Child Care Resources has an admin support position available for a work-study eligible student.

Professional Development Data and Administrative Specialist

$12-$15/hour, start date asap.

The Professional Development Data and Administrative Specialist takes primary responsibility for accurately entering data into the two main professional development databases, analyzing this data and providing summaries of this data.  In addition, tasks will include assembling training packets, managing mailing and email lists, client reminder calls and updating client contact information.  The Professional Development Data and Administrative Specialist will work directly with the professional development team.

Students will learn about how a non-profit human service organization operates, continuing professional development in the Early Learning field and early learning education in general.  The student will experience an entry level position in a successful program and organization.  Students will also develop an understanding of the expectations of government funders and the importance of providing quality data in order to maintain funding to do important nonprofit work.

Minimum Qualifications:

– Excellent data entry skills, including accuracy and ability to organize and meet deadlines
– Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to learn new databases
– Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
– Ability to compile data and analyze
– Strong problem solving skills and flexibility
– Commitment to diversity, cultural relevancy and inclusion
– Commitment to and ability to maintain confidentiality of client data
– Must be able to pass a criminal background check

Supervisor: Mary Keating, (206)329-1011

Caleb Richmond

Executive Team Administrative Assistant

Child Care Resources

1225 S Weller, Suite 300

Seattle, WA  98144

www.childcare.org

BH 597 Ethical Issues in the Food System and Public Health (3 credits, sln: 20742)

Spring 2014

Special topics course for graduate and professional students.

Thursdays, 1:30-4:20pm, A204-C Health Sciences Building,

Instructor: Kate McGlone West, PhD student, Public Health Genetics westkate@uw.edu Faculty Liaison: Kelly Edwards, PhD

Email: bhadds@uw.edu for entry code.

Course Description:

This course provides an opportunity for students to consider the complex-ities of the modern food system from a lens of public health ethics and social justice. Every time we make a food-related choice or policy, there are both good and bad consequences. But in our complex food system, we see only pieces of the whole, which leads to a great deal of uncertain-ty around the risk and benefits of these decisions. Drawing from both peer-reviewed literature and popular media, we will examine current is-sues of food in society, considering impacts on health and health dispari-ties, distribution of risks, benefits and structural violence within the sys-tem, how power and privilege impact what we see and know, while ask-ing how to make societal decisions around food. The first half of the course will focus on science and biotechnology, while the second half will focus on social aspects, food sovereignty, and public health policy.

We will apply ethical frameworks such as social justice theories, feminist ethics, public health/communitarian ethics, principles, consequentialist, and virtue ethics to frame our discussions about what we should do as individuals and a society around topical domains in the food system.

Students will practice making an ethical case for a policy on a topic of their interest.

Course Objectives:

1. Identify ethical issues in food-related case studies as they relate to individual and community health and well-being.

2. Facilitate discussion around challenging food issues, in an environment of limited or conflicting information, to consider policy or action alter-natives.

3. Present and apply a set of ethical theories to food-related decision-making.

UW MA in Bioethics Program

http://depts.washington.edu/bhdept/

G H 590 B: Adolescent Health in Resource Limited Settings (1 credit)

Tuesdays, 5:30-6:50pm

Offered C/NC.

sln: 14308

Global Perspectives in Reproductive Health (G H 590A, sln 14307)

This course is designed for a broad range of students from all schools and departments who have an interest in global reproductive health.

OVERVIEW

This landscape course is designed to give students an overview of global reproductive health and encourage interdisciplinary learning. It will focus on family planning and population policy, including male and female contraception, abortion policies, human rights, HIV/STIs, access to services, and cost-effectiveness of contraception. It will emphasize current issues, challenges, and strategies to improve reproductive health, with a focus on resource-limited settings. 

Instructors: Dr. Alison Drake, Dr. Sarah Prager, and Dr. Jennifer Unger

Credits: 3 credits (credit/no credit grading)

Time: Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:00pm-3:30pm

Location: Health Sciences Building – Room K069

This course is sponsored by the University of Washington Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents, and Children (Global WACh).

Dear Students, Staff, and Faculty,

Please mark your calendars and join us for the Health Sciences Service Learning Summit on April 7^th, 2014 from 5:30-8:00 in the Rotunda!

The summit will involve free dinner, a keynote speaker, student speakers from exemplary student-led service and advocacy organizations, and workshops on community engagement, health equity, and social justice.

