Current NH Leadership Coordinator with 17 years experience at the Series. I am also a parent of 4 adults, one of whom experiences a disability. ~ IOD representative on the NH Family Support Conference Committee ~ Former business owner with 19 years of experience in training and supervising employees, managing the business, and in customer relations. Projects: NH Leadership Series -- . This Series is sponsored by the UNH Institute on Disability/UCE in collaboration with the New Hampshire Department of Education, the Bureau of Developmental Services, and the Developmental Disabilities Council of New Hampshire. In addition to financial support, representatives from these agencies are involved in the nomination, application, and selection process for participants. Many are also involved as presenters or group facilitators. This Series is a leadership-training program for individuals with disabilities and parents/family members of individuals with disabilities, and LEND Trainees. The Series provides state-of-the-art information about all disability issues. Participants come together for fourteen days over a seven-month period and receive intensive training on a wide variety of educational and leadership issues. Each session of the Leadership Series combines education and experience. Professionals in the field, parents, and individuals with disabilities join together to not only provide information, but to give strategies for collaboration and implementation as well. Sessions include discussion, audience participation, and small and large group activities. The goal of the Series is to support the development of self-advocacy and leadership skills in NH citizens who wish to affect change at a personal, community, and statewide level to support the full inclusion of individuals with disabilities in their schools and communities. LEND Since 1993, the New Hampshire Alliance for Leadership Education: Excellence in Caring for Children with Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities program (NH-LEND) has been funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. The purpose of the NH-LEND Program is to prepare professionals in health care and related disciplines to assume leadership positions in the provision of health and related services and social supports for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families. The NH-LEND Program focuses on developing educational excellence in: a) the most current knowledge regarding neurodevelopmental disabilities, b) the process of interdisciplinary collaboration and partnership, and c) strategies for continuous improvement of effective leadership.
