Social Work E-News 
  Issue #142, September 11, 2012
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Dear Social Work Colleagues,
 
Hello! Welcome to Issue #142 of the Social Work E-News! Thank you for subscribing to receive this e-mail newsletter, which is brought to you by the publisher of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine, SocialWorker.com, SocialWorkJobBank.com, and other social work publications.
 
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Reminder…. The Summer 2012 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER is available NOW! Highlights of the Summer issue include: FAQs about the NASW Code of Ethics, learning from a first intern, social work in an HIV/AIDS clinic, a foster child removal experience, @SWSCmedia Twitter debates, poetry, book reviews, and more! Also included is a photo montage of recent social work graduates.
 
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Our new Social Work Graduate School Site at http://www.socialworkgradschool.com features postings on applying, getting in, and navigating the social work graduate school experience. Please follow and subscribe to the site to make sure you are informed of new posts and don’t miss out on anything important! See the latest entry at: http://www.socialworkgradschool.com/2012/09/have-you-researched-schools-of-social.html
 
Riding the Mutual Aid Bus and Other Adventures in Group Work, a book I co-edited with Jennifer Clements, is available now. This is a new volume in the “Days in the Lives of Social Workers” series—all about group work!  I want to thank all the social workers who contributed their group work stories. The book includes 44 awesome stories about group work in all kinds of settings. You can find full details about this new book at: http://shop.whitehatcommunications.com/riding-the-mutual-aid-bus-and-other-adventures-in-group-work/
 
September 6 was the birthday of Jane Addams! See my blog post here: http://blog.socialworker.com/2012/09/happy-birthday-jane-addams.html
 
Today, we remember the day 11 years ago now known as “9/11.” Also, about two weeks ago was the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Seven years ago, after Hurricane Katrina, we published an article by a survivor of 9/11. Read it here: http://www.socialworker.com/home/Feature_Articles/General/E-NEWS_ARTICLE%3A_After_The_Fall_%28What_It_Was_Like_to_Survive_9%1011%29/
 
In addition, September marks the observance of Healthy Aging Month, National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, National Recovery Month, National Sickle Cell Month, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Suicide Prevention Awareness Day (September 10), World Alzheimer’s Day (September 21), National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (September 27), and more.
 
Coming in October: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National Bullying Prevention Month, National Down Syndrome Awareness Month, SIDS Awareness Month, and more.
 
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Featured Excerpt
SW 2.0: How To Communicate Effectively With Your Professor
by Karen Zgoda, MSW, LCSW, ABD
 
Editor’s Note: In honor of the “back to school” season, this month’s excerpt is about communicating effectively with your professor. The following is an excerpt from an article from the Spring 2010 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. Read the full article at:
 
 
When did communication get so complicated? In my teaching over the past two years, I have certainly learned a lot about effective and ineffective teaching. During that time, however, I’ve been privy to some rather outstanding examples of poor communication, which, upon reflection, might have been avoided.

The idea for this particular column evolved from a day when, early in the semester, let’s call it week two or three, I opened my inbox to approximately 30 e-mails from students. I’m teaching four classes this semester, so I expected e-mail volume to increase, but this was crazy. After I spent at least three hours responding to these queries, I closed my inbox. When I checked again a few hours later, there were at least 16 fresh e-mails, some from the same students. I thought: Something is seriously wrong here. Am I a bad communicator or a bad teacher? Am I being unclear and my students have no idea what I’m talking about? Had I not already addressed many of these questions in class, in the syllabus, on our online course site (we’re testing out Moodle, http://moodle.org/), or via conversations with students? Was this simply a new expectation for teaching, spending hours each day conducting lengthy conversations over e-mail? Or were there ways to improve communication to decrease the volume of e-mails and make sure student needs were still getting met? Apparently, this is becoming a hot topic; while Googling sources for this article, I came across numerous seminar/workshop offerings by departments to help students and professors communicate more effectively via technology.

Although I believe students should first and foremost be given the benefit of the doubt (these folks are taking my class to learn, to do well, acting in their own best interests, and learning how to communicate effectively as professionals), there are ways to do this more efficiently and successfully. Professors want their students to succeed and learn course material, while students want to do well and get on to their post-student lives to do social work. There are no perfect professors or students here, and by no means am I a perfect communicator, but our goals are complementary. How can we accomplish these goals better together?

