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THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER® Social Work E-News
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Issue #69, July 11, 2006
EDITOR'S EYE
Dear Social Work Colleagues,
Welcome to Issue #68 of the Social Work E-News. This e-mail newsletter is brought to you by the publisher of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine, SocialWorker.com, SocialWorkJobBank.com, and other social work publications.
The one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is almost here. How are its survivors doing? What ongoing work is being done? Social workers and other professionals are still very involved in helping people cope with the effects of the disaster. In this newsletter, I am highlighting some of these efforts. There is still much work to be done.
Selected articles from the Summer issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER are now online! We have also included in our Summer "online issue" an article from our Winter print edition. The article is "A Black Woman's Journey Toward Healing From Childhood Sexual Abuse," a very powerful article written by Amerah Henrene Shabazz-Bridges, who received her BSW last year and is speaking out about the trauma she experienced as a young child in the 1950s. Go to http://www.socialworker.com to read this, as well as articles from the Summer issue. You can still read the posted articles from the Spring issue (and previous ones, too). Just follow the links.
I mentioned our new Calendar of Events (http://www.socialworker.com/home/menu/Calendar_of_Events/) in the last Social Work E-News. I hope you have had a chance to visit and interact with this new tool. If you know of events that we might add to it, please use the event submission form (http://www.socialworker.com/home/menu/Submit_an_Event/) to let us know.
The Social Work E-News now has more than 21,500 subscribers, and thousands of social workers (and people interested in social work) visit our Web sites. If you like our Web sites and the Social Work E-News, tell a friend or colleague!
Until next time,
Linda Grobman, ACSW, LSW
Publisher/Editor
THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER®
http://www.socialworker.com
linda.grobman@paonline.com
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FEATURES
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Aurora University Social Work Students, Professor Spend Spring Break in Louisiana
AURORA, IL - Reaching out to Louisiana's storm-ravaged areas, Aurora University students and a professor traveled to the New Orleans area to help with cleanup efforts.
The AU delegation, along with other collegians, put on coveralls and goggles to gut hurricane-damaged houses, haul away storm debris, and distribute food and blankets to survivors in Mandeville, LA.
Donald Phelps of Naperville, assistant professor of social work, led a team of AU social work students to the Gulf Coast during AU's spring break March 5-12. They were Rachel Zajicek, Susan Back, and Guilermina Guterriez, Aurora residents; Maria Kanellopoulos, Brookfield; Shannon Beck and Steven Binns, DeKalb; Holly Holden, Elgin; Kelly Smith, Glendale Heights; and Melissa Paulson, Leland. They were among college students from Illinois, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania who went to the New Orleans area to aid storm survivors.
Additionally, AU students hauled about 300 social-work textbooks collected from AU faculty to Southern University of New Orleans, a school devastated by Katrina.
Phelps said, "Through self-reflection and self-discovery throughout the experience, AU students learned important skills and values. In New Orleans, social work students experienced the complicated issues of race, limited access to healthcare, lack of housing, and other social problems. Their work was highly valued by residents and helped foster their compassion for others. Many students reported that this was a life changing and transformational event. The trip to New Orleans promoted social work education through active participation in social service."
Gutierrez recalled, "At my first glance of New Orleans, I was moved to compassion. It was difficult to see the destruction of homes, trees, and debris all over without having an emotional reaction. I thought that after six months, the local residents should be moving on with their lives. Listening to their stories helped me to understand why this is impossible--they do not have the money to repair or rebuild their homes."
Gutierrez said the Gulf coast storm survivors feel abandoned by their government. "The plea of the people in New Orleans was unanimous, 'Please go back and tell others how it really is.'"
Phelps said, "During the speak break season, thousands of students from across the country came to New Orleans bringing hammers and hope." A licensed social worker, he provided professional services at Common Ground, a free health clinic in Orleans Parish opposite the French Quarter. Volunteer doctors, nurses, and social workers from New Orleans and nationwide are providing basic health services to people in need, he said.
He cited a recent survey by the Center for Disease Control that found that almost half of the population in New Orleans would need some psychological help to cope with the effects of the Katrina disaster. Additionally, the survey said, a quarter of the city's population is experiencing serious psychological stress and badly needs help.
