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March 19, 2003

Gallaudet Offers Health Careers For High School and College Students

From: Gallaudet - 19 Mar 2003

For Immediate Release

March 19, 2003

Contact: Mike Kaika, Director of Media Relations

Phone: 202-651-5050

Email: mike.kaika@gallaudet.edu

 

Gallaudet Offers Health Careers For High School and College Students

 

Washington, DC?Gallaudet University is offering a free six-week summer program for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students through its Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP). HCOP goals are to improve access to services for deaf and hard of hearing individuals nationwide and to provide a range of educational support and enrichment services to students in training to become qualified, culturally sensitive allied health professionals serving the deaf community. The disciplines included are: psychology, social work, counseling, audiology and speech pathology.

 

Gallaudet received a 5-year, $2.7 million grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration branch, to carry out its long-term goals. HCOP is a very popular program nationwide with universities such as Stanford, Michigan State, Temple, Oklahoma State, and Boston University School of Medicine participating and Gallaudet is proud to be among them in offering this opportunity specifically for deaf and hard of hearing students as well as for hearing students who aspire to work in helping professions serving the deaf community.

 

The six-week Summer Enrichment Academy is for deaf or hard of hearing high school students who are interested in a career in the helping fields. This program, which runs from June 22 to August 1, includes classes in psychology, math, English, computers, career awareness, self-discovery and ASL/Deaf Culture as well as field trips and weekend activities.

 

The six-week Summer Enrichment Program is geared for deaf, hard of hearing, or hearing students who are currently enrolled in an undergraduate or community college. This program, which also runs from June 22 to August 1, is for students who want to earn a degree in helping fields like psychology, counseling or audiology and are interested in working with the deaf community.

 

The six-week Jump Start to Graduate School Program, which will run from July 14 to August 22, is for college students who are applying to or accepted for graduate school and are interested in working with the deaf community as professionals in mental health, counseling, social work, audiology, or speech-language pathology. The program includes training in ASL and Deaf Culture, computer literacy, writing skills, career awareness, and statistics.

 

Each of the three programs is free, although students may be responsible for some optional incidental expenses. Deadline to apply for the programs is April 30. For more information about HCOP, send an email to hcop.office@gallaudet.edu.