We received this email from a UW student in another program and he is looking for a low income parent to interview about finding childcare.  If you’re interested, please email him at nick.m.lamm@gmail.com.

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“I am doing a project for my Informatics class in which we need to interview a “stakeholder” in the issue we are proposing to solve. For our project we have chosen to help find childcare for low-income families, and we need to interview someone that our project would be helping. If you could help me find a person we could interview, I would be extremely grateful.

Thanks,

Nick Lamm”

The deadline (May 27th) is approaching for you to submit a $1,500 winning clinical paper. The Holm and Osman Awards competition, sponsored by the American Clinical Social Work Association, is open for submissions. First and second year master’s students, please take advantage of this opportunity! For more information and guidelines, please visit the ACSWA website: students.acswa.org

The Holm Award is a $1,500 prize for a final-year grad student who writes the best paper about a clinical intervention.

The Osman Award is a $1,500 prize for a first-year grad student who writes the best paper about a clinical intervention.

Please spread the word for a final push for an upcoming Youth Town Hall on Monday, May 2nd. Pizza will be provided to all participants!

The Carlson Center is partnering with the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United State Senate and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation to provide space for young adults to remotely participate in an upcoming Youth Town Hall focused on discussing issues of importance to young people in the upcoming election season. Please share widely. Space is limited.

You are invited to participate!

Youth Town Hall

Monday, May 2 – 3:00 – 5:30 PST

Odegaard Undergraduate Library, Room 320

Want to make your voice heard on issues that are pressing to you and the community? Do you want to engage with other young adults around the country around your priorities in the upcoming election?

JOIN US FOR AN UPCOMING YOUTH TOWN HALL AND PIZZA PARTY!

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation will convene a Youth Town Hall with young adults ahead of the general election. The program will take place in the Institute’s full-scale replica of the U.S. Senate Chamber in Boston, Massachusetts before an audience of approximately 350 young working adults and university students. The Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center is excited to host a remote group of participants from the University of Washington, and we would love for you join us! The interactive viewing party and discussion will take place in Odegaard Undergraduate Library, Room 320 on Monday, May 2 beginning at 3:00 PM.

During the program, a moderator will lead a discussion among the young adult participants about the vision they have for their communities and the country, priorities they believe candidates should have, and their level of civic engagement. The program will alternate between polling on tablets and live, unfiltered conversation. The Institute will live-stream the session and virtually integrate participants from remote locations including Washington, DC, and Seattle, Washington, who can take the polls simultaneously. After the discussion, the Institute plans to share the youth’s priorities with both parties ahead of the presidential town hall scheduled for the fall.

Space is limited! RSVP today to engage@uw.edu. Pizza will be provided! Further details will be confirmed to participants prior to the event. Questions about the event can be sent to engage@uw.edu.

Job Description – Indian Child Welfare Case Worker 2016

Job Description – Family Services Manager 4-2016

Considering a career in global health? The Global Health Resource Center, Department of Global Health, is excited to announce the schedule for our annual Global Health Career Week, May 2^nd – 7^th, 2016. All are welcome!

Global Health Career Week includes lectures, events, and information sessions, including a Career Resource and Information Fair, promoting careers in global health. We have also included a lecture by Paul Farmer on our calendar, which has been organized by Grand Rounds Talk in the School of Medicine, Department of Surgery.

Schedule below. Please share and circulate campus-wide. See you there!

Monday, May 2

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Hello!

The UW Recycling Office has an opening for a part-time student Waste Diversion Coordinator. This position could begin as early as June 13, 2016 and continue for the duration of the 2017 academic school year. This is a great opportunity for a qualified, dedicated student interested in environmental issues, primarily recycling and composting education and general sustainability topics, to help build upon their skills and experience.

To view the full job description and apply, interested and qualified candidates should sign in to Husky Jobs (www.huskyjobs.washington.edu/students/) and search for the position by job number 102461.

