Interdisciplinary training
The Training in Interdisciplinary Partnerships & Services (TIPS) for Kids is a partnership between the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the School of Medicine and the Institute for Human Development at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. This is Missouri’s Leadership in Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) program funded by a grant from the Maternal Child Health Bureau. This initiative provides intensive training for advanced graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in interdisciplinary, family-centered care for children with special health care needs. The following disciplines participate in the grant both as faculty and as trainees:
- Health management and informatics
- Nursing
- Occupational therapy
- Physical therapy
- Psychology
- Social work
- Speech and language pathology
- Pediatric medicine
The Thompson Center has supported partial funding for a post-doctoral fellow to participate in this program and to obtain supplemental training in clinical practice and autism research.
For more information about the TIPS for Kids training program or to obtain an application, call or e-mail Teresa Adams at 573-882-0757 or adamsta@health.missouri.edu, or visit TIPS for Kids.
