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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Assistive Technology Online Network <ATNETWORK@LISTSERV.SC.EDU> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rachell Johnson<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 3, 2024 3:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> ATNETWORK@LISTSERV.SC.EDU<br><b>Subject:</b> SC LEND-APPLY TODAY<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>SC LEND IS NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR 2024-2025<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>The South Carolina Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (SC LEND) program presents a unique and vital opportunity to address some of South Carolina’s current challenges by preparing and educating culturally competent professionals and interprofessional trainees across the state and across currently established systems of care. The purpose of the LEND training program is to improve the health of infants, children, and adolescents with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:9.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>The goal of the LEND training program is to improve access to healthcare and services for children with disabilities and their families by training diverse groups of professionals in leadership, cultural and linguistic competence, clinical knowledge, advocacy, and interdisciplinary collaboration between health care professionals and families.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Trainees are recruited from a variety of disciplines and include:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Graduate Students:</span></u><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Matriculated graduate students in their master's or doctoral program. Also includes post-master's and post-doctoral. Postbaccalaureate students actively applying to graduate programs may also be considered. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:51.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Community Professionals: </span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Practicing professionals with graduate degrees or commensurate work or leadership experience. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:51.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Self-Advocates and Family Advocates:</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> Individuals who have lived experience with disabilities, both personally and as family members. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:15.0pt;margin-top:4.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:0%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> SC LEND application link is: </span><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#0563C1'><a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=yVlKXGtt4E2IwFOs1Wa_g2ruI2JT425Bgd_nRnyEwkpUQkpGRTY2VkFDTVRFRjQyMDU1OUFBWENDTS4u" target="_blank" title="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=yVlKXGtt4E2IwFOs1Wa_g2ruI2JT425Bgd_nRnyEwkpUQkpGRTY2VkFDTVRFRjQyMDU1OUFBWENDTS4u"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=yVlKXGtt4E2IwFOs1Wa_g2ruI2JT425Bgd_nRnyEwkpUQkpGRTY2VkFDTVRFRjQyMDU1OUFBWENDTS4u</span></a></span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> The SC LEND site link for other information is: </span><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#0563C1'><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/sclend/home" target="_blank" title="https://sites.google.com/view/sclend/home"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://sites.google.com/view/sclend/home</span></a></span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=Signature><div><p 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