Student Assistant Position: Waste Diversion Coordinator

Start Date: On or after June 13, 2016

Hours/Times:  20 hrs/week

Compensation:  $13.00/hr

Duration: 1 year

The Waste Diversion Coordinator will work with UW Recycling staff to develop outreach initiatives,  educational campaigns, communication materials and strategies to educate and engage the UW community in our waste reduction efforts.  A primary focus will be identifying areas of improvement for existing waste diversion initiatives as well as assisting in developing and disseminating information relevant to programs we promote. Your efforts will help to reach our goal of 70% waste diversion by 2020!

Click the read more tag to view responsibilities and qualifications for this position.

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EXPLORE THE EVIDENCE FOR CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE CARE

NURS 579, Transcultural Nursing Practice, this summer Mondays 9:40-12:30, T 521 HSB.  3 credits during both sessions.

• Multiple approaches to culturally appropriate health care practice
• Understand the growth of knowledge in Transcultural Nursing
• Seminars focus on the integration of participants’ practice with multidisciplinary resources
• Three (4-10 page) papers to design your own clinical approaches.

Noel Chrisman, PhD, MPH.  Professor Psychosocial and Community Health

noelj@uw.edu.  T 520A HSB

NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR

UW STUDENTS AND STAFF

Any hungry Husky.

Do you ever struggle to put food on the table? Are you ever forced to choose between a meal and another priority? If so, we invite you to visit the UW campus food pantry.

The UW campus food pantry provides food for any UW student, staff or faculty member. To participate in the pantry, the only requirement is a Husky card. We seek to create a welcoming space where all members of the campus community have access to nourishing resources so they can thrive.

No Husky should go hungry.

Campus food pantry offerings are shelf-stable,

non-perishable items, including:

• Canned fruit
• Canned chicken, tuna and salmon
• Soups and stews
• Peanut or other nut butters (especially crunchy)
• Shelf-stable milk alternatives (rice, soy, hemp, etc.)
• Cereal
• Cooking oil
• Toiletries

Follow us on Facebook for updates and happenings: facebook.com/UWfoodpantry

Learn more at: dsl.uw.edu

Questions or comments? Interested in volunteering?

Please contact us at uwpantry@uw.edu or 206.543.4972.

 

CE Self-Care Classes for Social Workers, Nurses,  Marriage & Family Therapist, Lic. Mental Health Counselors, Massage & Acupuncturists

May 5th, 7-8pm                 May 21 & 22 

 

Self-Awareness & Recharge

• Stress •Anxiety •Burnout •Depression •Transference
• Compassion-Fatigue •Stress-Management •& Much More

 

Testimonials:

“Brendan’s Qigong class is the best Self-Care I have found in over 25 years. I am amazed at how little I react to stressful moments. My severe anxiety issues are gone & my energy levels stay constant throughout the day.” Jill Morris, LNP, LMP, RMT

“As a Nurse, I initially felt pretty skeptical about attending the QiGong training with Brendan. My days are spent in science based activities and Western medicine. I was really surprised when I was able to feel the energy between my hands and an unexplainable sense of joy and lightness during the first class. The benefits have been: sleeping more soundly, feeling more energized during the day, not feeling as overwhelmed during the day with stress, greatly reduced anxiety, feeling grounded and feeling more connected to other people. My diet and appetite has also changed for the better, I now crave healthier foods.” Lynn, Registered Nurse

Upcoming Classes: (open to all)

1. Sample/ Intro Class. Yi Ren® Qigong: Energy Activation & Informational 

Experience and learn the theory behind medical qigong from an anatomical, physiological, and psychological perspective to enhance mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health. Receive insight regarding some of the numerous health benefits of qigong for self-care, strengthening and balancing the vitality of all the human anatomical systems like the immune, nervous and endocrine systems for a stronger immune system, and improved sleep quality. We will also, do qigong exercises to activate our energy field, the Internal Power Station (kidneys and life gate) and relax the Adrenal Glands to support the participants to become tangible aware of their bio energy and feel refreshed, recharged and relaxed all at the same time.

 

When: May 5th, 7- 7:55pm.

Cost: $10.

