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THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER® Social Work E-News
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Issue #88, March 11, 2008
EDITOR'S EYE
Dear Social Work Colleagues,
Welcome to Issue #88 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.
HAPPY SOCIAL WORK MONTH! I want to wish you a happy month of celebration for our profession. Take a moment to tell your colleagues, classmates, and professors "thank you" for a job well done. And while you're at it
pat yourself on the back, too!
Social Work Month started with a bang with the BPD conference in Destin, Florida. This conference of baccalaureate social work educators was filled with education, celebrations, and networking. It was great seeing many of our readers there! And I want to welcome those who signed up at the conference to receive this e-newsletter and our other publications.
As I mentioned last month, THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER has teamed up with the National Association of Social Workers and former AOL Social Work Forum host Susan Mankita to bring you SocialWorkChat.org! This site features an ongoing series of online live chats among social workers, students, and educators. Don't miss the chat TONIGHT, March 11, at 9 p.m. EST, at http://www.socialworkchat.org . Tonight's chat will be an interview with Liz Zelvin, social worker and mystery writer! Read more about this service below, under "Features"!
Don't forget to visit our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-New-Social-Worker-Magazine/6689018002 & once you get there, log in to your Facebook account (or create one), and you will be able to register as a fan of our page. You will then be able to receive special notices and take part in discussions on the page.
March-besides being National Professional Social Work Month-is National Brain Injury Awareness Month, National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month, and others. This week (March 10-17) is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, and this Thursday (March 13) is World Kidney Day.
The Spring issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER is coming soon! In the meantime, don't forget that the Winter 2008 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine is now available online. Go to http://www.socialworker.com to read the articles from this issue in Web format. You can also download this issue (and others) of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine in PDF format FREE at http://www.socialworker.com/home/component/remository/Download/TheNewSocialWorkerMagazine/TheNewSocialWorkerVol.15No.1(Winter2008)/
You can now go to http://www.socialworker.com/home/menu/Subscribe/ and subscribe (free) to receive an e-mail reminder and table of contents of each issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine when it is available.
Do you have a story to share with our readers? If so, send it to me at linda.grobman@paonline.com.
The Social Work E-News now has almost 24,000 subscribers, and thousands of social workers (and people interested in social work) visit our Web sites. If you like our Web sites, The New Social Worker, and the Social Work E-News, tell a friend, student, or colleague! And if you're looking for a social work job (or to hire a social worker), be sure to check out SocialWorkJobBank at http://www.socialworkjobbank.com .
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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IN THIS ISSUE
Words From Our Sponsors
Job Corner/Current Job Openings
Features
News & Resources
On Our Web Site
In Print
Newsletter Necessities
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WORDS FROM OUR SPONSORS
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JOB CORNER
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Find jobs for new grads and experienced social work practitioners at http://www.socialworkjobbank.com, THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER's online job board and career center. We are proud of the fact that this site was chosen as one of 350 (out of 40,000+ employment sites) to be included (for the third consecutive time) in Weddle's Recruiter's and Job Seeker's Guide to Employment Web Sites 2007/2008.
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FEATURES
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SocialWorkChat.org&New Service of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER and NASW
Connect with other social workers online! THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine and the National Association of Social Workers have teamed up with the Social Work Forum to bring you SocialWorkChat.org, an online community of social workers offering twice-weekly online real-time chats on a variety of topics. The chats are being held on Sunday and Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. EST. Upcoming chats include:
TONIGHT! Tuesday, March 11: DEATH WILL GET YOU SOBER: An Addictions Social Worker Turns to Crime: Elizabeth Zelvin joins us to talk about her new mystery novel about addictions
Sunday, March 16: Safety for Social Workers
Tuesday, March 18: Traumatic Brain Injury & Veterans
Sunday, March 23: Emerging Trends in Child Welfare
Tuesday, March 25: Psychopharmacology with guest expert Dr. Michael Diamond
Sunday, March 30: Schizophrenia and first break psychosis
Tuesday, April 1: Infidelity with guest noted infidelity expert and author Emily Brown
Sunday, April 6: Social Work Practice in Retirement Communities
Tuesday, April 8: Building your Social Work practice with guest expert Sheila Peck
Sunday, April 13: What Social Work Students Really Want
Tuesday, April 15: International Social Work (in honor of World Social Work Day)
The site offers:
An active, participant-rich online community of social workers
Twice weekly moderated chats on assorted social work topics
Categorized, monitored bulletin boards
Weekly e-mail with chat topics and screened, related web links
Monthly newsletter
Colleagues to bounce ideas off of, literally at your fingertips
A unique and accessible way of getting ongoing professional education
Registration is free! Chats will be about an hour. Check regularly for chat topics or sign up for e-mail reminders.
