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UNM OTGP Planting Hope Service Learning Program in Nicaragua (Directory Program)

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  • Locations: Managua, Nicaragua
  • Program Terms:  
  • Homepage: Click to visit
  • Program Sponsor: The University of New Mexico 
Fact Sheet:
Fact Sheet:
Click here for a definition of this term Language of Instruction: English, Spanish Click here for a definition of this term Class Status: 5-grad student
Housing Options: Homestay Click here for a definition of this term Areas of Study: Education
Program Description:
Program At-A- Glance
March 13-23, 2016
**Participation is open only to current students admitted to either the Occupational Therapy Graduate Program.  Program approval is required.**

Service Learning Program in San Ramon, Nicaragua
Collaboration of UNM OTGP and Planting Hope
Working with children with disabilities in San Ramon and the surrounding rural towns and communities

Location (City, Country)
Los Pipitos Physical Therapy and Learning Center
San Ramon, Nicaragua
Rural sites working with Planting Hope may also be included

Academic Program
The Planting Hope Service Learning Program is provided through collaboration between UNM Occupational Therapy Graduate Program and Planting Hope in Nicaragua.  The focus of this service learning program will be working with children with disabilities and their families in the small town of San Ramon. 

During this clinical experience, Occupational Therapy graduate students will work under faculty supervision, to complete the following outcomes:
  1. Assessment of children identified through the Los Pipitos Physical Therapy and Learning Center
  2. Intervention suggestions will be provided to families and Los Pipitos staff
  3. Staffing and educational inservices will be held with Los Pipitos staff
  4. Parent training and education sessions will be held with caregivers of children identified
  5. OTGP students will work with Los Pipitos staff on setting up the center to create an environment conducive to the needs of the children identified.

Course/s
**Participation is open only to current students admitted to either the Occupational Therapy Graduate Program.  Program approval is required.**

This experience is in conjunction with OCTH 644L, Applied Occupations IV (Pediatrics) as a Fieldwork I experience typically scheduled in March (See attached course syllabus).

Program Housing
Students and Faculty are housed through home stays with local families.
Website:  www.plantinghope.org

Cost Information
 
Students are required to pay airfare (approximately $600- 700 round trip), as well as program fee of $1200.  Program fee includes:

Pre-departure team meetings, information and travel arrangement support
Long distance transportation to and from airport
Local transportation, including taxis and buses, for program activities
Basic, comfortable, clean homestay
Program coordination by local Planting Hope staff
Activity and service coordination on site
Most meals

Additional Cost Information:

Students should anticipate and spending approximately $150 on meals, snacks, and outings. 
UNM required travel insurance approximately $40
UNM Global Education Office Study Abroad Application fee $50
UNM Travel Clinic Consultation (recommended) $15
Recommended immunizations/medications costs vary with your insurance plan.  Malaria, Hep A, Hep B, and Typhoid are CDC recommended vaccines for travelers to Nicaragua.

Program Organizers
Name:    Heidi M Sanders, MA, OTR/L   
Title:  Lecturer II, OTGP
Telephone:    505-272-1753   Fax: 505-272-3583
E-Mail:  hsanders@salud.unm.edu

Resources
www.plantinghope.org