Please note that all professors will have their own individual preferences about the following guidelines, so when in doubt, always always, always ask your professors about their communication preferences.

In the technology-enabled communication age, and in no particular order, thou shalt NOT:
  • Ask your professor what course you are taking with him/her. Seriously.
  • E-mail your professor for information already included in your syllabus. Here is a sample list of items that should be found in your syllabus:
Course title and number
Day, time, and location where the class meets
Professor’s name, contact information, and office hours
Grading criteria
Assignment descriptions and due dates
Testing/exam dates
Attendance policy
Late work policy
 
Read the rest of this article at:
 
 
Articles from the Summer 2012 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER include:
 
• Student Role Model: Tayloe Compton (in PDF version only)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
• 2012 Recent Social Work Graduates Photo Montage (in PDF version only) and slideshow http://www.flickr.com/photos/newsocialworker/sets/72157630388818324/  
 
• Poetry (in PDF version only)  
 
• On Campus (in PDF version only)  
 
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RAISING AWARENESS
 
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
 
American Association of Suicidology
 
Army Suicide Prevention Month
 
Military Health System: Suicide Prevention Awareness
 
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
 
Navy Personnel Command: Suicide Prevention
 
Healthy Aging Month
Healthy Aging Campaign
 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Aging
 
NIH Senior Health
 
National Council on Aging: Center for Healthy Aging
 
 
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Why Social Workers Need to Care About Breastfeeding
By Rebecca J. McCloskey, MSW, LCSW
 
(Editor’s Note: Last month was Breastfeeding Awareness Month. This article is being published exclusively in the Social Work E-News and on The New Social Worker Online Web site.)
 
Recently, there has been a resurgence of news stories that pass judgment on mothering and parenting styles, fueled by the controversial TIME magazine article on attachment parenting (which shows a 3-year-old breastfeeding on its cover) and an upcoming reality show that focuses on "extreme parenting," where so-called extended breastfeeding is being profiled (and likely exploited and labeled as radical and abnormal). Additionally, you may have heard NYC Governor Michael Bloomberg come under sharp criticism for his “Latch On NYC” initiative, to support mothers who choose to breastfeed and limit practices that interfere with that choice (including putting limits on the promotion and distribution of infant formula in hospitals). This kind of media sensationalism, while bringing needed attention to important topics like breastfeeding, also fosters a divide between mothers, promotes judgment rather than understanding, and omits important facts about the real issues, all in the favor of increasing viewership and profits.
 
So, what are some of the real issues at stake here in regard to breastfeeding, and why is it important for social workers to understand them to best advocate for and with mothers and babies?
 
Let’s start with the fact that experts (i.e., the World Health Organization (WHO), American Academy of Pediatrics, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and others) recommend breastfeeding for at least two years, with exclusive breastfeeding (no cereal, juice, or other foods) until six months of age. And, if for some reason a mother’s own breast milk isn’t available, the World Health Organization says the next best option is another healthy woman’s breast milk, not formula! This is because human milk is the biologically “normal” food for babies and children, and there are negative consequences to not receiving human breast milk.
 
Numerous human rights documents ensure the health and well-being of mothers and babies, including the Constitution of the World Health Organization, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Convention on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. These documents promise the highest available standard of health and well-being, appropriate services during pregnancy, birth, the post-natal period, adequate and nutritious food, maternity leave, provisions for the reduction of infant, child, and maternal mortality rates, and access to information and support related to breastfeeding. Of course, it is interesting to note that the United States has not ratified many of these documents, demonstrating its lack of respect and attention to the proper care of mothers and children in our country.
 
Sadly, despite the vast knowledge that breastfeeding is the natural and normal way to feed an infant; provides a unique and strong physical, biological, and emotional foundation for childhood development; and is the best for the health of children and their mothers, many women do not reach their breastfeeding goals. According to a study published in the July issue of Pediatrics, greater than 85% of mothers intend to breastfeed for three months or more, but only about 32% actually do so. And 15% of mothers stop breastfeeding by the time they are discharged from the hospital. We also know that mothers who are married, have given birth to other children, and who are white are more likely to reach their breastfeeding goals.
 