Go to http://www.socialworkchat.org to register and participate in the chats and other features of the site.
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Taking the Wheel: Putting Yourself In the Driver's Seat of Your Field Placement
By Lyndal Greenslade and Amanda Vos
As social work students, most of us approach our field placements with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. Where do I want to go? What setting will be a good fit for me? What style of supervision will I respond to best? How on Earth will I balance the demands of placement, uni, work, and family life?
These questions floated around Lyndal's mind as she approached her final year field placement. After her first placement and a challenging year at university, Lyndal was left questioning whether she and social work were meant to be. It was "do or die," and Lyndal knew she needed to be really purposeful about planning out her final placement. Motivated by an intense desire to "get it right," she decided to take a proactive role in determining what she needed. To do this, Lyndal thought long and hard about what she wanted to learn and experience on placement. She came up with a bunch of skills, techniques, client experiences, and opportunities that she thought would be valuable. Lyndal also had an equally long list of what she didn't want to experience. The process of using this list to help decide what agency she wanted to work in involved looking behind her answers to discover the underlying theme. By taking this approach, she began to gain some clarity.
Lyndal: What I wanted more than anything, was to experience the positivity and possibility in social work. I'd spent four years listening to the stories of how hard the work is and how small the gains are. Instead, I wanted a placement that focused on what is possible. This discovery allowed me to see that what I needed was a supervisor who approached the work with a positive "can do" attitude. I remembered having heard one such social worker speak at a few events and decided to make contact with her to see if she was interested in supervising. It helped that I was interested in the organization she worked for, but I stayed focused on my realisation that this time around, the relationship with my supervisor was primary.
Luckily, Amanda was available and interested. They met several times prior to the placement, and Lyndal decided to be really honest and upfront, explaining her previous experience on placement, what she wanted this time around, and also a little bit about who she was and what she believed in. Lyndal felt very strongly that Amanda should have a sense of who she was before embarking on this journey. Usually, pre-placement interviews are very focused on the supervisor deciding whether the student is appropriate for the placement, but Lyndal felt that this was an opportunity to discover whether the supervisor was appropriate for her!
Read the rest of this article at:
http://www.socialworker.com/home/Feature_Articles/Field_Placement/Taking_the_Wheel%3A_Put_Yourself_in_the_Driver%27s_Seat_of_Your_Field_Placement_Experience/
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American Humane Launches Program to House Pets in Women's Shelters
Pets and Women's Shelters (PAWS) Program Provides On-Site Housing for Pets, Giving Victims More Reason to Leave Abusive Homes
The American Humane Association, the leading organization raising awareness about The Link® between animal abuse and other forms of violence, has created the first national initiative to promote on-site housing of pets at women's shelters and to acknowledge the human-animal bond, which can be crucial to recovery after a crisis.
The Pets and Women's Shelters Program (PAWS) was created by Allie Phillips, director of public policy for American Humane, who frequently witnessed the pain victims go through when they are forced to stay in abusive situations because they fear for their pets' safety.
Phillips explained, "In the mid-1990s as an assistant prosecutor, my misdemeanor criminal trial docket included many domestic violence cases. Most of those cases never proceeded to trial or resulted in guilty pleas because the victims often failed to appear in court because of fear of retaliation by their batterers. One frequent concern I heard was 'If I testify or if I do not go back to him, he will kill my pet.' In nationally training on the Link tor the past four years, and realizing the concerns that family violence shelters might have in housing pets on-site, I decided to do something about it. This has been my passion for years, and I'm proud that American Humane supported my vision."
