Chief Editor

Dr. Mary Leppert.

Mary L.
O'Connor Leppert
,
MB, BCh

Physician, Division of Neurology and Developmental Medicine

Associate Editors

Joyce Nolan Harrison, MD

Joyce
Nolan Harrison
,
MD

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Megan Bone

Megan E.
Bone
,
MD

Pediatric Neurologist

Chapter Editors

Anxiety

Joyce Harrison headshot.

Joyce Harrison, MD

Nadia Ziam

Nadia Ziam, MD

ADHD

Miya Asato headshot.

Miya Asato, MD

Mary Leppert headshot.

Mary Leppert, MB, BCH

Communication Disorders

Mary Leppert headshot

Mary Leppert, MB, BCH

Wendy A. Jennejahn headshot.

Wendy A. Jennejahn, MS, CCC-SLP

Disruptive Behavior Disorders

Joyce Harrison headshot

Joyce Harrison, MD

Fundaments

Mary Leppert headshot

Mary Leppert, MB, BCH

Megan Bone

Megan Bone, MD

Medical Complexity

Michelle Melicosta headshot

Michelle Melicosta, MD, MPH

Nadia Zaim headshot.

Nadia Zaim, MD

Trauma

Joan Kaufman headshot

Joan Kaufman, PhD

Special Education Law

Mallory Finn Legg headshot.

Mallory Finn Legg, Esq.

Genetics

Julie Cohen headshot.

Julie Cohen, ScM, CGC

Acknowledgements

Chapter Authors

Faculty, staff, and guests of Kennedy Krieger Institute contributed their knowledge, skill, time, and effort to produce content for individual chapter topics. Without their contributions, the KIND curriculum would not exist. 

Abena Brown-Elhillali, PhD, RYT, Ada Hamosh, MD, MPH, Aime Bettencourt, PhD, Alexis Franks, MD, Alyssa Blesson, MGC, CGC, Alyssa Navarrete Thorn, Esq., Amber Surveski, MS, CCC-SLP, Amy Keefer, PhD, ABPP, Amy Patterson, MS, CGC, Ana Maria Wilms Floet, MD, Angela Celano, LCSW, Ben Akman, SCM, CGC, Benjamin Schindel, MD, MPH, Beth Farrell, PT, DPT, PCS, ATP/SMS, Bradley Grant, DO, Brandi Tancemore, LCPC, NCC, Brooke Kimbrell, MD, MSE, Carmen Lopez-Arvizu, MD, Cathleen Lawson, MS, CGC, Charles (Chuck) Conlon, MD, Chelsea Flanigan, MS, CGC, Christa Habela, MD, PhD, Clay Smith, MD, Colleen Lenz, MS, RN, CPNP, Constance Smith-Hicks, MD, PhD, Daniel Hoover, PhD, Dawn Pfluger, BSN, RN, CPN, CRRN, CWCN, Joyce Harrison, MD, Mary L. O’Connor Leppert, MB, BCH, Megan Bone, MD, Raghad Alkhafaji, MD, Selene Almazan, Esq., Teresa Loya, LCSW-C, Wilfreda Lindsey, MD, MS, Jacqueline Britton, MGC, CGC, Jacqueline Harris, MD, MS, Jennifer Serico, PhD, Joan Kaufman, PhD, Laura Costa, PhD, Lyda Holguin-Gaviria, LCPC, NCC, Maria Khan, PhD, Mihee Bay, MD, Miguel Roberts, PhD, Nadia Zaim, MD, Nancy Grace, MD, Nancy Yeh, MD, Robyn Filipink, MD, Roma Vasa, MD, Sara Davis, LCSW-C, TjaMeika Purnell, (Parent), Jennifer Shepard Payne, PhD, LCSW-C, Jonathan Walsh, MD, FACS, Kelsey Guthrie, MGC, CGC, Mahim Jain, MD, PhD, Mallory Legg, Esq., Meghna Rajaprakash, MD, MSc, Melanie Brown, MD, Michelle Melicosta, MD, MPH, Miya Asato, MD, Patricia Shepley, MSW, LCSW-C, Patti Miller, MS, RD, CSP, LDN, Rebecca McClellan, MGC, CGC, Ryan Gill, MD, Stephanie Riley, ScM, CGC, Wendy A. Jennejahn, MS, CCC-SLP.

Developers 

The Kennedy Krieger Learning Design & Technology Team served as designers and developers of the online learning experience. 

  • Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles, PhD, ATP - Instructional Designer 
  • Esther Durrant, M.Ed - Instructional Designer 
  • Timothy Marshall, Media Producer 
  • Harmina Moudgil, MS - Instructional Designer
  • Miriam Larson, PhD - Instructional Designer, Assistant Director 
  • Eric Moore, PhD - Instructional Designer, Director
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