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Cuernavaca and now also in Tulum, Mexico!
Instituto Chac-Mool's Spanish for Social Work class is tailored to help social workers, and students of social work, break down barriers by developing skills and knowledge of the Spanish language and culture. This will enhance their effectiveness with their Spanish-speaking patients or clients. Students are welcome to study for as short as one week, however six weeks is usually required to complete the course objectives.
This class will be taught using a variety of methods with an emphasis on experiential learning: i.e. lecture and instruction, drills and practice, role play, cultural immersion activity, audio and video taping, videos viewed in class, community based activity, workbook practice, course assignments and readings.
Course Description:
Intensive Spanish practice through simulations involving real life situations in intercultural settings. Provides vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, and cultural information for the specific needs of the social workers professional. An intermediate Spanish proficiency level is recommended to get the most from this course.
Course Objectives:
Familiarity with the complexity of cultural and personal identities existing among and within Spanish-speaking populations and their corresponding language variations.
Skill in application of values and professional ethics as they relate to effective communication with a variety of client systems, including differences related to economic class, geographic and national origin, levels of ability, gender, sexual orientation, religious and spiritual differences, and age across the life span.
Skill in use of a systemic, strengths approach in data collection, assessment, intervention, and evaluation, with clients who have limited proficiency in English
Application of communication skills in interview that incorporate cultural nuances and empowerment goals for the promotion of social justice and human well-being among Spanish-speaking populations.
Familiarity and beginning skills in application of terminology specific to different fields of practice.
Skill in self-assessment and goal directed professional growth for cultural competence in practice with Spanish-speaking client systems.
OPTIONAL VOLUNTEER WORK
Outside of class time, participants in the Spanish for Social Workers program are able to have practical experience doing internships in a health care institution, volunteering in orphanages, rural clinics, hospice care, etc. We need a minimum of two weeks advance notice to set up a volunteer schedule, so please register as early as possible. We request a minimum of three weeks at the school in order to get the most from your volunteer program.
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SPECIAL! Private Classes at Special Low Rates!
Our Private Spanish Instruction will be personalized to meet your specific language needs, including specialized vocabulary for travel, law & legal work, medicine, social work, clergy, missionaries, business... almost any focus.
This is a limited time offer, so contact us soon.
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