INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING

Interdisciplinary Training

INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING

Building Knowledge Through Interdisciplinary Training

VIUCEDD provides interdisciplinary education and training designed to strengthen the knowledge and skills of students, professionals, families, and community partners. Through pre service preparation, continuing education, and collaborative learning opportunities, VIUCEDD helps participants better understand disability related issues and improve the quality of services and support available throughout the U.S. Virgin Islands.

WHY INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING?

Learning Across Disciplines. Strengthening Communities.

VIUCEDD brings together different areas of knowledge and experience to strengthen disability services and professional practice across the Virgin Islands.

Building Future Professionals

Provides students and emerging professionals with opportunities to develop knowledge and practical understanding of developmental disabilities before entering their respective fields.

Strengthening Professional Practice

Supports continued learning for professionals through training opportunities that expand disability related knowledge and strengthen practices used in their work.

Knowledge Beyond the Classroom

Connects families and community members with information and learning opportunities that strengthen understanding, participation, and support for people with disabilities.

Bringing Perspectives Together

Encourages professionals, students, families, and community partners to learn from different disciplines and experiences while addressing disability related needs across the Territory.
LEND

Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities

LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities) is an interdisciplinary leadership training program, funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the federal government at 52 sites around the country.
The goal of LEND is to train future leaders in a variety of disciplines to improve the health of children who have or are at risk of developing neurodevelopmental disabilities or other similar conditions, such as autism and intellectual disabilities.

LEND trainees come from a variety of backgrounds and vocations including, but not limited to, audiology, family members (parent or sibling of a person with a disability), genetic counseling, health advocacy, health administration, medicine, nursing, law, nutrition, occupational therapy, psychology, public health, self-advocacy, social work, special education, and speech-language pathology.

The Virgin Islands University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (VIUCEDD), in conjunction with our partners at The Westchester Institute for Human Development University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (WIHD UCEDD) and New York Medical College, offers a LEND program each year for up to two St. Croix trainee applicants. Please review at https://www.wihd.org/training/lend/.