Phelps recalled, "When you first enter New Orleans, it is the extent of damage to the physical infrastructure that provides the initial shock. "After you experience the smells, sounds, and tears of the city, you begin to comprehend the underlying psychological and spiritual wounds."
The spring break trip to New Orleans was Phelps' second in about six months. In September, Phelps spent four days dishing up lunch and providing mental health services to Katrina survivors relocated to San Antonio, TX. Phelps traveled to San Antonio to attend the National Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work Conference. At the opening session, a conference official announced that the Red Cross desperately needed social work volunteers to assist 15,000 Katrina survivors relocated to San Antonio.
Phelps was among 15 social workers who volunteered to assist 4,000 people housed at an old airport that had been transformed into a shelter.
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UCLA leads national effort to address New Orleans' mental health needs
To address the enormous mental health needs of New Orleans, UCLA psychology professor Vickie Mays is leading a national effort to provide mental health education and training -- including to New Orleans' parents, families, the clergy, and mental health providers -- Aug. 8&9.
"There has rightfully been a lot of attention on ensuring that the people of New Orleans have safety, shelter, food, and medicine, but in addition to issues of survival, many people in New Orleans in response to Katrina have very serious mental disorders as well as severe emotional distress," said Mays, director of the UCLA Center for Research, Education, Training, and Strategic Communication on Minority Health Disparities. "If we don't intervene with the mental health needs of children now, we could see a generation in New Orleans that will experience depression, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and other chronic problems. We don't want to let the downward cycle start."
Federal officials estimate that 500,000 people are in need of mental health services because of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, many of whom are ethnic minorities, and that 30 percent of New Orleans residents are suffering from serious mental health problems, Mays said. Federal officials state that another 20 percent are in need of help, although they do not meet the criteria for a diagnosed disorder. The mental health disorders include post-traumatic stress, anxiety, and severe depression, she said.
Mary Joseph, director of the Children's Defense Fund in New Orleans, described the city's mental health crisis as "terribly serious" and one that transcends class, race, and age.
"Children may have new toys, but they have lost a sense of community; they have lost the things that anchor us," said Joseph, whose organization is one of the project's partners. "Single mothers are in a real bind; life for them was hard enough before Katrina. The mental health system in New Orleans needs re-building from top to bottom."
Community services that are back in New Orleans report that adults are exhibiting stress related health problems and having difficulty dealing with issues of family life in such an abnormal environment, and that children are suffering as well, said Carmen Weisner, executive director of the National Association of Social Workers' Louisiana Chapter. Support systems in the community are struggling, she said.
"Social workers in New Orleans see the treatment of the residents of this great city is as critical as the rebuilding of homes and businesses," Weisner said.
The New Orleans mental health project, funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, needs additional volunteers. "We're looking for volunteers from A to Z," Mays said. "We're looking for people with heart and passion and a real commitment to help, over a short time."
Volunteers who speak Vietnamese and Spanish are especially needed, as are volunteers with computer skills, including Web development. Volunteers also are needed to help the project collect books and school supplies for children, and prepare materials for self-help efforts.
Joseph is hopeful about the mental health program, saying, "New Orleans needs a new way to approach mental health and new places where people can seek mental health care without a stigma attached to it."
The American Psychological Association is holding its annual convention in New Orleans Aug. 10&13, and more than 6,000 psychologists from across the country are expected to attend. Mays expects many psychologists, especially minority psychologists, to arrive early and volunteer their time for the project.
NASW's Weisner said she is excited that professionals from throughout the country will assist professionals in New Orleans, and that social workers in the area need information about what interventions have been of benefit to survivors of other natural disasters.
New Orleans has a shortage of mental health professionals right now, and many people have sought help from clergy, Mays noted. A unique aspect of the New Orleans mental health project is that it will provide mental health training to religious leaders from various denominations who have been asked to respond to the overwhelming mental health needs of the community. "For many in need of mental health services, relief is often sought from clergy, if at all," she said.
The training consists of free workshops for parents, caregivers, and teachers on how to recognize signs and symptoms of mental disorders in children, and a multiethnic grief workshop, open to everyone in New Orleans and the surrounding region, to enhance the emotional healing process and increase levels of resiliency. Mays expects the project to train at least 500 mental health providers, 50 clergy, and that more than 200 people will attend the grief ritual and child workshop. Child care will be provided during parent-teacher workshops.