Full Time Student: $5

Where: 5031 University Way NE room #109. Seattle, WA 98105

 

Yi Ren Qigong Level 1: Internal Qi-Activation & Cultivation

This course teaches the foundational exercises for internal Qi-energy activation, cultivation, grounding and circulation. The purpose of these exercises is to activate and stabilize the energy field, increase internal energy levels and develop the body’s internal energetic communication system. These Qi-energy based exercises will increase vitality and creativity, enhance immunity and self-healing, and improve the quality of practitioners’ lives.

In Part 1, we will learn the internal energy activation exercises, which involve activating the “lifegate” or battery pack of our energy system, followed by cultivating our energy centers and grounding our internal energy.

In Part 2, we will learn how to activate our marrow and brain gates, which involves connecting with our autonomic nervous system (ANS). The ANS is the body’s control system, enabling and empowering us to balance and harmonize our internal organ functions. Circulation of the Du and Ren meridians through the Small Universe exercise is key to our information management system. This is preparation for Level II, where we activate and circulate energy through the 12 internal organ meridians.

 

2. Yi Ren® Qigong Level 1, Part 1: Internal Qi Activation & Cultivation

(Focus on Kidneys, Energy Centers & Internal Energy Grounding)

When: May 21 & 22. 10am to 5:30pm.

CNE Hours: 11.5.

Cost: See web for pricing.

Where: 3100 Airport Way S. Seattle, WA 98134

3. Yi Ren® Qigong Level 1, Part 2: Internal Qi Activation & Cultivation

(Focus on Nervous System, Small Universe, Brain & Marrow Gates)

When: June 25 & 26. 10am to 5:30pm.

Where: 3100 Airport Way S. Seattle, WA 98134

*The Noble School of Qigong is an approved CE provider for NASW-WA, AHNA, NCCAOM & NCBTMB

 

Instructor:

Brendan Thorson, the founder of the Noble School of Qigong, has practiced Qigong for over 19 years and has taught Qigong for over 14 years. He’s a published author and his desire is to empower ALL people to gain the wisdom and self-knowledge to improve their health and reach their life’s potential.

 

See Website for Details & Class Signup:

Web: www.QigongEdu.com

Phone: 206-354-8216

Email: QigongEdu@gmail.com

Join the Labor Archives of Washington for its second annual event, Preserving Solidarity Forever: Washington State Farmworkers Struggles dedicated to showcasing its efforts to *preserve and promote labor history*. This year’s event honors veteran farm worker organizers from the famous Chateau St. Michelle Winery union campaign, as well as highlight today’s on-going farm worker organizing in the Skagit Valley.

FEATURING:

• Rosalinda Guillen, Community to Community Development, former UFW organizer
• Ramon Torres, President, Familias Unidas por la Justicia
• Jeff Johnson, Washington State Labor Council

Free and open to the public.

PLEASE RSVP SO WE HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND DRINK FOR EVERYONE:

http://tinyurl.com/solidarity2016

Parking is free at the University of Washington on Saturdays after noon.

Want to work in the UW Community? Apply for this paid internship working in the North of 45^th Community.

Husky Neighborhood Interns (HNIs) work on projects to improve public safety, promote civility and foster a greater sense of community for the students and permanent residents living north of campus.

Compensation
Compensation will be $13-$15 an hour with a maximum of 7-10 hours per week . Students must be able to work in the United States.

Time Commitment:
Must be able to attend two days of training in late September before classes start.
Must be able to attend weekly staff meetings and North of 45th Committee Quarterly meetings.

Desired Qualifications:
· Strong verbal and written communications skills.
· Outstanding organization and time management skills.
· Ability to manage projects and provide leadership.
· Ability to work independently to accomplish tasks and take initiative.

How to Apply:

Please send a resume and cover letter addressing why you would like to work in the North of 45^th area and what issues or concerns do you see facing this community to Community Standards and Student Conduct at huskyn45@uw.edu by 11:59 pm on May 8, 2016.  Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis after we receive resumes and cover letters.

For a more detailed job description and to learn more about the HNI program check out www.washington.edu/cssc

Chinatown International District

Voter Engagement Internship

The Washington Bus engages tomorrow’s leaders on their own terms, and empowers them through education, civic and cultural engagement, and hands-on democracy.  This summer, the Bus team will be working across Western Washington in key districts to turn out voters. In Seattle, one of those areas is Chinatown International District in partnership with Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority.

