UNC CB 7255
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
| Program Contact | Deborah Zuver |
| deborah.zuver@cidd.unc.edu | |
| Phone | 9199623603 |
| Website | http://www.cidd.unc.edu/ |
The LEND program at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities offers inclusive leadership training for graduate-level students in a range of disciplines who want to work in the intellectual/developmental disabilities field. LEND aims to improve quality of life for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. In addition to academic disciplines, the discipline of advocacy is represented by one or two self-advocate leaders. These LEND self-advocate trainee(s) engage in learning experiences with the cohort of trainees including graduate students and family advocates. All LEND learning experiences include a weekly course about developmental disabilities (2 hour credit or audit), a leadership consortium, participation in faculty-led projects, and mentoring; individualized education coaching is provided to LEND self-advocate trainees.
| General | |
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| Public or private: | Public |
| Type of school: | 4-year college or university |
| Is this program a federally funded TPSID program? | No |
| Students in this program: | Have graduated or exited from high school |
| Number of students: | 2 |
| Requirements | |
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| Deadline to apply to this program: | Spring |
| Requirements for admission to this program: |
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| Please indicate which disabilities students in this program have: |
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| Program length: | 1 year |
| Acceptance, Retention, and Completion Rates | |
|---|---|
| Percent of students applying who are admitted: | 50% |
| Retention rate: | 0% |
| Cost | |
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| Is this program able to provide federal financial aid as a Comprehensive Transition Program (CTP)? | No |
| Students pay for the program in the following ways: |
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| Scholarships available: |
LEND is funded by the US Maternal and Child Health Bureau |
| Academic | |
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| Students take these types of "typical" courses (with students who don't have disabilities): | Typical college courses for audit |
| Time spent only with other students in this program: | All of the time |
| Employment | |
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| Percent of students in this program have paid work while attending the program: | 0% |
| Other career development activities are: |
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| Percent of students in this program that had paid work after exiting the program: | 100% |
| Housing | |
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| Housing is provided to students: | No |
| Extracurricular | |
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| Students participate in student organizations on campus: | No |
| Proportion of time spent only with other students in this program: | None of the time |
| Students have participated in these social/extracurricular activities and organizations: |
n/a |