The training sessions also will help caregivers who may be overwhelmed to ensure that they are taking care of themselves and to strengthen their emotional reserves, said Mays, whose UCLA center is funded by the National Institutes of Health EXPORT program. She noted that many health care and mental health care professionals have not returned to New Orleans.
The multiethnic, multidenominational workshops are designed to address needs of the clergy and mental health providers that emerged from community organizations and Department of Health representatives in New Orleans, Mays emphasized.
Following Katrina, Louisiana's Department of Mental Health requested an assessment of mental health needs by the Centers for Disease Control. While scores of "3" or more on serious mental health indicators represent the need for mental health services, more than 45 percent of those who participated scored 4&5 and were in need of mental health services, and 25 percent scored 7 or more, indicating a serious need for immediate services, Mays said.
What happens after this program ends to address the continuing mental health needs of New Orleans? "We hope to help create lasting connections between mental health providers and the clergy that weren't in New Orleans before, and establish an academic-community partnership in which local universities can continue to assist with psychological services in the local community," Mays said. "In addition, we will leave behind materials on child mental health and emotional well-being, and referral sources with information about the local mental health service providers."
Mental health training workshops will be videotaped so they can be used to train additional providers in the future, Mays said.
To learn how you can help or for more information, visit http://www.minorityhealthdisparities.org/, call (310) 206-5265, or e-mail cmhd@ucla.edu.
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Governmental and non-governmental agency response to Katrina evacuees focus of new University of Texas at Austin study
AUSTIN, Texas-University of Texas at Austin researchers have received $100,000 from the National Science Foundation to investigate how the actions of governmental and non-governmental agencies and organizations affect the ability of disaster victims to recover after events like Hurricane Katrina.
The study is being conducted in Austin, which received a large number of evacuees and is home to a range of aid organizations. Dr. Ronald Angel of the Department of Sociology is lead investigator for the study titled "The Parallel Strengths and Weaknesses of the Civil Society and the State: The Example of Katrina Survivors."
Angel will be working with Dr. Laura Lein of the School of Social Work and Department of Anthropology and faculty and students from the university's Population Research Center, the Center for Social Work Research, and a social work faculty member from Tulane University.
"What we want to do is better understand how these agencies enhance or impede the resiliency of disaster victims," said Lein. "How do they contribute to individuals' and families' ability to deal with grief and loss and to adapt to new and greatly altered circumstances?"
Lein said the national experience with Katrina has shown that the devolution of services to the most local level has strengths, but also "real limitations" in the volume and length of the term of services that can be offered. The crisis provides a context in which to better understand the complementary roles of government, civil society, and the smaller informal assistance networks composed of relatives and friends.
"The analysis will explore the diversity of ways in which evacuees sought and received help," Lein said.
Angel said researchers will look at families' situations and activities before, during, and after the storm. The project includes on-going follow-up with evacuees over a year.
"We want to learn how their positions prior to evacuation--related to race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and personal resources-as well as their strategies afterward affected their experiences in Austin and their decisions about how and where to resettle," Angel said.
The researchers, among them School of Social Work research associate Holly Bell, also will study the response of service networks and are conducting in-depth interviews with professionals and volunteers about their experiences helping evacuees.
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LOOKING FOR SOME READING MATERIAL?
Here are some books we recently received in THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER's office:
More Than a Mom: Living a Full and Balanced Life When Your Child Has Special Needs, by Heather Fawcett & Amy Baskin, Woodbine House, May 2006
The authors of this book are both mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders. The book addresses universal concerns of parents of children with a variety of disabilities.
http://shop.socialworker.com/shop.php?k=more+than+a+mom&c=Parenting
Therapy With Single Parents: A Social Constructionist Approach, by Joan D. Atwood & Frank Genovese, The Haworth Clinical Practice Press, May 2006
This book focuses on the strengths of the single-parent family rather than its weaknesses, and stresses the need to look at the socially constructed norms, values, and definitions associated with marriage and family.
http://shop.socialworker.com/shop.php?k=therapy+with+single+parents&c=Parenting
Comprehensive Mental Health Practice With Sex Offenders and Their Families, edited by Carolyn Hilarski & John Wodarski, Haworth Press, May 2006
This book examines eight different sex offender typologies.