SCIDpda, a 40-year-old community development organization, serves one of the city’s most diverse neighborhoods. Its mission is to preserve, promote, and develop the Chinatown International District (CID) as a vibrant community and unique ethnic neighborhood.

Both organizations know that our democracy is strongest when everyone is involved. The CID Voter Engagement Intern will learn voter engagement tactics from The Washington Bus and implement them with cultural engagement tactics learned from SCIDPDA in order to register, engage, and turn out voters in the CID neighborhood.

The CID Voter Engagement Intern will be in charge of multiple facets of the campaign, including creative event planning and implementation, developing campaign strategies, organizing data, and staffing outreach events in the district. Yes, that means you’ll be talking to a lot of strangers and making a lot of new friends.

The CID Voter Engagement Intern will work closely with the Bus’s Engagement Coordinator and SCIDPDA’s IDEA Space Manager on this nonpartisan campaign.

Responsibilities:

• Commit to 14 (more if not work study) hours a week for meetings and fieldwork in the district from April 15 to December 15, including evening and weekend work, as that is the nature of this particular beast
• Set goals and develop a work plan with The Bus’s Engagement Coordinator and SCIDPDA’s IDEA Space Program Manager
• Registering hundreds of voters in Chinatown International District at events, building meetings, canvasses, and other opportunities to meet people face-to-face and engage voters
• Turning out voters for the August Primary election through voter outreach possibly including facilitating phone banks, organizing ballot parties, and assisting in organizing candidate forums
• Full implementation of your work plan

Accomplishments and Skills Gained

At the end of this internship, you will have:

• Registered a diverse variety of voters including young voters, senior voters, and voters with limited English proficiency
• Organized and facilitated a ballot party, helping voters with limited English proficiency fill out and turn in their ballots
• Participated in professional development trainings and social justice workshops covering topics ranging from building a better resume to dismantling gender hierarchies in API communities
• Perhaps we’ll give you a fancy made-up award at the end, like CID Voter Engagement Intern of the Year. You know, for your resume

At the end of this internship, you will be able to:

• Communicate across cultural differences
• Plan and implement voter engagement campaigns
• Organize events serving a diverse community
• Recommend the best pho place in the district and mean it

Required Qualifications:

• Excellent interpersonal skills with an interest in working with a team of volunteers and staff
• A commitment to building knowledge around social justice and community empowerment
• And yes, be an independent self-starter with a good sense of humor

Preferred Qualifications

• Interest in politics is encouraged, but not a must
• Proficiency in Cantonese. Mandarin and/or Vietnamese a bonus
• An impassioned stance in the debate about the best boba tea in Chinatown

Application Procedure:

Please send coverletter and resume to Jamie Lee at jamiel@scidpda.org

Compensation:

If in school, this position is work study eligible.  If not, a stipend is possible.

The Washington Bus is an inclusive organization, fostering and drawing on leadership from communities of color, recent immigrant communities, and emerging young leaders. People from these communities are highly encouraged to apply.

The Washington Bus is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Employment and program policies of the Washington Bus are nondiscriminatory in regard to race, color, gender, religion, age, national origin, disability, veteran status or sexual orientation.

This position description generally describes the principle functions of the position, the level of knowledge and skills typically required and the general scope of the responsibility.  It is not intended as a complete list of specific duties and responsibilities and should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements.  Individual may perform other duties as assigned including work in other functional areas to cover absences or relieve other employees, to equalize peak work periods or otherwise to balance the workload as needed.

The Undergraduate Research Program is recruiting Volunteers for this year’s 19th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium happening on Friday, May 20th from 11am – 6:00pm in Mary Gates Hall. Our Volunteers are critical to the success of the Symposium, and we invite you to Volunteer and to forward this announcement on to your listservs.

Here is the link to view volunteer shifts and to sign-up: http://www.washington.edu/undergradresearch/symposium/volunteer/. Volunteers can sign-up for multiple shifts as long as the times do not conflict.

We hope that you Volunteer, and we appreciate your support of the UW Undergraduate Research Program and the Research Symposium!

