Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disorders (LEND)
The LEND programs provide long-term, graduate level training in interdisciplinary services and care. The purpose of the LEND training program is to improve the health of infants, children, and adolescents with disabilities. They accomplish this by preparing trainees from diverse professional disciplines to assume leadership roles in their respective fields and by insuring high levels of interdisciplinary clinical competence.
Nutrition is one of the core disciplines in LEND programs. There are currently 52 LEND training programs in the U.S. For locations of LEND programs and more information, see http://www.aucd.org/directory/directory.cfm?program=LEND.
The Center on Human Development and Disability at the University of Washington includes a LEND training program. For more information, including the long-term nutrition training, see https://uw-ctu.org/uw-lend/.
Pediatric Pulmonary Centers (PPC)
https://mchb.hrsa.gov/training/projects.asp?program=15
These 6 centers are training programs funded by MCHB to develop leaders who will improve the health of children with respiratory conditions through the provision of family-centered care. The University of Washington is one of the PPC sites, and nutrition is one of the core disciplines. For more information, visit their website at http://depts.washington.edu/seappc/drupal/about.
Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH)
https://mchb.hrsa.gov/training/projects.asp
The LEAH traineeship prepares professionals from a variety of health care disciplines to be leaders in clinical care, research, public health policy, and advocacy as it relates to adolescent health. There are 7 centers funded by MCHB that provide this training, including the University of Washington. Nutrition is one of the core disciplines. For more information, visit their website at https://depts.washington.edu/uwleah/frontpage.
Maternal Child Health Nutrition Programs
https://mchb.hrsa.gov/training/projects.asp?program=12
These training programs emphasize improving the health of the mother, child, and family through good nutrition. Located at universities, these 8 nutrition training programs include graduate training in public health nutrition, fellowships in pediatric and neonatal nutrition, and continuing education opportunities in maternal, infant, child and adolescent nutrition; and children with special needs.