http://shop.socialworker.com/shop.php?k=Comprehensive+Mental+Health+Practice+With+Sex+Offenders+and+Their+Families&c=BooksGeneral
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SOCIAL WORK IS
Gary Direnfield, MSW, RSW, a Canadian social worker, appeared on his local TV station during Social Work Week. He had a little under 4 minutes to explain to the host and TV audience what a social worker is and does. Take a look at the interview here: http://www.yoursocialworker.com/videos/sw-week.wmv
(Note: This is a 8.9 MB video file.)
Social Work Week or Month (whichever is celebrated in your area) is an excellent time for other social workers to contact local media to spread the word about what professional social workers do!
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TRAUMA ARTICLES FROM GIFT FROM WITHIN
Gift From Within provides trauma-related articles on its Web site. Three new articles have been posted:
How To Provide Spiritually Sensitive Trauma Care, by Janice Harris Lord, ACSW, http://giftfromwithin.com/html/provide.html
Trauma and Spirituality: One Survivor's Journey Back to her Spirit, by Amy Menna, LMHC CAP, http://giftfromwithin.com/html/trauspir.html
Finding a Good Lawyer For Your Traumatized Client, by Frank Ochberg, MD, http://giftfromwithin.org/html/findlaw.html
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CSWE Gero-Ed Center
The Council on Social Work Education Gero-Ed Center (National Center for Gerontological Social Work Education), funded for three years by the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York City, is part of an initiative to infuse gerontology content in the core curriculum of accredited social work programs throughout the United States.
The Gero-Ed Center Web site is available at http://depts.washington.edu/geroctr/index.html. The site features curriculum enrichment resources and information about the Center's programs. The center is currently calling for submission of photos to the site to "promote positive images of aging." See http://depts.washington.edu/geroctr/Resources4/sub4_5_1Images.html for details on what and how to submit.
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
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Special call: Seasoned social workers are needed to help resolve traumas & atrocities of war.
On-going call for social workers: domestic violence, child trafficking and the trafficking of women, sexual assault, work with children. It is truly exciting work, but you must bring solid skills to the table.
If you are interested in any of the above international humanitarian volunteer possibilities, see http://www.ngoabroad.com and send your resume (copied, not attached) to: info@nGoAbroad.com
State your skill set in the subject line and write a brief intro. nGoAbroad matches skills, interests, and goals with international humanitarian needs.
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NEWS
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New Child Welfare Information Gateway Opens
New service provides child welfare and related professionals with easy access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.
The Children's Bureau has announced the opening of Child Welfare Information Gateway, a Web site that provides information and resources targeted to the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families.
Child Welfare Information Gateway consolidates and expands upon the services formerly provided by the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse to provide easy access to programs, research, statistics, laws and policies, and training resources all in one place.
Find information and resources on child abuse prevention, family preservation and support, domestic and intercountry adoption, search and reunion, and more.
Information Gateway offers many free services for busy professionals who want to stay current with the latest information and resources, including:
* An online library of over 48,000 documents at http://www.childwelfare.gov/library
* More than 130 Information Gateway publications at http://www.childwelfare.gov/search/pubs_search.cfm
* Customer service center with knowledgeable staff available Monday through Friday to answer questions. Email info@childwelfare.gov or phone 1-800-394-3366
* Free subscription services at http://www.childwelfare.gov/admin/subscribe
Visit and bookmark the new Child Welfare Information Gateway website at http://www.childwelfare.gov
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NASW Announces Election Results
The results are in. Newly elected leaders of the National Association of Social Workers are as follows:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Vice President: Willie "Bo" Walker
Treasurer: Josefina Ahumada
MSW Student Representative: Amal Elanouari
Representative Region III: Patricia Maxon
Representative Region IV: Donna Pincavage
Representative Region VII: Lann Thompson
Representative Region VIII: Rosalie Migas
Representative Region IX: Mark Smith
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS AND LEADERSHIP IDENTIFICATION
Representative Region IV: Denise Botcheos
Representative Region VIII: Phyllis Edwards
Representative Region X: Megan Morrissey
Representative Region XI: Sandra Lopez
Representative Region XIII: Mary Kay Oliveri
Congratulations to these newly-elected social work leaders!