Some reasons women do not reach their breastfeeding goals are lack of familial and institutional support. Most mothers do not receive the educational and practical support that is often required to breastfeed successfully. Many routine hospital interventions also have a side effect of negatively interfering with breastfeeding. Some of these include the induction of labor, C-sections, and use of formula supplementation and pacifier use during the hospital stay. Additionally, lactation consultants may not be easily available or accessible by most women in hospitals, and most nurses and physicians do not receive adequate education and training on how to support women in learning to breastfeed.
 
There are often more obstacles to breastfeeding once a mother returns home with her baby. The United States is the only country in the industrialized world without a national paid maternity leave policy. Many women have to return to work before their milk supply is fully established, and while mothers can take breaks to nurse or pump, employers are not required to pay them for this time.  Most women are often not supported to nurse their children in public. In addition, the United States has not implemented any of the provisions from the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes into law, health policy established by the WHO to protect mothers from commercial efforts to sabotage breastfeeding (through regulating the promotion of bottles, teats, and breastmilk substitutes (i.e., formula) and to encourage the transmission of accurate information on breastfeeding. For these reasons, and related others, the Save the Children’s 2012 State of the World’s Mothers report ranked the United States last in breastfeeding policy and support in the world. Thus, women are not to blame for not reaching their breastfeeding goals; our broken system is.
 
Mayor Bloomberg’s “Latch on NYC” is one recent initiative that attempts to level the playing field a bit for mothers by reducing the advertising, promotional materials, and pressure to supplement with formula, unless medically indicated. Mothers can still use formula, if they request it, but it is not given out routinely. This is based on studies that show that mothers who leave the hospital with formula samples (even if breastfeeding) are less likely to reach their breastfeeding goals, than those who do not receive the samples and promotional materials. Simply speaking, formula campaigns undermine mothers who choose to breastfeed.
 
In addition to breastfeeding being a matter of human rights and personal choice, it is a public health issue. Numerous studies have documented the risks of not breastfeeding to both mother and baby. For example, breast, ovarian, uterine, and endometrial cancer risks are higher for women who do not breastfeed. Formula-fed infants and toddlers have higher rates of cancer, obesity, diarrhea, IBD, ear infections, respiratory infections, allergies, asthma, reflux, and even death (among other things). Tragically, our society does not provide enough support to mothers and their efforts and desire to breastfeed. This needs to change.
 
Our families, our communities, and our global health requires social workers’ attention to maternal/child health and breastfeeding outcomes in the United States. In fact, the 2011 Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding specifically names social workers as professionals who care for women and children and who, therefore, should receive adequate education and training in breastfeeding to support mothers and their families. Here are some ways you can get involved to make that happen.
 
·         Learn about and join coalitions that support the Mother-Friendly Childbirth and Baby Friendly Hospital Initiatives.
o    The Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative (MFCI), http://www.motherfriendly.org/, created by the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services, outlines ten evidence-based steps for hospitals, birth centers, and home-birth programs to improve birth outcomes, reduce costs, and supports women’s self empowerment in making informed choices for themselves and their babies during pregnancy, birth, the post-partum period and in breastfeeding.
o    The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (http://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/), which is supported by the MFCI, outlines ten steps developed by the WHO and UNICEF to promote successful breastfeeding. See if your local hospital has been designated as “Baby Friendly” and write to your medical providers asking them to join this initiative. Only about 2% of hospitals in the country are certified as “Baby Friendly.”
 
·         Ask your local hospital to “Ban the Bags.” Ban the Bags (www.banthebags.org) is a national campaign to stop the promotion and marketing of formula to hospitals. Hospitals can make a pledge to ban the free formula samples and gift bags. So far, all hospitals in Rhode Island and Massachusetts have voluntarily eliminated formula company bags routinely given to mothers at discharge.
 
·         You can “like” these organizations’ Facebook pages and/or sign up for their news and action alerts, as they’ve made a commitment to improving maternal/child health outcomes and breastfeeding rates and support programs: Save the Children, US Breastfeeding Committee, Birth Network National, ImprovingBirth.org, La Leche League International, UNICEF, WHO.
 
·         The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies passed a fiscal year 2013 bill that would cut all funding for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) breastfeeding peer counselors. Follow this link to tell your representatives that breastfeeding peer counselors are needed for individual and public health, and especially for those in lower socioeconomic brackets: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5162/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=10969
 
·         Show support for the Affordable Care Act which includes increased support for breastfeeding, including requiring employers to give mothers reasonable break-time to express breast milk, increased coverage for preventative services, including breastfeeding support, and strategies to increase the number of Baby-Friendly Hospitals, and policies to support breastfeeding.
 