Best,

Jessica and URP Team

P.S. We have over 1000 students registered to present!

Self-Care Classes for Self-Awareness & Recharge

Stress •Anxiety •Burnout •Depression •Transference

Compassion-Fatigue •Stress-Management •& Much More

Testimonials:

“Brendan’s Qigong class is the best Self-Care I have found in over 25 years. I am amazed at how little I react to stressful moments. My severe anxiety issues are gone & my energy levels stay constant throughout the day.” Jill Morris, LNP, LMP, RMT

“As a Nurse, I initially felt pretty skeptical about attending the QiGong training with Brendan. My days are spent in science based activities and Western medicine. I was really surprised when I was able to feel the energy between my hands and an unexplainable sense of joy and lightness during the first class. The benefits have been: sleeping more soundly, feeling more energized during the day, not feeling as overwhelmed during the day with stress, greatly reduced anxiety, feeling grounded and feeling more connected to other people. My diet and appetite has also changed for the better, I now crave healthier foods.” Lynn, Registered Nurse

Upcoming Classes: (open to all)

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Dear MSW Students:

The Northwest Leaders in Behavioral Health Program is excited to reach out to you about this important funding & specialized training opportunity. Our NLBHP information session will be held next Thursday. Please feel free to contact me for an appointment if this time does not align with your schedule, so that we can go over the application packet. Be sure to check out our program page (link is also below) to determine your eligibility.

The Northwest Leaders in Behavioral Health Program (NLBHP) is happy to invite eligible MSW students, who are starting an advance practicum in Fall 2016 to attend our Applicant Information Session.

Applications are available in this email beginning April 22nd. Applications are due May 12, 2016.

Please read the details below:                    

What:               NORTHWEST LEADERS IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM

Fall Start 2016 Applicant Information Session

The Northwest Leaders in Behavioral Health Program is a federally funded training grant that aims to recruit and train a cadre of outstanding social work practitioners committed to careers in behavioral health working with children, adolescents, and transition-aged youth who are at risk of or who have developed a behavioral health disorder.

The program offers specialized training and support for MSW students in their concentration year who are in behavioral health field education placements with children, youth and young adults up to age 25.

$10,000 stipends to trainees from extended degree and day programs per academic year (2014-2017)

Information Session:

When:               April 28, 2016  at 12:30-1p.m. (Day students) OR 5-5:30pm (EDP students)

Where:              Room 305AB

Contact:            Star Murray, starm@uw.edu

Further reading?    Want to know more about the NLBHP in advance of the information session? Please visit: http://socialwork.uw.edu/programs/northwest-leaders-in-behavioral-health-program.

NLBHP Application Autumn 2016-17 – DAY and AS Final

Brilliant Imperfection: A Reading with Eli Clare
Friday, April 29
7-9PM
Husky Union Building 332

The D Center is proud to welcome noted queer and trans disabled writer and activist Eli Clare to Seattle for a reading and discussion of his new book. Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure! This is our keynote event for D Month.

Join queer disabled writer and activist Eli Clare for an exploration of cure and diagnosis. Using memoir, history, and critical analysis, Eli uncovers how cure as an ideology serves many purposes. It saves lives, manipulates lives, prioritizes lives, makes profits, justifies violence, and promises resolution to body-mind loss. He grapples with this knot of contradictions, maintaining that neither an anti-cure politics nor a pro-cure worldview can account for the messy, complex relationships we all have with our bodies and minds. He tells stories and histories from disability communities, people of color communities, fat activist communities, and queer and transgender communities, always drawing upon interlocking experiences of race, disability, sexuality, class, and gender.

Access info: The HUB building is wheelchair accessible, and adjacent to parking lot N22, which is reserved for disability parking. There are all-genders bathrooms that are wheelchair accessible on the same floor as the event. Arm-free chair seating and wheelchair/ accoter seating is available. This event will be CART and ASL interpreted. We ask that everyone come fragrance free, and will have air purifiers on site. We will also livestream the talk for folks who can’t physically be present.

