Purpose
- To serve as a network for faculty, staff, and trainees of the member LEND programs to connect with each other and interact.
- To introduce the trainees and faculty of the Midwest LEND programs to the national and regional LEND network including faculty, trainees and their respective training programs, clinical services, advocacy, public policy, and emerging areas of interest and research. The primary mechanism to fulfill this goal has been through the annual meetings of the Midwest LEND Consortium. Topics addressed at past Consortium meetings have included: personal leadership development, emotional intelligence, autism, cultural competency, emergency preparedness, career networking and leadership, team leadership development, parent and family panels, life course, and annual updates from AUCD and MCHB.
- To enhance the training programs of Consortium members through regional and national classes provided by telecommunications.
- Examples of this have included teleconferences on national legislative issues provided by the Director of Legislative Affairs of the AUCD
- To provide a mechanism for the recruitment of trainees from member programs to specialized regional training programs such as internships, residencies and post-doctoral fellowships in other Midwest LEND programs.
- To promote the short term exchange of trainees or faculty between member programs to enhance the educational programs for trainees in the Midwest.
- This includes short term externships for trainees and visiting professorships for faculty in other Midwest LEND programs.
- To provide a rapid mechanism for LEND Directors and faculty to discuss regional collaborative efforts in teaching, the provision of clinical services, research and continuing education. The Consortium allows for discussion and implementation of new opportunities as they arise at any time during the course of a grant cycle.
- Recent examples of this have included opportunities for joint ADOS training for Consortium trainees provided by the Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri LEND Programs and collaboration regarding the submission of two grants to HRSA to enhance regional health education in the area of disabilities services among underserved populations in the Upper Midwest (applications not funded)
- The Midwest Consortium is a means to rapidly contact the Midwest LEND programs regarding questions, concerns or the implementation of new programs as requested by AUCD or MCHB.
History
The Midwest LEND Consortium first convened at an exploratory meeting hosted by the SD LEND Program in Sioux Falls on April 29, 2002 in response to the recommendation by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau that LEND programs collaborate nationally. The purpose of this first meeting was to explore the potential for collaboration between the LEND Programs in South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana and Colorado. The Consortium has evolved into a permanent part of the Midwest LEND Programs and includes the LEND Programs in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Missouri, Kansas and Minnesota.
The Midwest LEND Consortium initiated an annual conference for all LEND faculty and trainees in 2005. This annual meeting is held in Omaha, NE (due to central location) in October each year. Representatives from AUCD and MCHB participate in the conference program as well as regional and national speakers on topics related to leadership development and other LEND issues.
Members
Iowa's University Center for Excellence on Disabilities
Center for Disabilities and Development
100 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242-1011
Main Phone: 319-356-1335
Main Fax: 319-356-8284
Main Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.uihealthcare.org/UCEDD/
Website 2: http://www.uihealthcare.org/UCEDD/ILEND/
Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation
University of Nebraska Medical Center
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450
Main Phone: 402-559-6430
Main Fax: 402-559-5737
Website: http://www.unmc.edu/mmi
Center for Disabilities
Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota
Department of Pediatrics
1400 West 22nd Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57105-1570
Main Phone: 605-357-1439
Toll Free Number: 800-658-3080
Main Fax: 605-357-1438
TTY: 800-658-3080
Website: http://www.usd.edu/cd/sdlend/
TIPS for Kids
University of Missouri
Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
205 Portland Street
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: 573-882-0757
Fax: 573-884-1151
Main Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.tips4kids.org/
Website 2: http://www.ihd.umkc.edu/ProjectProfiles/6-LEND.pdf
Center for Child Health and Development
University of Kansas Medical Center
3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Mail Stop 4003
Kansas City, KS 66160-7340
Main Phone: 913-588-5900
Main Fax: 913-588-5916
Website: http://www.kumc.edu/cchd