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APPLICATION INFORMATION:
Contemplative Clinical Practice Certificate

Application Requirements:  A minimum of a master’s degree in social work or allied professions and a license to practice social work.  Applicants must have a minimum of three years post-master’s clinical practice.

Admission materials include:

The application form

$40 application fee

Current résumé

Personal statement (2-3 pages) responding to the following:

a) What is it about you that would be important for us to know?

b) How would you describe your own personal spiritual journey and how does it inform your clinical work?

c) If you have a contemplative practice, how would you describe it?

  d) What are you hoping to take away from this program?  

Two letters of reference supporting the candidate's participation

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE: All application materials and the application fee must be received by June 22, 2010.

Application for the Contemplative Clinical Practice Certificate Program (online)

TUITION AND FEES: The application fee which must accompany application materials is $40.

Tuition for the program is $2,100 which can be paid in full upon acceptance or in two payments of $1,050 (the first payment due by Oct. 1 and the second payment due by April 1.)  A $300 tuition deposit is due at the time of acceptance to confirm enrollment; this deposit is credited to the full tuition bill.  (Agencies sponsoring two or more students will receive a 5% tuition discount per applicant.)

Refund Policy: The $40.00 application fee is non-refundable. Because program decisions are based on class size, we regret that tuition refund requests cannot be considered.

Cancellation: The Smith College School for Social Work reserves the right to cancel any program which is undersubscribed. In the case of cancellation, all tuition fees paid will be reimbursed in full. The School also reserves the right to modify certificate content as appropriate.

Questions: Call the Smith College School for Social Work Office of Continuing Education at (413) 585-7970 or email us at sswced@smith.edu. Inquiries should be directed to Irene Rodriguez Martin, Director of Continuing Education.

Applying Online: Please click here to apply online. Online registrations must be paid by credit card (MasterCard or Visa only). All online registrations will receive confirmation of receipt by email; if you do not receive confirmation that your application was received (within 48 hours), please email sswced@smith.edu.

Mailing Your Registration: Please return your completed Application Packet to: Smith College School for Social Work, Attention: Contemplative Clinical Practice/Irene Rodriguez Martin; Lilly Hall, Northampton, MA 01063.

Faxing Your Application: Applications may be faxed to the School at (413) 585-7990. Faxed registrations must be paid by credit card (MasterCard or Visa only). All faxed registrations will receive confirmation of receipt by return fax; if you do not receive confirmation that your application was received (within 48 hours), please re-fax your application.

The School for Social Work reserves the right to cancel any program which is undersubscribed. The School also reserves the right to modify certificate content as appropriate.

Continuing Education

Contemplative Clinical Practice Certificate Program Application Form

 

 

         
         
         
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