Contact Information
Shelly Baer, LCSW
Mailman Center for Child Development
Department of Pediatrics
Seeking Patient Care?
The self-advocacy/person with disability (PWD) training program is designed for persons with disabilities who have an interest in improving their leadership skills to help themselves, others, and the wider community. Learning experiences include classroom teaching, interdisciplinary group activities (people from many backgrounds working together; for example, a group which has a family member, a doctor and a social worker), policy trainings, advocacy, and mentoring.
Sessions take place over two semesters and the time frame is flexible.
Like all trainees at the Mailman Center, self-advocate/PWD trainees participate in the LEND (Leadership Development in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities) curriculum, a federally funded interprofessional training program based on family professional partnerships.