NH-ME LEND Program

NH-ME LEND Program NH-ME LEND is a Maternal and Child Health funded workforce development program that improves systems

Through a long-standing collaboration between Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth and the University of New Hampshire, the NH-ME LEND Program provides graduate level interdisciplinary training for students and professionals from diverse disciplines, including:
• Developmental Pediatrics
• Physical therapy
• Early Childhood Education
• Psychology
• Health Management & Policy
• Social work
• Nutriti

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• Speech Language Pathology
• Occupational therapy
This rigorous 10-month curriculum follows the academic calendar and includes coursework and hands-on experiences with faculty, families, community partners, and legislators that support trainees’ abilities to:
1. Develop leadership skills that address the needs of children who have neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD) and their families, and allow trainees to move into leadership roles in their communities.
2. Develop an understanding of public policy and evidence based care.
3. Participate in clinical training at Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth, community-based clinical settings, and the Seacoast Child Development Clinic at the University of New Hampshire. Traineeships require a minimum commitment of 300 hours over a 10-month period.

LEND graduates doing impactful work: Recent LEND graduates Rita Despres and Karin Mortimer presented at the 2025 Family ...
06/05/2025

LEND graduates doing impactful work: Recent LEND graduates Rita Despres and Karin Mortimer presented at the 2025 Family Support Conference of New Hampshire. Also represented were LEND graduates Karen Blake, Nicole Sheaff, and Lisa Steadman.

Strengths-based practices! Free webinar in applying character strengths.
05/27/2025

Strengths-based practices! Free webinar in applying character strengths.

Join us June 23 for a webinar on Research Implications of Character Strengths and Abilities Within Disabilities with Dan Tomasulo, hosted by the National Research Consortium on in and partners. More info: https://ow.ly/a8yK50VVKsB

Thursday 5/29 12:30 free webinar about Medicaid from Medicaid Matters.
05/27/2025

Thursday 5/29 12:30 free webinar about Medicaid from Medicaid Matters.

Join NH Medicaid Matters for a free webinar on Thursday, May 29 from 12:30–1:30 PM. They will break down federal Medicaid updates and how they could impact over 187,000 New Hampshire residents.

Hear from policy experts at AARP and UNH Institute for Health Policy and Practice.

Topics include:
🔹 Latest updates on the federal vote
🔹 Potential impacts on Medicaid programs
🔹 What these changes mean for NH
🔹Next steps in the federal budget process

Register here: rebrand.ly/medicaidweb

🔗 Hosted by NH Medicaid Matters.

UNH College of Health and Human Services
University of New Hampshire

From our own Institute on Disability! Consider joining this community of practice!
05/21/2025

From our own Institute on Disability! Consider joining this community of practice!

AUCD’s Community Inclusion Team supports the University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Network in partnership with the Administration for Community Living.

The Association of University Centers on Disabilities' recent news highlighted last week's national roundtable of autism...
05/19/2025

The Association of University Centers on Disabilities' recent news highlighted last week's national roundtable of autism leaders call for action. AUCD writes "the convening reaffirmed a unifying message: the path forward must be built on solidarity, dignity, and action rooted in lived experience."

AUCD’s Community Inclusion Team supports the University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Network in partnership with the Administration for Community Living.

A new report from Manatt Health and supported by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health estimates child imp...
05/16/2025

A new report from Manatt Health and supported by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health estimates child impact of various cuts, with state-by-state data on coverage losses if Congress adopts sweeping changes to Medicaid during the Budget Reconciliation process.

With support from the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, Manatt Health developed national and state-by-state estimates on the potential impact of key Medicaid cuts under consideration by Congress on children and youth. Specifically, the model estimates how the Congressional “pre-le...

05/13/2025

🌍✨ Happy International Nurses Day! 🎉 Today we celebrate the incredible heroes in scrubs who dedicate their lives to caring for others. 💖 Thank you for your compassion, resilience, and strength. You inspire us all! 🙌 Let’s uplift one another with gratitude and share the love! 💐💙

AUCD administers our NH-ME LEND grant. Understanding the impact of these proposed cuts to people with disabilities in NH...
05/06/2025

AUCD administers our NH-ME LEND grant. Understanding the impact of these proposed cuts to people with disabilities in NH and ME and beyond is critical at this time.

AUCD’s Community Inclusion Team supports the University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Network in partnership with the Administration for Community Living.

05/06/2025

As part of our mission to advance the use of child health data, the Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health offers enhanced analytical data sets and codebooks based on the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) and the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (N...

Congratulations Deanna!
05/06/2025

Congratulations Deanna!

The NH Council on Developmental Disabilities (DD Council) would like to congratulate and thank LEND Trainee Deanna Scripture for the amazing work she did this year on her LEND project. Her project focused on supported education and ensuring the educators had all the tools they need in order to be able to ensure all students are taught in the most effective manner.

Upcoming DMHC webinar in May.
05/05/2025

Upcoming DMHC webinar in May.

Dartmouth Health Continuing Education for Professionals Home, AI and the Digital Age: Responsible and Compassionate Care for People with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, 5/12/2025 8:15:00 AM - 5/12/2025 1:00:00 PM,

Upcoming START National Training Institute
05/02/2025

Upcoming START National Training Institute

AUCD’s Community Inclusion Team supports the University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Network in partnership with the Administration for Community Living.

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Durham, NH

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Monday 8am - 5am
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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(603) 862-0561

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https://ccids.umaine.edu/research-projects/completed-projects/nh-me-lend/

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Through a long-standing collaboration between Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth and the University of New Hampshire, & the University of Maine, the NH-ME LEND Program provides graduate level interdisciplinary training for students and professionals from diverse disciplines, including: • Developmental Pediatrics • Physical therapy • Early Childhood Education • Psychology • Health Management & Policy • Social work • Nutrition • Speech Language Pathology • Occupational therapy This rigorous 10-month curriculum follows the academic calendar and includes coursework and hands-on experiences with faculty, families, community partners, and legislators that support trainees’ abilities to: 1. Develop leadership skills that address the needs of children who have neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD) and their families, and allow trainees to move into leadership roles in their communities. 2. Develop an understanding of public policy and evidence based care. 3. Participate in clinical training at Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth, community-based clinical settings. Traineeships require a minimum commitment of 300 hours over a 10-month period.