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color:navy'>Dear Social Work Professional. <img
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<br>
Language and Cultural Immersion School in Costa Rica<br>
</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
Language and Cultural Competency<br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Every
day there is a greater demand for social workers to increase their cultural
competencies. What better way to enhance cultural competency than by
attending a language and cultural immersion program incorporating stays with
host family and specifically designed for social workers? <br>
<br>
<b><span style='color:#000090'>A Program for Social Workers, Faculties and
Social Work Students<br>
</span></b>This two week program is designed to increase the attendees’ Spanish
language skills, enhance their knowledge and understanding of the Latin
culture, and to better understand the role of social work as a profession in
Central America. Attendees’ are encouraged to stay with a host family and to
participate in a multitude of classes and activities. This program is
appropriate for social workers, social work students and faculty in all of
social work, all ages, and all language levels.<br>
<br>
<b>The Academia Centroamericana de Español (ACCE)<br>
</b>The school is located in Grecia, Costa Rica, which is about 30 minutes
north of the capital, San Jose. The school offers private and group
language classes year round along with special programs for business
executives, health professionals, and college students. <br>
<br>
<b>2010 Program Dates: </b><u>December</u>; Saturday, December 4 (arrival day)
– Saturday, December 18 (departure day)<br>
<b>2011 Program Dates: </b><u>January</u>; Sunday, January 2 (arrival day) –
Sunday, January 16 (departure day) <br>
<u>June</u>; Saturday, June 4 (arrival day) – Saturday, June 18 (departure day)<br>
<u>July – August</u>; Saturday, July 23 (arrival day) – Saturday, August 06
(departure day)<br>
<br>
<b>The Country<br>
</b>Costa Rica is a beautiful and safe tropical paradise that offers friendly
and welcoming people and breathtaking scenery. A large portion of the
populations speaks English so it easy to travel around the country. Costa
Rica offers wonderful and diverse excursions and tours, such as canopy tours,
riverboat tours, horseback tours, river rafting, and lots of incredible
beaches. <br>
<br>
<b><span style='color:blue'>Accreditation<br>
</span></b>Social workers are able to get 20 hours of continuing education
units through Homestead Schools, inc. (Course #7359) We are also affiliated
with ACTFL, a professional language organization.<br>
<br>
<b>NASW-CA Role<br>
</b>The CA Chapter has served as a consultant and advisor to the school
regarding the curriculum, guest speakers, agencies visited, and the assorted
activities for this program. NASW-CA is not sponsoring this program; therefore,
all monies are paid directly to the school.<br>
<span style='color:red'><br>
</span><b>Want More Details?<br>
</b>For details like dates and prices about this exciting program, please read
the attached document (or visit <a
href="http://www.acce.co.cr/social_workers.html">http://www.acce.co.cr/social_workers.html</a>)
. Please also go to the ACCE Web site and view the all of the pages,
which describe the school’s philosophies, prices, and the options available to
visitors. <br>
If you would like to correspond with someone who has attended that program
please let me know. <b>Or if you want I can send you some brochures. <br>
</b><br>
The goal of this letter is to invite you to participate in our program and, at
the same time, to invite you to enjoy the beauty of one of the most visited
countries in the world. <br>
<b>We would appreciate it if you could share this information with any person
you might think would be interested in this program.<br>
<span style='color:red'><br>
</span><span style='color:#000090'>ACCE Contact Information<br>
</span></b><span style='color:#000090'>Telephone: 506-2444-6161<br>
Web site: www.acce.co.cr <br>
E - mail: <a href="info@acce.co.cr">info@acce.co.cr</a> <br>
Follow us in <a
href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/ACCE/104810762909145?ref=sgm">http://www.facebook.com/pages/ACCE/104810762909145?ref=sgm</a>
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</span><br>
Sincerely: <br>
Diego Álvarez Alfaro <br>
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