Upon completion of the UW LEND training program, trainees successfully achieve the following leadership competencies:

• Knowledge and skill in all aspects of neurodevelopmental and related disabilities (NDRDs) including: prevention and health promotion, early detection, evaluation, treatment strategies, care coordination, evidence-based practice, medical home, and adolescent health transition issues.
• Mastery of discipline specific skills necessary to meet requirements for trainee’s academic program, professional licensure, and discipline-specific board certification.
• Knowledge and skill to practice and advocate the interdisciplinary model of service and research in health and related service including cross-cutting leadership skills such as ethics, policy analysis, advocacy, and constituency building.
• Skill in family-centered, culturally competent, community-based health care practices.
• Knowledge and skill in applied research, specifically in addressing health outcomes for children with NDRDs.
• Knowledge and skill applying Title V legislation and policies, and public health core functions to maternal and child health programs and practice issues.
• Knowledge and skill applying federal, state and local systems of care to children with NDRDs.
• Utilize informatics (e.g. electronic communication media, information and data management, electronic medical records, and distance learning) to promote innovative practice models.
• Mastery of leadership and administrative skills to affect systems change, especially for children with NDRDs and those representing vulnerable populations affected by health care disparities related to cultural, economic, geographic and other factors.