Nominate student service organizations doing outstanding work in the community to be featured during the summit. Nominations are due March 6^th!  Submit nominations here: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/lhenric/225999

Do you have a passion for sexual health, mental health, or drug education?  If so, the UW Peer Health Education program may be for you!  We are currently recruiting for 2014-2015 peer health educators and welcome students from all majors and backgrounds to apply.

The Peer Health Educators are a group of student volunteers dedicated to encouraging healthier decisions by educating the UW community through presentations and other events.  This includes everything from presentations with the UW Greek community to being on Sexpert panels.

The program’s scope is focused on the most common issues related to student health:

• healthy relationships/relationship violence
• sexual assault
• mental health/suicide intervention
• alcohol and other drugs

Here is the link to the 2014-2015 PHE application: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/tiffhou/223985.  It is due on March 7th and we will follow up the next week with further information and next steps.  There are 2 information sessions you may attend if you are interested in learning more:

• Wednesday March 5, 5:30-6:30
• Thursday March 6, 5:00-6:00

Both sessions will be located in 109 Elm Hall (located next to the West Campus Fitness Center). If you are interested in attending a session, please email Tiffany at uwphe@uw.edu with the session you are interested in.  You can also select an option in the PHE application.

Please note that spring training will take place spring quarter from 4:30-6pm on Thursdays.  This is required for all PHEs. There is also an option to receive 1-2 credits (TBD).

Please feel free to email the PHEs at any time at uwphe@uw.edu.

Global Health Career Week begins Monday, March 3 and ends on Saturday, March 8, 2014.

Website: http://globalhealth.washington.edu/global-health-career-week-2014

CHID/LSJ/DIS ST 433 A

Disability Law, Policy and the Community (5 credits)

Instructor: Pat Brown

TTh, 9:30-11:20

This course addresses the history of legal rights of disabled people, U.S. disability policy, and the role of community activism and other forces in policy development and systems change.  Introduces the existing social service system that affects disabled people.

Registration not available to students in other departments until March 3rd.  Please see notes under all 3 listings to see who to contact for add codes, waitlist questions:

http://www.washington.edu/students/timeschd/SPR2014/#SW

This course may be used as an out-of-dept elective for MSW students (up to 3 credits.)  To use it as such, students AFTER THEY REGISTER should email linm@uw.edu their name, student number, the course prefix and number and a request to adjust their degree audit to reflect this as an elective.

 

Hi All –

Full-time graduate students (10 credits) are eligible to apply, too!

From: Burgess Malarkey [mailto:asuwbdsp@uw.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 3:05 PM

Hello All,

The ASUW Husky Pride Fund is distributing two $1,250 scholarships for Exploration Seminars! The application is open until March 2nd (next Sunday) at midnight.

The Husky Pride Fund is a need based scholarship, but all full-time undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply. The scholarships are for Exploration Seminars only. More information is at http://hpf.asuw.org/

If you have any questions, please contact me!

Regards,

Burgess Malarkey | Director of Service and Partnerships

Associated Students of the University of Washington

E-Mail | Office Hours | Facebook

HUSKY UNION BUILDING 121 | (206) 543-1780

The University of Washington Q Center has an advising program, staffed by Dr. Jen Self, Lor Anderson, an MSW Practicum Intern, Jaimée Marsh, Assistant Director, and James Keum, the Q Center’s Queer People of Color Advocate. The goal of our advising program is to provide students with safe and affirming spaces to talk and deal with the variety of concerns and challenges unique to queer, trans*, and questioning students.

This year the Q Center celebrates 10 years of service to the University of Washington communities. It is through our partnerships across the campus, particularly with advisers, that we have been able to reach and serve queer, trans*, and questioning students in nearly every department on campus. We want to thank you for your support and encourage you  to continue referring your students to the Q Center for advising, crisis counseling, advocacy, social space, support, fun, education, and just as another unit on campus that fosters student development. Read more

Qualitative Research Methods – Spring, 2014 URBDP 519 A/Arch 598E

3 credits

Tuesdays, 1:30-4:20

SLN: 20229 OR 10410

Restricted to grad students in the College of Built Environments through period 1 registration.

SSW grad students should be able to register beginning March 3^rd.

Instructor: Bob Mugerauer

drbobm@u.washington.edu  

Educational Objectives

The course will examine traditional and innovative research methodologies appropriate for both archival research and field work.

(The approaches to be covered are appropriate for theses and dissertations.) The goal is to cover the theoretical foundations and the applications of the most important methodological strategies for a variety of disciplines—responding to their differences as well as shared features: planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, forest resources, geography, anthropology, public health, public policy, social work, environmental-cultural studies.

Read more

An American Day:

Join ACE and ASUW La Raza as we showcase the narratives behind the Dream Act in Washington State.

