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Contact Information:
Center for Disabilities
Pediatrics - Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota
1400 West 22nd Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
phone: 605-357-1439
phone2: 1-800-658-3080 (V/TTY)
fax: 605-357-1438
cd@usd.edu
Last Modified: 02/02/07
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south dakota LEND program - what is the south dakota LEND program?
The South Dakota LEND Program is . . .
- the South Dakota Leadership Education Excellence in Caring for Children with Neurodevelopmental and Related Disorders.
- a program of the Center for Disabilities, Department of Pediatrics, Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota.
- a graduate-level traineeship.
- one year of specialized training which focuses on the interdisciplinary training of professionals for leadership roles in the provision of health and related services to infants, children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental and related disabilities and their families.
- working in collaboration with many organizations and institutions including The University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University, and Augustana College.
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augmenting graduate studies in the discipline of
- audiology,
- child neurology,
- child psychiatry,
- developmental and behavioral pediatrics,
- health administration,
- medicine,
- nursing,
- school psychology,
- special education,
- speech-language pathology,
- occupational therapy,
- pediatric dentistry,
- pediatric gastroenterology,
- pediatric genetics,
- pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation,
- physical therapy,
- psychology,
- public health,
- social work,
- and parents of children with special needs.
- working to improve the health status of infants, children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental and related disabilities.
- focusing on South Dakot and the Upper Midwest.
 
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