Pre-Service Activities
LEND Training Program
NDCPD participates in the Utah Regional Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND or URLEND) training program. The Utah Regional LEND is an interdisciplinary program that trains professionals to move beyond narrow disciplinary boundaries to provide optimal services to child and adolescents with special health care needs. Because families are essential to well-being, this program emphasizes the role of family-centered care. In the fall of each year, LEND Trainees are brought together with faculty and families of children with special health care needs, to form an interdisciplinary learning cohort. Each long-term trainee participates in three forms of learning: didactic (classroom), leadership, and clinical. URLEND
NDCPD supports professionals in the following fields to participate as long-term
LEND trainees:
Audiology, Dentistry/Pediatric Dentistry, Education, General Medicine, Genetics, Health Administration, Nursing, Nutrition, Occupational Therapy, Pediatrics, Physical Therapy, Psychology, Social Work, and Speech-Language Pathology. NDCPD also supports people with disabilities and their family members to participate in the LEND training program. (JoLynn Webster - NDCPD Pre-service coordinator)
LEND Training Seminars:
As part of the LEND program, NDCPD invites members of the public to participate in the LEND Training Seminars. These interactive seminars are held on Fridays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (CST) in the NDCPD Teleconference Studio (room 207, Memorial Hall, Minot State University Campus). The seminars are free and participants can attend all or part of each seminar.
SPED 234 H - Disability and Society: Eliminating Myths and Preconceptions
WHAT IS DISABILITY AND
SOCIETY?
Disability and Society is a
class that covers the issues which people
with disabilities encounter as they go
through the life-span from birth to death.
Factual information is presented about each lifespan stage through lectures,
small group activities, and guest presentations by people with disabilities
and their family members.
WHEN DOES IT MEET?
This class meets on Tuesday and Thursday
mornings from 9:30 to 10:45 in the Honor’s Center in Model Hall.
WHY SHOULD YOU TAKE THIS CLASS? SPED 234H will prepare
you to live well in the 21st Century as you encounter diversity as expressed
by people with disabilities who may be colleagues, employees, neighbors, or
members of the community.
In addition to gaining valuable information, SPED 234H COUNTS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION CREDIT AND MEETS ONE OF YOUR DIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS!