LEND ECI Equity Champions
This nationwide cohort will convene trainees with a focus on early childhood intervention and equity and will result in each trainee producing a related capstone project.
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Alexis Bacon-Yates
Texas Center for Disability Studies University of Texas at Austin
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Elizabeth Deliso
New Hampshire - Maine LEND
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Ayanna Fabio
UC Davis MIND Institute - California
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Bertha Frausto
LoneStar LEND, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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Hannah Keene
University of Kentucky
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Shannon Laine
New Hampshire - Maine LEND
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Emunah Mager Garfield
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Pennsylvania
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Nikita Maharjan
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Pennsylvania
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Christina Miller
Stony Brook University LEND Program - New York
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Veronica Montano Sanchez
California LEND, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
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Asha Nagudi
Eunice Kennedy Shriver LEND - UMass Medical School - Massachusetts
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Jesslyn Ponce
California LEND, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
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Taylor Ponds
Oklahoma LEND
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Anabell Ramos
Waisman Center - Wisconsin
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Dani Schechner
Eunice Kennedy Shriver LEND - UMass Medical School - Massachusetts
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Deepa Srinivasavaradan
New Jersey LEND, The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
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Taylor Vowell
Virginia LEND
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Charlene Woo
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Cohort 1 – Details
The expectations for the program are:
- Attendance at the ECI-Equity Champion orientation on February 6-7, 2024, in Avon, CT,
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July 31-August 1 - Face to Face Meeting in Avon, CT. - Present capstone or a component of your capstone
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- Participation in monthly ECI-Equity Champion meetings - Professional Development
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Zoom: April 16th 3:00 to 4:30 pm - Maureen Greer, Executive Director, IDEA Infant Toddler Coordinators Association, https://www.ideainfanttoddler.org/
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Zoom: May 13th 5:00 to 6:30 pm - Douglene Jackson, American Occupational Therapy Association, AOTF
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- Completion of program evaluation surveys
- Completion and presentation of a capstone project