About Eli: White, disabled, and genderqueer, Eli Clare happily lives in the Green Mountains of Vermont where he writes and proudly claims a penchant for rabble-rousing. He has written a book of essays Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation and a collection of poetry The Marrow’s Telling: Words in Motion and has been published in many periodicals and anthologies. His newest work, Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure, will be released early next year. Eli speaks, teaches, and facilitates all over the United States and Canada at conferences, community events, and colleges about disability, queer and trans identities, and social justice. Among other pursuits, he has walked across the United States for peace, coordinated a rape prevention program, and helped organize the first ever Queerness and Disability Conference

Nicole Masangkay | dcmedia@uw.edu
Media and Publications Coordinator
D Center at the University of Washington (web)
p: (206) 685-0949 | vp: (206) 734-3476

We have three separate events scheduled at the University of Washington, Bothell campus. Please share this out to departments and individuals you think may be interested!

Public Lecture – Bodies as Home: Notes on Cure, Disability, and the Natural World
Wednesday, April 27 6:30pm
ARC 201 (Top Floor Overlook)
FREE: Open to the public
Registration encouraged but not required at myarc.uwb.edu

Workshop – Disability, Access, and Outdoor Recreation
Thursday, April 28 9:00am
ARC 202 (Top Floor Overlook)
FREE: Outdoor professionals and student leaders encouraged to attend
Registration is required at myarc.uwb.edu. Brunch will be provided.

Poetry Reading
Thursday April 28 2:30pm
UWB Plaza
FREE: Open to the Public
Registration is encouraged but not required at myarc.uwb.edu.

I believe that Eli will also be visiting the UW-Seattle campus for a brief engagement on April 29th that has yet to be published.

Hello,

I am a Research Study Coordinator for the Department of Psychiatry in the Division of Public Behavioral Health and Justice Policy. We have a lecture series, which is a part of the Workforce Initiative, that seeks to disseminate innovations in evidence-based mental health for children and families. Lecture topics range, and include a focus on describing common emotional and behavioral problems for children and their caregivers, simple assessment techniques for identifying them, and evidence-based interventions that can successfully treat them. Presentations will be from local and national experts and provide evidence from clinical trials as well as real-world implementations with diverse populations and settings including clinics, schools, social service programs, and juvenile justice.

Below is our announce of the upcoming month’s panel will be on Community consultation services and lessons learned from the Partnership Access Line. I’ve also attached a flyer for advertisement purposes as well. We would greatly appreciate your company and/or furthering of this advertisement to individuals you deem would be interested in this lecture and series.

SAVE THE DATE!

Our seventh and final lecture of the 2015-16 season will be with Dr. Robert Hilt from the University of Washington and Seattle’s Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Hilt will discuss community service needs in child mental health, and the ongoing movement to better integrate healthcare services.  He will discuss three different Medicaid sponsored child mental health consultation services which he coordinates, and lessons learned through doing that work.

Thursday, May 12th, 2016	Robert J. Hilt, MD University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital	Community consultation services and lessons learned from the Partnership Access Line
University of Washington	School of Social Work Room 305A	12:20-1:30pm

More information on our speaker:

Dr. Robert Hilt is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital.  He was trained as a general pediatrician at the University of Iowa, and as an adult and child psychiatrist at the University of Massachusetts.  Dr. Hilt has worked as a primary care pediatrician and as a pediatric hospitalist before his current career as a child psychiatrist.  Dr. Hilt is the Program Director for the Partnership Access Line, a child mental health consultation service for primary care providers in both Wyoming and Washington.  He is the Program Director for the Medicaid psychiatric Medication Second Opinion Programs of Wyoming, Washington and Alaska, and MDT Consult Service in Wyoming.  He is co-chair of the Committee on Collaboration with Medical Professions with the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, has served as the Mental Health Editor for the American Academy of Pediatrics’ PREP-Self Assessment, and serves on the editorial boards for both Pediatric Annals and Psychiatric Annals.

*Lectures do not require you to RSVP ahead of time. One Certificate of Completion is provided for each lecture.*

If you have any additional questions about this lecture or the series, please feel free to email Cathea Carey at cmc37@uw.edu.

