Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND)

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LEND Core Faculty

Beth Mineo, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
LEND Project Director
Core Faculty: Speech-Language Pathology

Sarah Mallory, Ph.D. 
LEND Co-Director
Core Faculty: Special Education

Tia Barnes, Ph.D.
Core Faculty: Special Education

Anjana Bhat, Ph.D.
Core Faculty: Physical Therapy

Brian Freedman, Ph.D.
Core Faculty: Clinical Psychology
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Marika Ginsburg-Block, Ph.D.
Core Faculty: School Psychology

Sarah Hearn, M.Ed.
Core Faculty: Families

Dana Holz, Ph.D.
Core Faculty: Individuals with Disabilities

Jennifer Horney, Ph.D.
Core Faculty: Public Health

Brittany Perry, D.O.
Core Faculty: Developmental Medicine

Jillian Trabulsi, Ph.D.
Core Faculty: Nutrition

Raphael Travis, Ph.D.
Core Faculty: Social Work

LEND Affiliated Faculty

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  • Allyson Davis, PhD – Clinical Psychologist at Nemours Children’s Health
  • Lauren Gillespie, LCSW, CCM – Social Worker at Nemours Children’s Health
  • Olga Goncharova — Family member
  • Michael Harris – Family member; former LEND trainee
  • Kendra Haynes – Family member; former LEND trainee
  • Emmanuel Jenkins — Staff at Delaware Developmental Disabilities Council; individual with a disability 
  • Madeline Laquer – Senior Assistive Technology Manager at the Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative
LEND Faculty Terri Hancharick
  • Amy Renwick — Physician at Nemours Children’s Health
  • Shannon Robson — Interim Department Chair for Health Behavior and Nutrition Science at the University of Delaware
  • Amber Shelton — Education Associate at the Delaware Department of Education; family member
  • Lily Slavin – Clinical Psychologist at Nemours Children’s Health
  • Emily Bernabe, PhD – Clinical Psychologist at Nemours/AI DuPont Hospital for Children
  • Selina Butcher – Individual with a disability; former LEND trainee
  • Sarah Celestin — School District Special Education Director; family member
  • David Chen, MD, MPH – Physician at Christiana Care Health System; family member
  • Ashley Clark – Health Implementation Coach and LTSAE Ambassador at the University of Delaware
  • Jessica Davenport — Individual with a disability
  • Hannah Mennella – Augmentative and Alternative Communication Specialist at the University of Delaware
  • Maricarmen Morales Santiago – IDEA Part C Coordinator at the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services
  • Mia Papas, PhD – Family member
  • Denise Peischl, BS – Rehabilitation Engineer at Nemours/AI duPont Hospital for Children
Self-advocate Catherine Lin

LEND Core Faculty

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Beth Mineo, PhD, CCC-SLP
LEND Co-Director
Core Faculty: Speech-Language Pathology

Sarah Mallory, PhD
LEND Co-Director
Core Faculty: Special Education

Persephone Jones, MD, MPH
Core Faculty: Medicine

Olga Goncharova-Zapata
Core Faculty: Family

Stephanie Kaznica, M.Ed.
Core Faculty: Family

Emmanuel Jenkins
Core Faculty: Self-Advocacy

Amy Habeger, LCSW, MSW, PhD
Core Faculty: Social Work

Anjana Bhat, PhD, PT
Core Faculty: Physical Therapy

Brian Freedman, PhD
Core Faculty: Clinical Psychology

Marika Ginsburg-Block, PhD
Core Faculty: School Psychology

Jillian Trabulsi, PhD, RD
Core Faculty: Nutrition

Jennifer Horney, PhD, MPH
Core Faculty: Public Health

LEND Affiliated Faculty & Trainers
  • Emily Bernabe, PhD – Psychologist at Nemours/AI DuPont Hospital for Children
  • Cindy Brown – Delaware Department of Education
  • Heather Calkins – Principal of Brennen School
  • David Chen – Nemours/AI DuPont Hospital for Children
  • Stephanie Chopko, PhD – Pediatric Psychologist at Nemours/AI DuPont Hospital for Children
  • Sarah Curtiss, PhD – Assistant Professor in the UD School of Education
  • Ally Davis – Nemours/AI DuPont Hospital for Children
  • Laura Eisenman, PhD – Professor in the UD School of Education and Coordinator of the interdisciplinary Disabilities Studies Minor through CDS
  • Kristina Horton – Delaware Department of Education
  • Wes Garton – Program Manager for the UD Spectrum Scholars program
  • Lauren Gillespie – Nemours/AI DuPont Hospital for Children
  • Terri Hancharick – Chair of the Governor’s Advisory Council for the Del. Division of Developmental Disabilities Services
Self-advocate Catherine Lin
  • Michael Harris – family member
  • Meghan Harrison, DO – Nemours/AI DuPont Hospital for Children
  • Kendra Haynes – family member
  • Karen James – family member
  • Karen Latimer – Assistive Technology Specialist at the Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative
  • Catherine Lin – self-advocate
  • Rebecca Lloyd – self-advocate
  • Michele Lobo – Director of the UD Move to Learn Innovation Lab and Super Suits FUNctional Fashion and Wearable Technology Program
  • finnigan madison – Program Ambassador for the UD Spectrum Scholars program and self-advocate
  • Anne Meduri, MD – Nemours/AI DuPont Hospital for Children
  • Anthony Middlebrooks, PhD – Associate Professor in the Organizational and Community Leadership Program at UD’s School of Public Policy and Administration
  • Jessica Monahan – Research Manager for the UD Spectrum Scholars program
  • Cory Nourie, MSS, MLSP – Director of Community Services for the Del. Division of Developmental Disabilities Services
CLSC Program Manager James Sellers
  • Mia Papas, PhD – Director of Clinical Research and Health Outcomes within the Christiana Care Health System Value Institute
  • Denise Peischl, BS – Rehabilitation Engineer at the AI duPont Hospital for Children
  • Kathleen Petrick – Nemours/AI DuPont Hospital for Children
  • Ann Phillips – Executive Director of Delaware Family Voices, Inc. and Director of the HRSA/MCHB grant-funded Family-to-Family Health Information Center
  • Brittany Powers – Former Interim Director of Health and Wellness at CDS
  • Amy Renwick, MD – Chief of the Division of Transition of Care at Nemours/AI DuPont Hospital for Children
  • Calley Robichaud – Program Ambassador for the Career and Life Studies Certificate (CLSC), self-advocate
  • Shannon Robson – Assistant Professor in the UD Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition
  • James Sellers – Manager of the UD Career and Life Studies Certificate (CLSC) program
  • Leah Jones Woodall, MPA – Chief of the Family Health Systems Section in the Delaware Division of Public Health
  • Charmaine Wright – Christiana Care