UW LEND annually enrolls up 40 individuals to participate in a 9-month interdisciplinary leadership training program. Our Program prepares trainees from at least 16 different disciplines to be future leaders serving and advocating for the disability community. The UW LEND mission is to develop a workforce of leaders who represent the communities we serve. Trainees participate in:
- Interdisciplinary clinical practice
- Didactic seminars and leadership workshops
- Leadership experiences in the community
- Self-directed activities
- Leadership project
Each trainee has a UW LEND Faculty mentor and works collaboratively with their cohort of trainees. Modest stipends to trainees, as available.
UW LEND prioritizes enrollment of diverse trainees to include diversity in education, ability/disability, ethnicity, race, gender, gender identity or expression, economics, geographic location, spirituality and religion, and health status.
Trainee Disciplines:
Audiology
Behavioral Analysis
Dentistry
Family
Genetic Counseling
Medicine – Adult
Medicine – Pediatric
Nursing
Nutrition
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Psychology
Public Health
Self-Advocate
Social Work
Special Education
Speech Language-Pathology
And others
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Long Term Trainees commit to three or more academic quarters and complete ≥ 300 hours of training. Trainees may participate from distance.
- UW LEND Trainees: Meet clinical training requirements by participating onsite in UW IHDD Pediatric Specialty Clinics and participate in a majority of UW LEND didactic activities in person. Onsite weekly participation in LEND activities is expected for ≥ 2 quarters, but some trainees meet clinical training requirements in their own community setting and participate in the majority of didactic activities via distance-learning or onsite.
- Fellows and Residents: Developmental Behavioral Pediatric Fellows, Post-Doctoral Psychology Fellow, Psychology Residents, Audiology Extern, Physical Therapy Resident
- Family Trainees: parents or family members of a child with a disability who work side by side with UW LEND faculty and trainees as both a teacher and a learner. Learn more.
- Self-Advocate Trainees: Individuals who bring their personal experience and disability point of view to work side by side with LEND faculty and trainees as both a teacher and a learner. Learn more.
- Satellite Site Trainees: UW LEND supports two satellite sites in central and eastern WA to expand the geographic reach of LEND training. UW LEND partners with Yakima Children’s Village in Yakima, WA and with The Northwest Autism Center in Spokane, WA.
MEDIUM TERM and SHORT TERM TRAINING opportunities available.