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Social Work and Society
Social Work and Society is an online journal available at http://www.socwork.net. Its mission statement say, in part, "Social Work and Society is dedicated to critical analysis of the relationship between social work, social policy, the state and economic forces. It provides a forum in which conventional views can be challenged, theories about the status and mission of social work in society can be developed and ways for social work to act politically and responsibly can be identified." The journal, which is international, is available online only and can be accessed free of charge. Volume 4, No. 1 (2006) is online now.
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IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
A new edition of "If Not Now," the e-journal dedicated to the care and unique needs of aging Holocaust survivors and their descendants, is now online. This journal is edited by Paula David, BA, MSW, RSW who is Coordinator of the Holocaust Resource Project at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You will find Volume 6, Spring/Summer 2006, of IF NOT NOW at http://www.baycrest.org/ifnotnow.html
David wrote a first person account of her experiences as a social worker with survivors of the Holocaust in Chapter 37 of the book DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS, edited by Linda May Grobman. See http://www.socialworker.com/home/Publications/Social_Work_Books/Days_In_the_Lives_of_Social_Workers/ for information about the book.
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NASW Launches New Aging Credential for Social Workers
Washington, D.C. & The National Association of Social Workers announced in May that it is offering three new specialty credentials for social workers in the aging practice area. These new gerontological credentials will provide increased credibility to social workers seeking employment in an area of practice predicted to be in the greatest demand.
While the requirements of each credential varies, they will address specific areas of knowledge and skill, including assessment of older adults' needs and functional capability, expertise regarding physical and mental health issues, case and care management, long term care, elder abuse, quality of life issues, and advance care planning.
The new aging credentials include:
* Certified Social Worker in Gerontology (CSWG) at the BSW level
* Certified Advanced Social Worker in Gerontology (CASWG) at the MSW level
* Certified Advanced Clinical Social Worker in Gerontology (CACSWG) at the advanced clinical level.
A recent study by the NASW's Center for Workforce Studies (http://workforce.socialworkers.org/) indicated a rising demand for social workers who specialize in aging practice. With the aging of baby boomers and the lengthening of life spans, the need for social work services will be increasing. The study indicates the challenge of recruiting social workers into this practice area.
For more information about NASW credentials, visit http://www.socialworkers.org/credentials/default.asp.
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JUNE 2006 INFORMATION FOR PRACTICE NOW ONLINE
The June IP archives are now available online at: http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/ip/archives.php
"Australia's Welfare 2005" has been added to the Grey Lit column of IP in the past week. See: http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/ip/
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ON OUR WEB SITE
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Current articles now online include:
* Ethics: Challenging Heterosexism: Six Suggestions for Social Work Practice
* Field Placement: Mirror Mirror on the Wall
Could It Be Me?
* Avoiding the Tendency to Medicalize the Grieving Process: Reconciliation Rather Than Resolution
* An American Social Worker in London
* A Black Woman's Journey Toward Healing From Childhood Sexual Abuse
Our online discussion forum/message board is a place for open discussion of a variety of social work-related issues. Join in our discussion at http://www.socialworker.com (click on "Discussion Forum" in the left menu).
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JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK VALUES AND ETHICS-SPRING ISSUE AVAILABLE NOW
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The Spring 2006 edition is available online now. Go to the journal Web site at http://www.socialworker.com/jswve to read this and other available issues. You can also sign up for a free subscription, and you will be notified by e-mail when each issue is available online.
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SUMMER ISSUE OF THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER AVAILABLE NOW
The Summer issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine is available. Highlights include:
* Ethics: Challenging Heterosexism: Six Suggestions for Social Work Practice
* Field Placement: Mirror Mirror on the Wall
Could It Be Me?
* Social Work Leads to Search for Self
* Avoiding the Tendency to Medicalize the Grieving Process: Reconciliation Rather Than Resolution
* An American Social Worker in London
* Research: Conducting Interdisciplinary Research With Social Workers
* Perspectives on Gay and Lesbian Adoption
* Career Talk: Career Transitions Revisited
and more!
See our Web site at http://www.socialworker.com for more details and full-text articles from this issue.
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