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THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER® Social Work E-News
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Issue #47, October 19, 2004
EDITOR'S EYE
Dear Social Work Colleagues,
Welcome to Issue #47 of the Social Work E-News. This e-mail newsletter is brought to you by the publisher of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine and other social work publications.
Election Day is coming soon! We recently added an Election 2004 page to our Web site, where you can find links to sites that offer information about the candidates and issues. Visit this page at http://www.socialworker.com/election2004. We have also added the Table of Contents from the Fall issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER (available now!), and are adding some new articles, too, at http://www.socialworker.com
October is a month filled with celebrations and observances. Here are just a few of the many observances for this month: National Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National Spina Bifida Awareness Month, National Brain Injury Awareness Month, and Children's Health Month.
Many of you visited our new peer-reviewed online JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK VALUES AND ETHICS since the last E-News publication. This free, online-only full text journal can be found at http://www.socialworker.com/jswve. The Fall 2004 edition is online now. If you have not checked it out yet, please visit the site for cutting-edge articles on social work ethics. One advantage of publishing an online journal is that readers can "interact" with the journal. You are invited to comment on the "Ethics Forum" article, which in the Fall issue focuses on ethics in journal publishing.
I was sad to learn that Helen Harris Perlman died in September at the age of 98. I heard this social work pioneer speak at a conference many years ago and was so inspired by her. Her book, SOCIAL CASEWORK: A PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS, is a familiar one to many of us in the profession. Perlman was instrumental in establishing the "Chicago School" of social work practice. Read more about this influential leader of our profession at http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/041007/obit-perlman.shtml .
I hope to see some of you at the BPD conference in Detroit next month. Come by my booth in the exhibit hall to say hello!
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
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Features
News
On Our Web Site
In Print
Social Work Gifts
Job Corner/Current Job Openings
Newsletter Necessities
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FEATURES
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October is National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
The National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) and the Down Syndrome community have celebrated National Down Syndrome Awareness Month in October for more than twenty years. This special time of the year provides everyone with an opportunity to help raise awareness about the abilities of all individuals with Down syndrome, and about the positive contributions they make to their families, friends, and communities.
One key way you can celebrate Down Syndrome Awareness Month is to participate in your local NDSS Buddy Walk. The Buddy Walk was started in 1995 as a way to bring people together to promote the acceptance and inclusion of all people with Down Syndrome. There are walks all across the United States, and the majority take place in October in conjunction with Down Syndrome Awareness Month.
NDSS encourages all individuals interested in Down Syndrome to take advantage of Down Syndrome Awareness Month and use this time to impart messages about inclusion and acceptance of individuals with disabilities to your local community. Your support during October and throughout the year will help support and enhance the quality of life, and realize the potential of all people with Down syndrome.
Here are some resources to help you make the most of National Down Syndrome Awareness Month:
Ways to Celebrate: http://www.ndss.org/content.cfm?fuseaction=NwsEvt.Article&article=925
Down Syndrome Fact Sheet: http://www.ndss.org/content.cfm?fuseaction=NwsEvt.PressDSFS
Myths and Truths About Down Syndrome: http://www.ndss.org/content.cfm?fuseaction=InfoRes.Generalarticle&article=29
For further information and resources on Down Syndrome, see the National Down Syndrome Society Web site at http://www.ndss.org
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A FEW RESOURCES FOR SOCIAL WORKERS
By Linda May Grobman, ACSW, LSW
I have been busy editing the new (third!) edition of my book, DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS. One section of the book is an appendix listing organizations of interest to social workers. As I have gone through this section to update it, I have been reminded of the variety of organizations that exist for social workers in all areas of practice. We all know about the "big" social work organizations (NASW, CSWE), but what about the other, more specialized groups of social workers?
Below are a few social work organizations that you might find of interest. I'll include more in the next issue of the Social Work E-News.
Association of Oncology Social Work
1215 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-599-6093
http://www.aosw.org
Council of Nephrology Social Workers
National Kidney Foundation
30 E. 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
800-622-9010
http://www.kidney.org/professionals/CNSW/index.cfm
Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research
750 First Street, NE, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20002
202-336-8385
http://www.iaswresearch.org
International Federation of Social Workers
Postfach 6875, Schwarztorstrasse 20
CH-3000 Berne, Switzerland
41-31-382-6015
http://www.ifsw.org
National Association of Black Social Workers
1220 11th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-589-1850
http://www.nabsw.org
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NEWS
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THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER seeks student news
THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine publishes news of social work student club/organization activities. News items run about 100-150 words and report on recent activities of BSW and MSW student organizations. Send your club news (with photos, if available) to linda.grobman@paonline.com . Digital photos should be in JPG or TIF format and be at least 300 dots per inch. Please reduce size to no more than 3 inches wide.
THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER also publishes profiles of "student role models." If you would like to suggest a student for this feature, please go to http://www.socialworker.com and click on "About the Magazine." Then go to the student role model suggestion form. If we choose the student you suggest, we will contact the student and/or you for further information.
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U. S. Army Buys The Kissing Hand to Distribute to Military Families
October 2004, Washington, DC -- The U.S. Army has purchased 14,000 copies of the children's classic, The Kissing Hand, for distribution to organizations and groups that provide services to military children.
The books will be available in Army installation libraries, Army Community Service Centers, Army Child Development Programs, and through Army Family Readiness Groups, including Army National Guard and Army Reserve Family Readiness Groups in local communities.
A copy of The Kissing Hand will also be included with "video messenger kits" used to record deployed soldiers reading the book as a part of their message to their families back home. The video messenger kits will be distributed to units serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, and those in Germany, Italy, the Pacific, and the United States who are soon to deploy.
"It is our hope that this book helps to ease some of the fear and anxiety being experienced by children and their parents separated by military deployment and war. We are pleased that the U. S. Army's Community and Family Support Center chose The Kissing Hand to help the families serving in today's military," says Shay Bilchik, Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) President and CEO.
The National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) is also distributing The Kissing Hand through its Operation Child Care project. In this project, childcare programs and providers volunteer to provide a few hours of free childcare for Armed forces personnel returning for two weeks of rest and recuperation leave from Iraq and Afghanistan.
A New York Times bestseller, The Kissing Hand is written by Audrey Penn and published by CWLA's trade imprint, Child & Family Press. The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization.
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Panel Finds that Scare Tactics for Violence Prevention Are Harmful
Good news is that positive approaches show promise
October 2004--BETHESDA, MARYLAND -- Programs that rely on "scare tactics" to prevent children and adolescents from engaging in violent behavior are not only ineffective, but may actually make the problem worse, according to an independent state-of-the-science panel convened last week by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The panel found that group detention centers, boot camps, and other "get tough" programs often exacerbate problems by grouping young people with delinquent tendencies, where the more sophisticated instruct the more naive. Similarly, the practice of transferring juveniles to the adult judicial system can be counterproductive, resulting in greater violence among incarcerated youth.
"The good news is that a number of intervention programs have been demonstrated to be effective through randomized controlled trials," explained Dr. Robert L. Johnson, Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, who chaired the panel. "We were pleased to find several programs that work, and we hope that communities will adopt them and continue to develop other interventions that incorporate the features common to successful programs."
The panel highlighted two programs that are clearly effective in reducing arrests and out-of-home placements: Functional Family Therapy, and Multisystemic Therapy. Among the important characteristics that these programs have in common are a focus on developing social competency skills, a long-term approach, and family involvement.
The panel also identified strengths and weaknesses in the field of violence prevention research, and made a number of recommendations to shape future efforts. Among these, the panel advocated a national population-based adolescent violence registry, and greater emphasis on economic research into the cost- effectiveness of intervention to prevent violence.
The panel released its findings to the public after two days of expert presentations and panel deliberations. The full text of the panel's draft statement is available at http://consensus.nih.gov . The final version will be available at the same Web address in three to four weeks. Statements from past conferences and additional information about the NIH Consensus Development Program are also available at the Web site, or by calling 1-888-644-2667.
The panel is independent, and its report is not a policy statement of the NIH or the Federal Government. The NIH Consensus Development Program, of which this conference is a part, was established in 1977 as a mechanism to judge controversial topics in medicine and public health in an unbiased, impartial manner. NIH has conducted 119 consensus development conferences, and 23 state-of-the-science (formerly "technology assessment") conferences, addressing a wide range of issues.
The conference was sponsored by the Office of Medical Applications of Research and the National Institute of Mental Health, of the NIH. Cosponsors included the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Nursing Research, the National Library of Medicine, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Justice.
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SAMHSA Launches Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Video Package
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has made available a video package produced for women in substance abuse treatment programs to raise awareness about alcohol-affected pregnancies. The launch coincided with September's National Alcohol and Drug Abuse Recovery Month.
One in every 100 babies born each year in the United States is affected by prenatal alcohol exposure. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is an umbrella term describing the range of effects that can occur in an individual whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. These effects may include physical, mental, behavioral, and/or learning disabilities with possible lifelong implications.
The video, "Recovering Hope: Mothers Speak Out About Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders," features a series of women who tell poignant and memorable stories about alcohol use during pregnancy and its effect on their children. Their experiences are supported by expert clinicians and researchers who talk about disabilities associated with FASD and evaluation and intervention services. The hour-long video is divided into two half-hour segments to allow discussion time within treatment sessions. The video package includes a brochure for counselors or facilitators to read in preparing to show and talk about the video, and a second brochure to distribute to women to keep as a reference after viewing and discussing the video.