Between 71 and 85 percent of women entering domestic violence shelters reported that a partner had threatened, injured, or killed the family pet, according to a study done in 1997. And more often than not, because of few options for safely housing pets from abusive homes, victims feel they have little choice but to stay and subject themselves, their children, and their pets to further violence.
To help quickly spread the program throughout the nation, American Humane has published a Pets and Women's Shelters (PAWS) Program manual to help shelters assess their needs and provide step-by-step instructions for implementing the program. The ultimate goal of PAWS is to enable more domestic violence victims to leave abusive households without leaving their pets behind and at risk.
In another study done in 2007 in 12 Link-based research studies, results indicated that between 18 and 48 percent of women reported concerns regarding their pets' safety, and had either delayed leaving abusive homes or remained in abusive homes out of fear of leaving their pets behind.
The PAWS Program acknowledges the unfortunate link between human violence and animal cruelty. It also recognizes the healing bond pets can provide to people who have endured trauma. American Humane encourages all domestic and family violence shelters across the country to take the necessary steps toward implementing the PAWS Program at their facilities.
Founded in 1877, the American Humane Association is the only national organization dedicated to protecting both children and animals. Through a network of child and animal protection agencies and individuals, American Humane develops policies, legislation, curricula and training programs to protect children and animals from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Visit www.americanhumane.org to learn more.
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3-Year Study at 7 Major Universities Finds Strong Links Between Arts Education and Cognitive Development
Learning, Arts, and the Brain, a study three years in the making, is the result of research by cognitive neuroscientists from seven leading universities across the United States. In the Dana Consortium study, released last week at a news conference at the Dana Foundation's Washington, DC headquarters, researchers grappled with a fundamental question: Are smart people drawn to the arts or does arts training make people smarter?
For the first time, coordinated, multi-university scientific research brings us closer to answering that question. Learning, Arts, and the Brain advances our understanding of the effects of music, dance, and drama education on other types of learning. Children motivated in the arts develop attention skills and strategies for memory retrieval that also apply to other subject areas.
The research was led by Dr. Michael S. Gazzaniga of the University of California at Santa Barbara. "A life-affirming dimension is opening up in neuroscience," said Dr. Gazzaniga, "to discover how the performance and appreciation of the arts enlarge cognitive capacities will be a long step forward in learning how better to learn and more enjoyably and productively to live. The consortium's new findings and conceptual advances have clarified what now needs to be done."
Participating researchers, using brain imaging studies and behavioral assessment, identified eight key points relevant to the interests of parents, students, educators, neuroscientists, and policy makers.
1. An interest in a performing art leads to a high state of motivation that produces the sustained attention necessary to improve performance and the training of attention that leads to improvement in other domains of cognition.
2. Genetic studies have begun to yield candidate genes that may help explain individual differences in interest in the arts.
3. Specific links exist between high levels of music training and the ability to manipulate information in both working and long-term memory; these links extend beyond the domain of music training.
4. In children, there appear to be specific links between the practice of music and skills in geometrical representation, though not in other forms of numerical representation.
5. Correlations exist between music training and both reading acquisition and sequence learning. One of the central predictors of early literacy, phonological awareness, is correlated with both music training and the development of a specific brain pathway.
6. Training in acting appears to lead to memory improvement through the learning of general skills for manipulating semantic information.
7. Adult self-reported interest in aesthetics is related to a temperamental factor of openness, which in turn is influenced by dopamine-related genes.
8. Learning to dance by effective observation is closely related to learning by physical practice, both in the level of achievement and also the neural substrates that support the organization of complex actions. Effective observational learning may transfer to other cognitive skills.
As several of the consortium members stressed, much of their research was of a preliminary nature, yielding several tight correlations but not definitive causal relationships.
