Background
This program was established in 1994 and has trained over 300 graduate students, community professionals, self-advocates, and family advocates since.
What is the Hawaii MCH LEND Program?
Each of our program sessions will provide you with knowledge, skills, connections, and resources to help you build your capacity within at least one out of twelve of these.
What are the MCH Leadership Competencies?
This is what I should do if I feel sick on an in-person day.
What is stay home?
This day of the week, plus a couple of Saturdays, are honored as LEND days for trainees and the learning team.
What are Fridays?
The person you contact if you need help finding the assignments for the week or have tech issues.
Who is Kristiann?
LEND programs often operate within university systems. This is the one that our program operates within.
What is the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)?
This Sphere of Influence includes MCH Knowledge Base/Context, Self-Reflection, Ethics, and Critical Thinking.
What is the Sphere of Self?
Our program's attendance policy allows a grace period of up to ______ absences over the year.
What is two?
The primary method of communication between trainees and the LEND learning team (faculty members and staff).
What is e-mail?
This person is the Principal Investigator for the HI LEND Program (i.e., the program director or the "boss").
Who is May Okihiro?
MCH LEND stands for this phrase...
What is Maternal and Child Health Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities?
This Sphere of Influence includes Communication, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility and More!
What is the Sphere of Others?
This is what I should do to make-up a missed session...
What is: Review the module and resources and write a one-page reflection?
Our syllabus/training guide, weekly modules, resources, important links, and everything else you need for LEND can be found here.
What is our Digital Classroom?
Identify at least two learning team members with experience or expertise in special education
Who are Mellanie, Roxane and Jonathan.
This federal agency was created on August 14, 1935 when President Roosevelt signed Title V of the Social Security Act into law. It supports the division of maternal and child health workforce development, including graduate education programs like LEND to educate the next generation of leaders.
What is the Maternal Child Health Bureau?
This Sphere of Influence includes Systems Approach and Policy.
What is the Sphere of Wider Community?
This is what I should do before joining a virtual session.
What is... check my internet connection, camera, lighting, and sound, eliminate distractions, get dressed, or join early.
These should be checked one week in advance and include all you need to know for an upcoming LEND session.
What are Weekly Session Guides?
All of the LEND faculty are advocates in some capacity. Which specific faculty member serves as the Family Advocacy Faculty?
Who is Susan?
This federal bill authorizes and funds the 60 LEND programs across the US and other programs that support autism education, research, and resources.
What is the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (CARES) Act?
A person who continually seeks new knowledge and improvement of abilities and skills and is responsive to changing community, state, social, scientific, and demographic environments.
What is a MCH Leader?
"No cheating, fabrication, tampering, plagiarism" is one of the codes under this policy.
What is the University of Hawaii Student Code of Conduct?
These activities are done outside of session hours and might include watching videos, reading articles and books, preparing a presentation, and adding to a discussion board.
What are asynchronous activities?
Which faculty member serves as the clinical director and coordinates clinical rotations and experiences for LEND?
Who is Jeff?