1:00-2:30	LEAD	Open for work on projects and for ITP  meetings
2:45-5:00	SEBM	Interdisciplinary Project Team Meetings	Project Faculty
5/1 Please hand in portfolios
9:00-10:30	LEAD	Grant Writing	Laurie Miller, PhD
10:30		BREAK
10:45-12:00	LEAD	Writing for Publication I	TBA
1:00-3:00	LEAD	Writing for Publication II	Laurie Miller, PhD
3:15- 5:00		Interdisciplinary Project Team Meeting

May 1 : Hand in portfolio
Friday April 11: E-Mail Final Version of Poster Powerpoint file to CYankou@wihd.org by noon
May 8 : LEND Graduation and Poster Session
10:00 Set up posters
10:30 Poster Presentations
11:45 Graduation
12:15 Luncheon

On all LEND Thursdays, 12:00-1:00 is designated as the lunch break.
KEY to Abbreviations:
LEAD=Leadership seminars; NDSC=Overview of Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities and their Systems of Care;SEBM=Seminar in Evidence-based Methods;