{"id":143093,"date":"2025-06-10T21:34:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T01:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143093"},"modified":"2025-06-10T21:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T01:34:21","slug":"good-shepherd-rehabilitation-conducts-health-needs-assessment-for-people-identifying-as-neurodivergent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143093","title":{"rendered":"Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Conducts Health Needs Assessment for People Identifying as Neurodivergent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"MsoNormal wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Conducts Health Needs Assessment for People Identifying as Neurodivergent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ALLENTOWN, Pa. (June 10, 2025) \u2014<\/strong>&nbsp;Good Shepherd Rehabilitation \u2014 in partnership with Lehigh University \u2014 is conducting a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to better understand the needs of adults and children with autism, ADHD and other neurodivergent conditions in the greater Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal wp-block-paragraph\">Understanding these needs will help Good Shepherd to develop and improve the treatments and services provided in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal wp-block-paragraph\">Good Shepherd developed a survey to be completed by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>People who identify as neurodivergent (i.e., autism, ADHD, brain injury)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Families and caregivers of neurodivergent individuals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clinical and service providers providing services to the neurodivergent community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal wp-block-paragraph\">Take Good Shepherd&#8217;s CHNA survey at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodshepherdrehab.org\/chna2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.goodshepherdrehab.org\/chna2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal wp-block-paragraph\">Please share the survey with any appropriate individuals or organizations to provide feedback. The survey is anonymous and will remain open until&nbsp;<strong>June 30, 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for helping us to better serve individuals with autistic and neurodivergent conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal wp-block-paragraph\">Information provided to TVL by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal wp-block-paragraph\">Mike Walbert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Conducts Health Needs Assessment for People Identifying as Neurodivergent ALLENTOWN, Pa. 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