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Key Components of the CLIMB@DU Program:
In addition to providing $10,000 living stipends to students, the stipend programs provide a number of learning opportunities during the academic year for students, including:
- Kick-Off Breakfast, September
- Orientation, September
- Interprofessional Speaker Series
- Internship Exchange (rural to urban and urban to rural)
- Cultural and Linguistic Competency Development through the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Assessment Instrument
- Regional Networking Events
- Monthly Cohort Meetings to Discuss IBH and OUD/SUD-Specific Topics and connect as a group
- HRSA sponsored activities
- Program evaluation activities
- Course Work
- CLIMB@DU
- Integrated Health Care Class (SW4401)- Methods/Skills- 3 credits
- Psychopharamcology Workshop- no credit
- Cultural and Linguistic Competency in Integrated Behavioral Health (SW4490)- Values- 3 credits (Canvas-Online-Hybrid)
- Choice of one of the following courses (3 credits) offered at GSSW:
- Assessment of Mental Health in Children and Adolescents
- Practice Elements in Interventions with Children and Youth
- Substance Use Interventions
- Child and Adolescent Trauma
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Digital Justice
- Social Work Practice with LGBTQIA Communities
- Suicide Assessment and Interventions
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CLIMB@DU Stipend
The Collaborative Learning and Innovative Educational Models of Behavioral Health at the University of Denver, or CLIMB@DU, program provides $10,000 living stipends for concentration year MSW students at DU who:
1. Have a field placement in an IBH setting
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2. Who are committed to working in IBH in Colorado or the Four Corners after graduation
CLIMB@DU Information Sheet_2023-2024.pdf
For more information on field placements that meet IBH criteria, please check the CLIMB Internships page.