Spring 2027

Wisconsin Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (lend)

An interdisciplinary LEND training program covering foundational knowledge, skills, and attitudes for caring for individuals with developmental disabilities, including Lifecourse Story Team sessions.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Kathleen Kastner

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the process of diagnosis and management of common developmental disabilities

  • Identify relevant systems of care for developmental services

  • Discuss the role of interdisciplinary team in providing care for individuals with developmental disabilities

  • Demonstrate knowledge of relevant legal and health policies which effect individuals with developmental disabilities

  • Describe health disparities in individuals with developmental disabilities and strategies to mitigate them

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Prerequisites

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MED SC-M 810, 811, 812, and 813

PEDIAT 921

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Professors

Spring 2027
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KATHLEEN KASTNER is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Participate in an interdisciplinary training program to learn foundational knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to the care of individuals with developmental disabilities. Covers neuromotor development, cognitive development, communication development, psychosocial development, physical health, quality of life, and other topics relevant to the care of individuals with developmental disabilities, as well as Lifecourse Story Team sessions that focus on a family-centered exploration of the experience of a child with a developmental disability and their family. Learn the role of different disciplines and the relevant systems of care for individuals with developmental disabilities. Explore impact of different legal and health policies on individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, as well as the concept of "ableism" and strategies to reduce this.

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Topics

  • Neuromotor, cognitive, communication, and psychosocial development; physical health; and quality of life.
  • Family-centered exploration of the experience of children with developmental disabilities via Lifecourse Story Team sessions.
  • Relevant systems of care and services for individuals with developmental disabilities.
  • Legal and health policy impacts, and strategies to reduce ableism.

Skills

  • Foundational knowledge, skills, and attitudes for caring for individuals with developmental disabilities, including diagnosis and management processes.
  • Understanding the roles of different disciplines and interdisciplinary teams in providing care.
  • Analyzing the impact of legal and health policies on individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.
  • Identifying ableism and developing strategies to reduce it.

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PEDIAT 921 · Spring 2027

Wisconsin Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND)

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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