Although "there is still a lot of work to be done," says Dr. Gazzaniga, the consortium's research so far has clarified the way forward. "We now have further reasons to believe that training in the arts has positive benefits for more general cognitive mechanisms."
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NEWS & RESOURCES
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Education, Health, and Religious Organizations Unite to Keep Students Safe
A diverse coalition of 13 national organizations has joined in a renewed effort to protect the safety and emotional well-being of students, including those who are at higher risk because of their sexual orientation. The group of education, health, mental health, and religious organizations recently released "Just the Facts About Sexual Orientation and Youth: A Primer for Principals, Educators, and School Personnel."
The publication serves as a guide for employees who confront sensitive issues involving gay, lesbian, and bisexual students. It is intended to help school administrators foster safe and healthy school environments, in which all students can achieve to the best of their ability. "Just the Facts" includes the most recent information from professional health organizations, as well as up-to-date information on the legal responsibility of school officials to protect students from anti-gay harassment. "Just the Facts" has been mailed to all 16,000 public school superintendents in the United States. The 24-page "Just the Facts" guide can be downloaded from:
http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/publications/justthefacts.pdf
The coalition issued the following joint statement:
"The opportunity for students to learn is diminished when they do not feel safe or supported at school. In addition to assault and harassment, gay, lesbian, and bisexual students experience high rates of emotional distress, suicide attempts, and substance abuse. These factors hinder their emotional and social development, as well as their ability to succeed in school. It is our responsibility to provide accurate and factual information. We believe this publication will be a valuable tool to help educators, administrators, and others concerned with caring for America's students."
Members of the coalition are the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Counseling Association, the American Association of School Administrators, the American Federation of Teachers, the American Psychological Association, the American School Counselor Association, the American School Health Association, the Interfaith Alliance Foundation, the National Association of School Psychologists, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the National Association of Social Workers, the National Education Association, and the School Social Work Association of America.
First formed in 1998, the coalition produced the original version of "Just the Facts" to respond to concerns that school personnel were receiving inaccurate information on the issue of sexual orientation. The updated publication reflects the coalition's continuing concern about the safety and well-being of gay, lesbian, and bisexual students.
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World Social Work Day-April 15, 2008
Social workers around the world will join together to celebrate the second World Social Work Day on April 15, 2008. This annual event is held to focus on social work's contributions to society and be part of an ongoing dialogue with all partners on how challenges linked to social conditions can be met by communities.
The general theme for World Social Work Day is "Social Work -- Making a World of Difference," and is initiated by the International Federation of Social Workers, a global body for social workers in 84 countries around the globe.
The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) has since its original establishment in 1928 been the representative body of professional social workers globally. Today, IFSW represents social work associations in 84 countries with a total membership of more than 500 000 social workers. Special consultative status has been granted by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). In addition, IFSW is working with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and others.
See http://www.ifsw.org for more information.
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JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK VALUES & ETHICS CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM
The Journal of Social Work Values & Ethics, a free, online, peer-reviewed journal published by the publisher of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER, now offers continuing education credit. Beginning with the Spring 2007 issue of the journal, you are able to read selected articles and then take an online exam and receive continuing education credit. See http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/content/view/57/52/ for complete details of this program.
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The Spring 2008 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER will be available soon! Highlights of the forthcoming issue include: white privilege and the mental health profession, social work and the media, when it is okay to say "no" during practicum, how to handle the stress of subpoenas, and more!
The Winter 2008 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER is now available to download in PDF format at: http://www.socialworker.com/home/component/remository/Download/TheNewSocialWorkerMagazine/TheNewSocialWorkerVol.15No.1(Winter2008)/
THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER's Web site at http://www.socialworker.com includes the full text of many articles from past issues of the magazine. The current issue is featured on the site's main page. The last several issues can be found under "Magazine Issues" on the top right column of the page. For full-text articles from issues prior to Spring 2006, click on "Feature Articles Archive" on the left side of the page. The magazine is also available for FREE download in PDF format.