If you missed registration for last the April 7^th Webinar “Keeping the Faith while Keeping it Real:  Exploring more feasible and efficient ways of measuring treatment fidelity” with Georganna Sedlar, Ph.D. and Maria Monroe-DeVita, PhD. Please click the link in the title and view this webinar on our YouTube page.

The Evidence Based Practice Institute, supported by the Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery

Michelle Jaquish, one of our MSW students, was awarded a FLAS Fellowship to learn Tagalog and she is featured on the Southeast Asia Center Blog through the Jackson School of International Studies.  Please read about her here:

https://jsis.washington.edu/seac/blog/

Harlan Hahn Endowment Fund Grants

Disability Studies Program, University of Washington Call for Proposals, Spring 2016

CFP website: https://depts.washington.edu/disstud/Hahn-CFP-2016

 

Award Description

The Harlan Hahn Endowment Fund was established by the generous gift of the late Harlan D. Hahn, disability activist, political scientist, and disability studies scholar, to the University of Washington’s Disability Studies Program. The Harlan Hahn awards typically range between $500 and $5,000. The number and amount of the grants awarded depends on the quality of the individual projects and the overall number of eligible proposals received.

 

2016 Call for Proposals

The Disability Studies Program is pleased to announce that the Harlan Hahn Fund call for proposals is now open for Spring Quarter 2016. Current students, faculty, and staff from all three University of Washington campuses are invited to submit a grant proposal. Applications must describe research, writing, or activist projects that are framed within, aligned with, or potentially informed by the academic field of Disability Studies.

 

Awarded Harlan Hahn funds may be used for:

• Support of academic research projects, pedagogical research, or writing projects in Disability Studies or informed by Disability Studies.
• Travel to conferences in the field of Disability Studies or related to Disability Studies, to present research or to participate in the Disability Studies academic community.
• Support for the development of a course with Disability Studies content.
• Support for disability related activist endeavors (e.g. web development, meeting support) that are aligned with Disability Studies.

Application Process

Application deadline: Sunday, May 22, 2016, 11pm.

All application materials should be submitted to the Catalyst dropbox: https://catalyst.uw.edu/collectit/dropbox/jmeb/38168

The Harlan Hahn Fund Committee will notify the award recipients of its decisions by June 3, 2016. Applicants may request feedback from the Committee for improving their chances in the next year’s competition.

 

To apply, submit all of the following:

 

1. A brief (1-2 page) proposal outlining the specific activities that will be funded by the Harlan Hahn grant, how the project fits the award criteria, and the expected outcomes.

2. A brief personal statement describing how the applicant exemplifies the award criteria. This should include a description of the applicant’s Disability Studies related experience, research, teaching, and/or career goals, and an explanation of how the grant support will advance the applicant’s research and/or education.

3. Resume/CV.

4. Official or unofficial academic transcript (for students), or UW employment history (for staff and faculty).

5. Name and contact information for one professional reference.

6. A detailed narrative budget justification. Request a specific total amount of funds needed for the project, and provide estimates for how funds will be spent on particular needs. Sample spending categories are outlined in “Selection criteria.”

Eligibility Requirements

STUDENTS:

• You must be an enrolled University of Washington undergraduate or graduate student at the time of application.
• Eligible applicants should have a minimum 3.0 GPA in Disability Studies courses or equivalent demonstration of academic excellence in areas related to Disability Studies (e.g. courses completed in related disciplines, courses taught as a graduate teaching assistant, or scholarly work conducted as a research assistant).
• Eligible applicants may also provide evidence of commitment to issues of social justice related to people with disabilities (e.g. work, volunteer, or activist experiences) and/or Disability Studies scholarship.

FACULTY and STAFF:

• You must be a University of Washington academic or staff employee with a minimum 50% appointment at the time of application.
• Eligible applicants should have exhibited and sustained efforts towards incorporating the Disability Studies approach into research and/or teaching and contributing to the knowledge base of Disability Studies.
• Eligible applicants may also provide evidence of commitment to issues of social justice related to people with disabilities (e.g. work, volunteer, or activist experiences) and/or Disability Studies scholarship.

