Trabajo no retribuido: Spanish/Psycholing: Researcher, Harvard Med School/Judge Baker Center (USA)

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Spanish/Psycholing: Researcher, Harvard Med School/Judge Baker Center
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Spanish/Psycholing: Researcher, Harvard Med School/Judge Baker Center

University or Organization: Harvard Medical School / Judge Baker
Center
Department: Psychiatry
Rank of Job: Researcher
Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science, Language Acquisition,
Psycholinguistics, Psychiatry
Required Language(s): Spanish (Code = SPN)

Spanish Speaking Volunteer Research Assistant
Harvard Project on Language and Child Psychiatry

Description:

- Unpaid volunteer position on a research project supported by a
5-year National Institute of Mental Health research grant.

- Bilingual research assistants conduct child and family evaluations;
score, enter and analyze data; and assist in various tasks part of the
project's daily operations. Research assistants work closely with
research coordinator.

- Evaluations include testing (extensive child language assessment in
both Spanish and English; cognitive and achievement testing),
diagnostic psychiatric interviews, and administration of
questionnaires/surveys (for emotional/behavioral problems, and
sociodemographic, acculturation, immigration and other risk factors
and variables). Training will be provided.

- One-year commitment minimum.

- Minimum 20 hours per week; Schedule is generally flexible.

- This position is ideal for someone who is:
  * Strongly interested in research and possibly empirical
publications (data available now).
  * Interested in obtaining experience in developmental language and
psychological/psychiatric research, planning to apply for graduate
studies.

Requirements:

- Enrolled in program for or obtained bachelor's degree in:
psychology, speech pathology, child development, child language
acquisition or related field (master's or doctoral degrees desirable
but not required).

- Spanish/English bilingual.

- Excellent computer skills.

Preferred but not required:

- Experience with test administration (psychological, language), or in
psychiatric, developmental and/or language research.

- Bachelor's degree or higher.

We offer:

- Access to libraries, facilities and multiple opportunities at
Harvard and Children's Hospital Boston

- Being part of a collegial research team in a major academic/research
center

- Training and regular research meetings and supervision

- Support for research and study pre-doctoral and doctoral grant
applications

- The chance to acquire or perfect highly sought-after Spanish
research skills.

For more info about the project or Judge Baker Children's Center click
to view:

- Harvard Research: Child Language Development & Developmental
Psychopathology
http://www.hmcnet.harvard.edu/psych/redbook/86.htm

- Judge Baker Children's Center: Childhood Bilingualism and
Developmental Psychopathology
http://www.jbcc.harvard.edu/research/research1.htm#Bilingual

- Judge Baker Children's Center/ Children's Hospital Academic Teaching
Conference
http://www.jbcc.harvard.edu/lectures.htm

To apply:

A. Please send:
   1.) Letter of interest and resume via email attachment to
       <bcollins at jbcc.harvard.edu>; and
B. Mail:
   1.) Letter of interest and resume (hard copies),
   2.) Three references (actual letters may be received after
interview),
   3.) Copy of college transcripts,

Address for Applications:
   Attn: Dr. Claudio O. Toppelberg
   Judge Baker Children's Center
   3 Blackfan Circle
   Boston, MA 02115-5794
   United States of America

Position is open until filled

Contact Information:
   Brian Collins
   Email: bcollins at jbcc.harvard.edu
   Tel: 617 232 8390 ext.2345
   Fax: 617 232 8390 ext. 2634
   Website: http://www.jbcc.harvard.edu

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