How to Register for the Summer Immersion Program

You are invited to participate in the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) 2008 Mexico Immersion Program!

The program includes internationally known experts who will be joining us as instructors. This will be an enriching cultural experience and profound opportunity for professional enrichment. We hope you will make arrangements to join a community of mental health professionals intent on enhancing cross-cultural and international competencies, particularly with an eye towards better serving the needs of Latino communities. The dates of the program are July 6th to August 9th and the program fee is $4,450.00 for five weeks. This fee includes all of your housing, Spanish coursework and materials, the majority of breakfasts and suppers for the first four weeks, lectures, entrance fees to program activities, and travel costs from Mexico City to the Mexican coast of Veracruz. The fee does not include your flight to Mexico or tuition for any classes in which you choose to enroll.

Here is a small sample of the things we will be doing:

• A trip to Veracruz
• The Frida Kahlo Museum
• A temazcal - (indigenous steam bath)
• Visits to pyramids and other ruins
• Lectures on topics such as current political & social issues in Mexico, GLBT issues in Mexico, immigration, local economics & politics, art, Liberation Psychology, and many more
• Visit to the Basilica – the site of the appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe
• And much much more…

We have a number of CSPP classes being offered, many of which meet requirements for the Certificate in Latin American Family Therapy. The classes offered for Summer 2008 are:

Dr. Peter McLaren & Dr. Nathalia E. Jaramillo
Course Psy 6654 Psychology of Ethnic Diversity: Latin American & Liberation Psychologies  http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/members/mcLaren
http://research.education.purdue.edu/people/people.asp?id=744

Dr. Miguel E. Gallardo & Dr. Susana Salgado, PhD
Course: Psy 6643 Cross Cultural Topics: Critical Issues in Latin America http://gsep.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/default.htm?faculty=miguel_gallardo

Dr. Tod Sloan
Course: Psy 6999 Critical Psychology, Ecology, and Social Transformation http://www.lclark.edu/faculty/sloan/

Dr. Jason Platt
Course Psy 8999 Psy 8999: Peace: A Praxis for Professionals http://csppmexico.alliant.edu

As well as:

Psy 6112: Social Basis of Behavior
Psy 6311  Intro to Psychopathology
Psy 6303: Group Therapy

What to do now:

Email Dr. Jason Platt at plattjason@hotmail.com and confirm that you are planning on participating in this year’s immersion program.

A deposit of $250 needs to be sent to Thomas Swank tswank@alliant.edu

If you do not have a passport, you need to apply for one. For more information, please visit  http://travel.state.gov

Take care, and we look forward to having you visit beautiful Mexico soon!

Jason Platt, Ph.D.
Program Director
CSPP Latin American Immersion Programs
plattjason@hotmail.com