The Training Division is located in the Mailman Center for Child Development at the University of Miami, Pediatrics Department.

About Preservice Training

• The Mailman Center for Child Development has been providing interdisciplinary training to graduate students at the masters, doctorate, and post doctorate level in the field of developmental disabilities since the early 1970's. The Center is designated a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service, formerly known as University Affiliated Program (UAP); and has a Maternal Child Health Bureau's Leadership in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) training program.
  
  
• Our Psychology Internship program is provided to over 25 trainees per year. These individuals gain clinical, research, and leadership skills under the guidance of an interdisciplinary team composed of University of Miami faculty.

For a list of Preservice online courses- Click Here

About Continuing Education
The Mailman Center provides outreach training to over 5,000 individuals annually. Areas of expertise include some of the following: families with children who have chronic health care needs, inclusionary child care settings, ADA, assistive technology, domestic violence, and health care disparities.

Training programs often include online courses or Internet accessible components. Currently, a new online course is being offered that encompasses training in interdisciplinary teaming, family-centered care, and self-determinism related to providing care and service over the lifespan to individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities, related disabilities, and their families.

For a list of Continuing Education online courses- Click Here

How to Access
Online Courses
Each online course can have up to three web pages associated with it; a Course Homepage, the online course on the Blackboard system, and, when provided, a text only version of the course.

The homepage provides information about the course, registration information and an enrollment form, as well as any new developments in the course, such as updated content, if the course is temporarily inactive due to upgrades, etc.

The course itself resides on the Blackboard web site. Blackboard is software and server system that provides hosting for many University of Miami online courses and provides the environment and vehicle for the course materials created and maintained by UM faculty and UM professionals. (For more information on Blackboard please see their company web site at: http://www.blackboard.com)

For a list of all available online courses- Click Here

(If you would like to brush up on your computer or Internet skills,
please see the free tutorials offered by the Training Division available online in the Computer Basics, the Internet, and Tutorials section.)