Thursday 2/21, 7:00pm

ECC

During this hour long event we will premier an original short film called “An American Dream” which focuses on the life of a DREAMer.

We will also include an exclusive expansion of the actresses story and what these policies mean to her.
Let’s move beyond documentation, paper policy and embrace the true narrative!

For more information, check out the Facebook event or contact ACE or La Raza Commission!

https://www.facebook.com/events/470895046369437/ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

BH 518 “Spirituality in Health Care”  a multidisciplinary course

Mondays, 6-7:50pm

2 credits

Greetings,  I wanted to let you all know of an interesting ethics elective that will be offered spring quarter, 2014—“Spirituality in Health Care” BH-518– conjoint with Fam Med 547.  This two hour elective explores how patients use religious beliefs and practices in coping with serious illness and the prospect of dying.  It also encourages participants to reflect on how belief systems (pro or con) held by health care professionals may affect patient care. It offers a brief exploration of some of today’s world religions and how health care professionals can work in partnership with chaplains.  Class will meet on Monday evenings, 6-7:50pm, room T-473.  To enroll, or for inquiries, send your name and student number to: bhadds@uw.edu best wishes,

Dr. Tom McCormick

Dept. Bioethics and Humanities

Dr. Stephen King, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, adjunct Bioethics & Humanities

Description Mortar Board Alumni/Tolo Foundation is seeking qualified candidates to receive merit scholarships for the 2014-2015 academic year. The Foundation awards over $30,000 in total scholarships at the UW each year. Mortar Board Alumni/Tolo Foundation annually recognizes UW sophomores, juniors, seniors, & graduate students based on distinguished achievement in scholarship, leadership & service to the campus & community. Applicants are encouraged from all UW academic levels and from all fields of study, including those students who have not yet declared a major.  Membership in Mortar Board is NOT required. The Mortar Board Alumni/Tolo Foundation will award scholarships on an objective and non-discriminatory basis. Mortar Board is a national honor society  (a related but separate organization from the Foundation, which awards the scholarships) recognizing college seniors for outstanding scholarship, leadership, and service.  Mortar Board membership is one of the highest honors a university student can achieve. In western Washington we have three active Mortar Board chapters – at the University of Washington, Seattle Pacific University, and Pacific Lutheran University. There has been an active Mortar Board Chapter at the University of Washington since 1909. Mortar Board alumni form the Mortar Board Alumni/Tolo Foundation, which awards these merit scholarships annually. Eligibility Applicants must be a sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate student of the University of Washington, including branch campuses, throughout the 2014-2015  academic year. If selected as a semifinalist, applicants must be available for a personal interview to be scheduled with the Mortar Board Alumni/Tolo Foundation Scholarship Committee during spring quarter. Applicants must not be related to a past or present director and/or employee of the Mortar Board Alumni/Tolo Foundation. An awarded scholarship can be used only for tuition and other eligible education expenses. More info see: http://expd.washington.edu/scholarships/search/search-results.html?page_stub=mortar

Online Courses offered through UW Professional and Continuing Education (PCE) which may be used towards the electives requirement in the MSW Program.

Courses from the Certificate in Infant Mental Health:

http://www.pce.uw.edu/certificates/infant-mental-health.html

Examples:

·         Development and Psychopathology: Parents and Infants

·         Relationship-based Mental Health Assessment of Infant and Toddler

·         Using Infant Mental Health Approaches in Practice Settings

Courses from the Certificate in Gerontology:

http://www.pce.uw.edu/certificates/gerontology.html

Examples:

·         Biological Aspects of Aging (UCONJ DL 440)

·         Families and Aging in a Social Cultural Context (UCONJ  DL 442)

·         Psychology of Aging (UCONJ DL 511)

·         Current Issues in Aging (UCONJ DL 413)

Things to remember:

·         Courses MUST be taken for academic credit.

·         Up to 3 credits out-of-department is allowed without prior approval, more than that requires a petition for an exception to an MSW requirements form available at:  http://socialwork.uw.edu/students/services/msw-program-reference-area)

·         For the 3 credits out-of-department, the course must be at the 400 or 500 level and be related to social work practice in some way.

·         These credits are NOT included in regular tuition for MSW DAY students – the fees are handled separately and would be in addition to any other tuition the student is paying.

·         AFTER registering, the student should email linm@uw.edu with the following information to get the course included in the student’s degree audit in the electives section: student name, student number, prefix and course number and quarter in which the student is enrolled in the course.  You can find prefix and course number in MyUW after you’ve registered.