NOTE: Everyone interested in submitting a proposal is welcome to consult with members of the Harlan Hahn Fund Committee about the grants and/or the application process. Please request a consultation as early as possible in the preparation process. For 2016, the contact person is Professor Sara Goering  (sgoering@uw.edu).

Selection Criteria

Disability Studies content: We are interested in proposals that have potential to contribute to the field of Disability Studies (DS). DS focuses on the social, cultural, political, and historical meanings of disability. DS is not medicine, special education, or professions oriented towards prevention or treatment of disabilities, but it should inform those disciplines. The field of Disability Studies explores how disability has been constructed, demarcated, and represented in culture and art, laws and policies, professional practices, and everyday life. The intersections between disability and other identity categories such as gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity are addressed in DS teaching, scholarship, and activism. The voices and roles of disabled people themselves are emphasized in defining problems and evaluating solutions. For more information about the field, please visit the websites of the UW Disability Studies Program (http://depts.washington.edu/disstud/) and the Society for Disability Studies (https://www.disstudies.org/about/what_is_ds).

Concept and impact: We will be looking for proposals with a well-conceptualized research methodology or manuscript idea. For research and/or writing projects, explain how you plan to disseminate your findings or what other concrete products you anticipate. If you propose attendance at a conference, explain how this conference will inform your future work or how your contribution to the conference disseminates Disability Studies content. If you propose to develop a course, explain how the course will be implemented and made sustainable.

Budget justification: We will evaluate whether the proposed budget is appropriate to meet the stated goals of the project. Include in your narrative explanation: clearly defined and realistic expenditures; a plan of action to implement spending; exact dates or clearly defined time frames for completion of segments of the project; full description of the conference, people who will be hired and for what skills, survey population, etc. Also identify whether Harlan Hahn funds will be sufficient to cover all costs of the activities, and what additional sources of funding you have sought and/or received for the project. Provide approximate values for expenditures in any of the following categories:

• Salary (NOTE: Salary is subject to applicable UW benefits costs)
• Travel costs
• Conference fees, lodging, per diem
• Research subject payments
• Routine supplies
• Research or writing support services (e.g. fees to outside consultants)
• Other (provide explanation)

Previous grantees: Past performance with Harlan Hahn Fund awards will also be taken into consideration when assessing an application by a previous winner.

Additional Information for Applicants

Payment of grants: After the decision process is complete, each grant recipient will be required to consult with the Disability Studies Program fiscal administrator and devise a precise budget.

Required outcomes: Recipients of the Harlan Hahn Grant are expected to give a Disability Studies Program brown bag talk or other public presentation, as well as submit a short written summary of how the funds were spent. Funds must be used for the proposed project.

Time to completion: All grant-funded activities must be completed by June 30, 2017.

Questions: If you have any questions about the grants and/or the application process, please contact Professor Sara Goering  (sgoering@uw.edu).

 

Submit application materials to this dropbox: https://catalyst.uw.edu/collectit/dropbox/jmeb/38168

CFP website: https://depts.washington.edu/disstud/Hahn-CFP-2016

We, Kristin Gilman and Katie Kimball are 2nd year UWT MSW students.  We are conducting a quantitative study on graduate student knowledge of co-occurring intellectual disabilities and mental health disorders. I know students are often inundated with surveys this time of year; however, I wanted to make a plug for completing our survey:

 

It is well known that one of the underlying barriers for people with intellectual disabilities accessing appropriate mental health services is lack of expertise and knowledge among providers. We would like to assess current knowledge and knowledge gaps among graduate students as they are current and future providers.

 

It is relevant/pertinent to include UW Seattle as we would like to compare the campuses. UW Seattle has access and proximity to UW medicine and the UW Center for Human Development and Disability. Does that have an impact on graduate student knowledge and willingness to serve this population? Or has it impacted the curriculum and course offerings?

Please let us know if you have any questions of if additional information would be helpful.

 

Thank you for your consideration,

Katie Kimball and Kristin Gilman

Here is the link for the survey: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/kimballc/300893

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at:

kucklick@uw.edu or kimballc@uw.edu

Thank you in advance for your participation! 

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