Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program
Becoming a LEND Long Term Trainee
The LEND long-term training program currently supports graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the following disciplines and programs. LEND long-term trainees are typically paid a stipend and may be eligible to receive partial tuition remission. If you are interested in becoming a LEND trainee, please contact the core faculty member for your discipline:
Speech-Language Pathology
- Enrolled in the UD M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology program
- Core Faculty: Beth Mineo, PhD, CCC-SLP (mineo@udel.edu)
Special Education
- Enrolled in the UD M.Ed. in Exceptional Children and Youth 4+1 Track: Autism/Severe Disabilities Concentration
- Core Faculty: Sarah Mallory, PhD (smallory@udel.edu)
Nutrition
- Enrolled in the UD M.S. in Human Nutrition
- Core Faculty: Jillian Trabulsi, PhD, RD (trabulsi@udel.edu)
Physical Therapy
- Enrolled in the UD Doctor of Physical Therapy (or related PT graduate/postsdoctoral training program)
- Core Faculty: Anjana Bhat, PhD, PT (abhat@udel.edu)
Family
- Lived experience as a family member of someone with ASD/DD and interest in becoming a future leader in the field
- Core Faculty: Olga Goncharova-Zapata and Angela Mitchell
- If interested in joining LEND as a family member, please also complete this application and return to Stephanie Kaznica at SKaznica@udel.edu.
Psychology
- Hired as a Postdoctoral LEND Psychology Fellow at Nemours/AI duPont Hospital for Children
- Core Faculty, clinical psychology: Laura Dewey, PhD (Laura.Dewey@nemours.org)
- Core Faculty, school psychology Brian Freedman, PhD (brianf@udel.edu)
Becoming a LEND Long Term Trainee
The LEND long-term training program currently supports graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the following disciplines and programs. LEND long-term trainees are typically paid a stipend and may be eligible to receive partial tuition remission. If you are interested in becoming a LEND trainee, please contact the core faculty member for your discipline:
Speech-Language Pathology
- Enrolled in the UD M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology program
- Core Faculty: Beth Mineo, PhD, CCC-SLP (mineo@udel.edu)
Special Education
- Enrolled in the UD M.Ed. in Exceptional Children and Youth 4+1 Track: Autism/Severe Disabilities Concentration
- Core Faculty: Sarah Mallory, PhD (smallory@udel.edu)
Nutrition
- Enrolled in the UD M.S. in Human Nutrition
- Core Faculty: Jillian Trabulsi, PhD, RD (trabulsi@udel.edu)
Physical Therapy
- Enrolled in the UD Doctor of Physical Therapy (or related PT graduate/postsdoctoral training program)
- Core Faculty: Anjana Bhat, PhD, PT (abhat@udel.edu)
Family
- Lived experience as a family member of someone with ASD/DD and interest in becoming a future leader in the field
- Core Faculty: Olga Goncharova-Zapata and Angela Mitchell
- If interested in joining LEND as a family member, please also complete this application and return to Stephanie Kaznica at SKaznica@udel.edu.
Psychology
- Hired as a Postdoctoral LEND Psychology Fellow at Nemours/AI duPont Hospital for Children
- Core Faculty, clinical psychology: Laura Dewey, PhD (Laura.Dewey@nemours.org)
- Core Faculty, school psychology Brian Freedman, PhD (brianf@udel.edu)