Current articles from the Winter 2008 issue now online include:
Compassion Fatigue: Being an Ethical Social Worker -- http://www.socialworker.com/home/Feature_Articles/Ethics/Compassion_Fatigue%3A_Being_an_Ethical_Social_Worker/
Taking the Wheel: Put Yourself in the Driver's Seat of Your Field Placement Experience -- http://www.socialworker.com/home/Feature_Articles/Field_Placement/Taking_the_Wheel%3A_Put_Yourself_in_the_Driver%27s_Seat_of_Your_Field_Placement_Experience/
There's a Place for Us: How Community Fits Into Social Work -- http://www.socialworker.com/home/Feature_Articles/Professional_Development_%26_Advancement/There%27s_a_Place_for_%22Us%22--How_Community_Fits_Into_Social_Work/
Poetry: My Life is in Your Hands (From a client's perspective) -- http://www.socialworker.com/home/Feature_Articles/General/Poetry%3A_My_Life_is_in_Your_Hands_%28From_a_client%27s_perspective%29/
How Not to Panic When Your Client Talks to Dead People -- http://www.socialworker.com/home/Feature_Articles/Professional_Development_%26_Advancement/How_Not_to_Panic_When_Your_Client_Talks_to_Dead_People/
Protecting the Protectors: Am I Really Safe? -- http://www.socialworker.com/home/Feature_Articles/General/Protecting_the_Protectors%3A_Am_I_Really_Safe?/
Untangling the Intercultural Knot With an African Colleague -- http://www.socialworker.com/home/Feature_Articles/Professional_Development_%26_Advancement/Untangling_the_Intercultural_Knot_With_an_African_Colleague/
Electronic Connection: Teach Your Teachers -- http://www.socialworker.com/home/Feature_Articles/Technology/Electronic_Connection%3A_Teach_Your_Teachers/
and more!
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JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK VALUES AND ETHICS-WINTER ISSUE AVAILABLE NOW!
The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics is a free, online, peer-reviewed journal published by the publisher of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. It is published twice a year (with occasional special issues), in full text, online at: http://www.socialworker.com/jswve
We have published the Winter 2007-08 edition, and it is available online now. This edition is in addition to the two regularly scheduled editions, already published in the 2007 calendar year.
Editorial Comment: From Our October 2007 Editorial Board Meeting
http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/content/view/72/54/
Letters to the Editors Winter 2007-2008
http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/content/view/71/54/
What is Sacred When Personal and Professional Values Collide?
http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/content/view/69/54/
Promoting Ethical Research
http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/content/view/68/54/
The Ethics of Social Work Practice in a Nursing Home Setting: A Consultants' Dilemma
http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/content/view/67/54/
Social Work Values in an Age of Complexity
http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/content/view/66/54/
Ethics and Decision Making for Social Workers
http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/content/view/70/54/
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.
Get continuing education credit for reading selected articles from the Journal of Social Work Values & Ethics. See http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/content/view/57/52/ for details.
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White Hat Communications, publisher of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine and the Social Work E-News, has published several books about social work. These books make great gifts for yourself, or for your friends, students, and colleagues in social work!
Briefly, those currently in print are:
DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS: 54 Professionals Tell Real-Life Stories From Social Work Practice (3rd Edition), edited by Linda May Grobman
MORE DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS:35 Real-Life Stories of Advocacy, Outreach, and Other Intriguing Roles in Social Work Practice, edited by Linda May Grobman
DAYS IN THE LIVES OF GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIAL WORKERS: 44 Professionals Tell Stories From Real-Life Social Work Practice With Older Adults, edited by Linda May Grobman and Dara Bergel Bourassa.
THE SOCIAL WORK GRADUATE SCHOOL APPLICANT'S HANDBOOK: The Complete Guide to Selecting and Applying to MSW Programs (2nd Edition), by Jesus Reyes
THE FIELD PLACEMENT SURVIVAL GUIDE: What You Need to Know to Get the Most From Your Social Work Practicum, edited by Linda May Grobman
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Social Work Graduate School Applicant's Handbook:
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