“Rethinking the Archives Through Red Medicine: Indigenous Webs of Knowledge and Healing”

w/ Patrisia Gonzales, PhD (Lecture, Reception and Book signing)

Tuesday, March 4, 2014, 7 pm
Savery Hall, Room 260
UW-Seattle

Co-Sponsored by: Jackson School of International Studies: Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI), Comparative History of Ideas, Center for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Native Organization of Indigenous Scholars (NOIS), Department of Anthropology, UW Health Sciences Service Learning, Health Sciences Center Minority Program Read more

Trainings in Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk will be offered in the SSW this Spring, 2014!

The UW School of Social work is offering an opportunity for MSW and graduating BASW students to receive training in suicide assessment and management during Spring Quarter, 2014.  This is an important area of social work practice that is currently not taught in depth anywhere in the curriculum and it is a requirement for initial license and renewal in Washington.

Benefits to completing the training during Spring Quarter are:

• Fulfill a legal requirement for your social work license conveniently offered while in school.
• Trainings are offered at a subsidized cost, a fraction of what it will cost post-graduation.
• Training hours count towards overall practicum hours. Practicum instructors will be asked to provide relief time during practicum hours to complete the training.
• Most social workers assess and treat clients with suicidal behaviors on a regular basis. Experiencing the suicide of a client during your career is a major occupational hazard.

Who can register: Any MSW Social Work Student can register. Spots are limited so priority will be given to students closest to graduation. *Priority registration will be given to graduating students.  Students need to respond by February 26^th, 2014.

Training Topics: Understanding suicidal behavior, eliciting suicide ideation and plans, formulation of risk, treatment planning, care management, documentation and legal issues.

Training Format: Single, full day, 8:30-5:30 on a Monday or Saturday. It is essential that you attend the full training to receive the certificate of completion.

Training Instructor: Sue Eastgard is a nationally known expert in the field of suicide prevention, an experienced social worker, and a graduate of this MSW program, who will facilitate the training of Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk,developed by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) and experts in the field http://www.sprc.org/training-institute/amsr

Cost:  Upon registering for this course, a $50 fee will be directly charged to your student account, and listed among your fees for Spring 2014 registration.  The fee covers the cost of the training, training materials and the certificate of completion that is issued at the end of the training. Completion of this training, including proof demonstrated by the certificate of completion, fulfills this new licensure requirement. Please be advised that training in suicide assessment, treatment and management must be completed every 6 years.  *There will be no refunds if you’re not able to attend your assigned session.

Training Dates:  Follow the link below (you may have to copy the url into your browser).  You will then need to provide us with information required for registration and pick your training date.  There are only 30 students allowed per training session. You will need to pick your top 2 choices of dates to attend the training.  The spots will be filled on a first come, first serve basis.  If we are not able to accommodate your preferred training date, we will send a message to your student email if a slot opens up.  Spots are expected to fill up quickly so don’t delay!

https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/ffront/225585

The Department of Global Health is excited to announce five funding opportunities for travel support and fieldwork experiences for graduate and professional students, and medical residents at the University of Washington.

• George Povey Social Justice and Activism in Global Health Fellowship (new!)
• Global Opportunities in Health Fellowship
• Pulitzer International Reporting Fellowship in Global Health (new!)
• Stergachis Global Health Fellowship (new!)
• Thomas Francis, Jr. Global Health Fellowship

This year we’ve developed a Common Application to make it easier to apply. Students are encouraged to apply for more than one fellowship, but are only eligible to receive one award per application cycle. If a student is awarded and accepts the Fellowship, they must immediately withdraw their applications to other DGH fellowship or funded programs. Fellowship recipients must meet all program deadlines and program requirements, including attendance at a mandatory pre-departure orientation on Sunday, May 4, 2014.

Common eligibility criteria:

• Graduate or professional students enrolled in a full-time University of Washington degree program.
• Medical residents enrolled in a University of Washington residency program are eligible to apply for:
  – George Povey Social Justice and Activism in Global Health Fellowship
     – Global Opportunities (GO) Health Fellowship
     – Stergachis Global Health Fellowship.

• Good academic standing.
• Not currently receiving another DGH award or fellowship for the same time period, or for the same program or fieldwork experience.
• Medical and post-doc fellows, and undergraduates are NOT eligible for any of these awards.

Please review the criteria for each of the awards to ensure that you have submitted the proper documentation to complete the process.  All documentation must be submitted via email to Daren Wade at ghrc@uw.edu by 11:59 p.m., Friday, March 21, 2014.

Download the application.

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