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How to Register

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• Registration Process
• Fees and Tuition
• Continuing Education Hours
• Successful Course Completion
• Applying for the Certificate
• Refunds
• Cancellations

If you are familiar with the registration process, you can go directly to the registration form.

Registration Process

Students are registered on a first-come, first-served basis until the course reaches its enrollment limit, or until 5 p.m. on the day before the first class meeting. You are encouraged to register early.

Click here to view and print the registration form.

English Proficiency: Students who are non-native English speakers are expected to have adequate English language proficiency. For details, see English Language Guidelines.

International Students: This program does not qualify as full-time study, and therefore does not meet requirements for an F-1 visa. However, if you are an F-1 student currently enrolled full-time in another program, OR you are in the U.S. on some other type of visa (not F-1), you may be eligible to take a certificate program or course. For complete details, or to contact an adviser, see Visa Information.

Fees and Tuition

Tuition is payable on a course-by-course basis. Tuition covers all instructional expenses, as well as handout packets. There is a $35 nonrefundable registration fee for each quarter you are enrolled. Upon successfully completing a certificate program's required coursework, you may apply for a certificate. At that time, a $50 nonrefundable certificate program fee is due. The University's tuition exemption policy does not apply to these courses. Fees and tuition are subject to change.

Continuing Education Hours

Programs provide professionals in a wide variety of fields with contact hours needed for credentialing. The number of contact hours provided is indicated in the course schedule information at the top of each course description (see Courses page for course descriptions).

Social workers, mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists
The UW is a qualified provider for continuing education requirements administered by the Washington State Department of Health. All workshops described in this Social Work Continuing Education section are appropriate (see the Courses page for course descriptions).

Licensed Psychologists
The UW is a qualified continuing education provider for licensed psychologists, per WAC 246-924-240.

School Counselors and School Social Workers
The UW is approved by the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide clock hours for all those with continuing level certificates.

Washington State Mental Health Specialists
The workshops listed within the Certificate Program in Geriatric Mental Health count toward the 100 hours of classroom training required for those working in the public mental health system who are seeking designation as mental health specialists in these fields.

Successful Course Completion

All participants in UW noncredit continuing education courses must attend a minimum of 80 percent of contact hours to receive a record of successful completion. A formal course record indicating earned contact hours is mailed to participants two to four weeks after course completion.

Applying for the Certificate

A UW Certificate of Achievement in Geriatric Mental Health is awarded upon successful completion of five courses.

• Diagnosing and Treating Older Adults with Chronic Mental Illness
• Helping Older Adults Cope with Grief and Loss
• Dementia: Diagnosis and Family Support
• Mood and Thought Disorders in Older Adults
• Navigating Through Multiple Systems in Working with Older Adults

If you have completed these five courses and wish to apply for the UW Certificate in Geriatric Mental Health, please call the School of Social Work Continuing Education at (206) 543-1122 to obtain an application form.

Refunds

For complete refund and withdrawal policies, please refer to Student Information & Services.

Cancellations

UW Extension reserves the right to cancel programs or classes with low enrollment.