Taking the place of our highly successful annual program which ran for 5 consecutive years in association with the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Chicago (UCPA), ILISA Language Institute in Costa Rica is now offering you a more flexible opportunity to meet this growing challenge. Take part in our professionally orientated Spanish course, which is now available any week throughout the year, which will allow you to:

• Learn Spanish and live within the culture of Latin America
• Receive instruction carefully focused to the vocabulary needs of your specific job.
• Take part in technical and cultural presentations relevant to your profession.
• Exchange experiences with your local counterparts and observe live situations within your own field.
• Receive university graduate credits.

• Spanish classes, on a private One on One basis or in groups of a maximum of 4 students at your level of comprehension, with the best Spanish teachers in Costa Rica. Apart from improving general Spanish skills, intermediate and advanced students will learn words, terms and phrases necessary for education, assessment, intervention, and training of families, clients and colleagues. Beginners will concentrate on developing general language skills.
• Visits to local schools, hospitals, rehabilitation facilities and clinics, provide a unique opportunity to get an inside view of a Latin American country's rehabilitation infrastructure.
• Cultural activities such as Latin dance and cooking classes, theater and museum visits, non verbal communication and country specific lectures.
• Accommodations with a specially selected Costa Rican host family, including breakfast, dinner and laundry service.
• Optional weekend trips to Costa Rica's most beautiful beaches and national parks.

The outcome of this rewarding experience
Your Spanish language skills will improve significantly, regardless of your starting level. Unquestionably, you will be able to demonstrate increased sensitivity and knowledge in providing services to Latino clients and their families

You will increase your listening and reading skills to deal more effectively with Spanish speaking clients. You will have experience in participating in typical family and professional dialogues and will be exposed to written materials in Spanish.

Instructors
After many years of providing this level of instruction, the course content continues to be delivered by the highly qualified and experienced teaching staff of ILISA-Costa Rica.

University credit available
By special arrangement, graduate credits may be available for an additional fee, please see our section relating to University Credit.

Dates & costs
Historically, this program has only been available for a one 3 week period each year. However, due to increasing demand and to provide greater flexibility to students, we are pleased to announce we are now offering this exciting program at times which best suit your needs and requirements. Therefore, you can now register with ILISA to start classes on this program any Monday throughout the year.

The prices are the same as those for our Group 4 PLUS course or One on One tuition plus a $ 100 surcharge to cover setting up visits with local counter parts and a small donation to one of the schools we work with.

All private tuition can be tailored to your exact professional needs making certain you will leave ILISA better equipped with the skills to serve your Latino clients.