Mexico:
Communities and Schools in Guadalajara

      

AT A GLANCE:


Location:
Guadalajara, Mexico

Program Length:
approximately 2 weeks

Program Dates:
May 31 - June 15, 2008

Credits:
EDPS 948 - 3 credits
EDPS 478 - 3 credits

Cost: :
Estimated price is $1,825 plus
tuition (approx. $224 per
credit, graduate, resident).

Payment Schedule:
January 31 -- $500 deposit
March 1 -- additional $500
April 1 -- Balance of costs

Application Deadline :
March 3 - $750 deposit
April 15 - Balance of costs

Contact:
International Affairs
420 University Terrace
Lincoln, NE 68588-0682
(402) 472-5358
E-mail: iaffairs@unl.edu
www.unl.edu/iaffairs

Professor Beth Doll
114 Teachers College Hall
(402) 472-2238
E-mail: bdoll2@unl.edu

Download as a PDF file:
edpsychmexico

• Shadow Mexican graduate students while they provide psychological services in the communities of origin for many of Nebraska's recent immigrants.
• Observe in typical Guadalajara schools (public and private) to learn about the educational routines and practices that children and families are accustomed to prior to coming to Nebraska
• Join a walking tour of historic Guadalajara with its distinctive churches, renovated homes, plazas and fountains. Tour the cultural centers of Guadalajara including the city's artistically important murals, architecture, and ballet folklorico.
• Visit the artists' colony that has evolved in Tlaquepaque, a small village on the outskirts of Guadalajara
• Room with local Guadalajara families affiliated with the Universidad Del Valle De Atemajac
• Participate in regular discussions about the cultural competence needed to work effectively with families who have moved from Guadalajara to Nebraska

Dr. Beth Doll is a Professor of School Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has served on the faculty of three major universities where she has held cross-disciplinary responsibilities for teaching and advising in school psychology, special education and general education. For prior years, she has provided pro-bono school psychological services to families and teachers of children with disabilities in rural Nicaragua. These experiences have provided her with a multi-national perspective on the needs of immigrant students and their families.

Francisca Peterson is a bilingual school psychologist with Lincoln Public Schools, and a therapist with the F.I.R.S.T project. She has over 10 years of experience in educational planning for limited-English children, consultation with immigrant families, and culturally competent psychological services. More recently, she has worked as a therapist with refugees who have been the victims of torture. Ms. Peterson was born and raised in Mexico, although not in Guadalajara, and she has lived on three different continents.

EDPS 948 - 3 cr. This course is open to any UNL graduate student in education or the human service professions, and has been approved as a Human Relations Course by the Nebraska Department of Education.
EDPS 478 - 3 cr. Undergraduate students will be permitted to register for the course as space allows, and with the approval of the instructor.

Graduate credit is under the supervision of, and therefore granted by, the Graduate Faculty of the University of Nebraska. Graduate credit can be obtained only by previous arrangement with the Graduate College.

eNRoll during the Summer Sessions registration period in March. You can obtain the call number for this course from the academic department sponsor. Non-UNL students must be admitted to UNL. An on-line visiting student application is available at graduate and undergraduate levels, www.admissions.unl.edu (undergraduate) or www.unl.edu/gradstudies.

The University of Nebraska--Lincoln recognizes the importance of increasing diversity in its programs. In support, International Affairs offers limited financial assistance in the form of scholarships for UNL Study Abroad Programs. Scholarship applications are generally due on March 1. Further information is available on the International Affairs website: www.unl.edu/iaffairs. For other types of financial aid contact Caroline Routh, Scholarships & Financial Aid, 16 Canfield Administration Bldg, UNL, (402) 472-2030.

Reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. To insure your space in this limited-size study abroad program complete the applications (form A and form B) available on the International Affairs website: www.unl.edu/iaffairs.