"SAMHSA data show that of the estimated 2.4 million women currently pregnant, 238,000 drank alcohol in the past month," SAMHSA Administrator Charles Curie noted. "SAMHSA funds the FASD Center for Excellence and other prevention programs to work toward the day that no woman who is pregnant will endanger her baby by consuming alcohol."
These materials were developed by SAMHSA's FASD Center for Excellence in response to a Congressional mandate in Section 519D of the Children's Health Act of 2000 to develop innovative techniques for preventing alcohol use by women during pregnancy. The need for educational materials for providers and their clients was identified by a series of 17 regional town hall meetings on FASD. Many additional audiences may also benefit from these materials, including members of support groups for women who have completed treatment and other women who are at high risk for alcohol-affected pregnancies.
One of the mothers featured in the video sums up how it feels to be able to recover hope for the future: "There's nothing you can do about the past. But today you can make some changes and you can make the difference in this child's life and your life. I'm clean and sober. There's no reason why I cannot be responsible, take accountability. It's power."
For information about obtaining copies of "Recovering Hope," contact SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) by calling 800-729-6686 or accessing the Web site: http://www.ncadi.samhsa.gov
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES
White Hat Communications/THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER will be at two conferences in November.
BPD (see http://www.bpdonline.org)
Linda Grobman, ACSW, LSW, will be at the White Hat Communications/THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER booth in the exhibit hall at the annual conference of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors (BPD) in Detroit, MI on November 3-6. Please stop by our booth and say hello!
ARNOVA (see http://www.arnova.org)
Gary Grobman, Ph.D., author of our nonprofit management books, will be exhibiting and presenting at the annual conference of Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) in Los Angeles on November 18-20. Please stop by and chat with Gary!
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ON OUR WEB SITE
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THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER's Web site at http://www.socialworker.com includes the full text of many sample articles from past issues of the magazine. On our newly-designed site, click on "About the Magazine" to find Tables of Contents of the current and back issues, and click on "Feature Articles" to find full-text articles.
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) -- you do not have to be a registered user to participate, but registering allows you to use some additional features of the message board. Recent discussions have focused on social worker safety, the effect of one's personal values on the social work role, and more.
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IN PRINT
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FALL ISSUE AVAILABLE NOW!
The Fall issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine is now available. Here are some highlights of this issue:
Ethics: Human Rights and Social Work
Field Placement: The Role of Field Instruction in Social Work Education
I'm Straight--Does That Matter?
Research: To Once and Future Research Students (this article available online now)
Working with Transgender Individuals: Guidelines for Beginning Practitioners and Students
To Lead or to Serve: Using Theory to Do Both
Career Talk: So You Have a Job: Now What?
and more!
See our Web site for excerpts from this issue.
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SOCIAL WORK GIFTS
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Do you need a unique gift for someone who is interested in social work, a colleague, or a student? Here are some ideas:
Subscription to THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine--$15 for 1 year (to U.S. address)
Books-DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS offers an overview of "typical" days in 50 different social work settings! THE SOCIAL WORK GRADUATE SCHOOL APPLICANT'S HANDBOOK is a great gift for anyone who is thinking about social work graduate school.
"I Am a Social Worker" Buttons-Red buttons with yellow lettering. Stock up on them and give them to your fellow classmates, colleagues, interns, or new graduates.
These items and more are available at our online store at http://www.whitehatcommunications.com/store
We also have specialty items (social work mugs, teddy bears, and more) at http://www.cafepress.com/socialworker -- you won't find these ANYWHERE else!
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JOB CORNER
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CURRENT JOB OPENINGS:
Therapist, Private Practice, Baltimore, MD-
http://jobs.socialworkjobbank.com/c/job.cfm?site_id=122&jb=598460
UK Social Worker, Sanctuary, South London, London, UK-
http://jobs.socialworkjobbank.com/c/job.cfm?site_id=122&jb=611264
Click on the links above (or copy and paste them into your browser, if they do not show up as links in your e-mail) to see the full detailed listings for these jobs at SocialWorkJobBank.com.
Find more jobs at http://www.socialworkjobbank.com, THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER's online job board and career center. Both new grads and experienced social work practitioners are included in our ever-growing candidate profile bank, which now includes thousands of confidential profiles/resumes of social work job seekers! We are proud of the fact that this site was chosen as one of 350 (out of 40,000+ employment sites) to be included in Weddle's Recruiter's and Job Seeker's Guide to Employment Web Sites 2004.
If you or your agency are hiring social workers, don't forget to post your jobs on SocialWorkJobBank.com. Please check the SocialWorkJobBank "products/pricing" page for job posting options and SPECIAL offers.
All job seeker services are FREE-including searching current job openings, posting your confidential resume/profile, and requesting e-mail job alerts. Please let employers know that you saw their listings in the SOCIAL WORK E-NEWS and at SocialWorkJobBank.com.
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http://www.socialworker.com
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