·         Ask President Obama and the United States Congress to adopt The International Code of Marketing Breast-Milk Substitutes as law. Most countries have adopted all or at least some of the code as law and we know that formula companies’ marketing strategies impact breastfeeding success.
 
·         Lastly, we are in an election year. Many polls show us that the race is tight and every vote counts. Do your research about the presidential candidates and where they stand on these issues. Consider the links between them and powerful vested interests, like formula and insurance companies that ultimately impact the care and support that mothers and babies receive. Do these things for your family, for those families you work with, and for the public health and well-being of our community.
 
Rebecca McCloskey, MSW, LCSW, is a Specialist Professor at Monmouth University. She received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Seton Hall University and her master's degree in social work from The Ohio State University. She is a volunteer administrator for Human Milk for Human Babies, New Jersey. Her areas of practice and activism include maternal and child health, informed consent and the rights of mothers and children related to childbirth and breastfeeding, community building through breast milk sharing, early intervention/developmental concerns of children aged 0-3 years, and chronic/life-threatening illness in children/adolescents.
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Podcasts for Social Workers
 
Podsocs (http://www.podsocs.com) is an initiative of the School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University, in Australia. Designed for social workers on the run, it features conversations with researchers, practitioners, and service users from around the world on topics of interest to social workers. Podsocs will develop over time and be a free resource for social work and human services practitioners, academics, and students alike, a resource that is guided by you and for you.
 
Living Proof (http://www.socialwork.buffalo.edu/podcast/) is the podcast series of the University at Buffalo School of Social Work. The purpose of this series is to engage practitioners and researchers in lifelong learning and to promote research to practice, practice to research. Living Proof features conversations with prominent social work professionals, interviews with cutting-edge researchers, and information on emerging trends and best practices in the field of social work.
 
The Social Work Podcast (http://www.socialworkpodcast.com) provides information on all things social work, including direct practice (both clinical and community organizing), research, policy, education... and everything in between. Join your host, Jonathan Singer, Ph.D., LCSW, as he explores topics near and dear to every social worker's heart.
 
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Resources for the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election
 
Nonprofit Vote—Engaging America’s Nonprofits in Voting and Elections: http://www.nonprofitvote.org/home.html
 
National Conference of State Legislatures—Voter ID Requirements Page: http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/elections/voter-id.aspx
 
NASW PACE—Presidential Candidate Position Chart: http://www.socialworkers.org/pace/2012election/2012%20PresidentialChart.pdf
 
 
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Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans
 
Do you have clients who are in need of a pre-existing condition insurance plan? The U.S. government official site for PCIP can help. See https://www.pcip.gov/Default.html for more information.
 
 
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Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network Call for Abstracts for March 11-12, 2013 Conference in New Orleans
Deadline: extended to September 30, 2012, 5 pm EDT

The Conference Planning Committee and SWHPN encourage you to submit an abstract to present at the network’s first General Assembly. This interdisciplinary conference will feature oral, panel, symposium, and poster presentations on key issues, research, and innovations in psychosocial practice, education, research, and policy. SWHPN welcomes new and experienced social workers and other palliative care professionals interested in psychosocial and spiritual aspects of palliative, hospice and end-of-life care.
 
Completed abstracts must be submitted online by 5 pm EDT on September 30, 2012. Please review the submission guidelines and complete the online Abstract Submission Form. Only completed abstracts will be considered.
 
 
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Social Work-Related News Headlines
 
Here are several recent stories that may be of interest to social workers:
 
1)    Anti-Truancy Cases Overwhelm WV Social Workers: http://www.wowktv.com/story/19498707/anti-truancy-cases-overwhelm-wva-social-workers
 
 
3)    Social Work Adopted Trauma-Informed Care as Guiding Principle: http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/2012_08_30/trauma-informed_care
 
On Our Web Site
Summer 2012 ISSUE OF THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER IS NOW AVAILABLE!
 
The Fall 2012 issue is coming soon (early October)! The Summer 2012 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER is available now! It is available to download in PDF format at:
 
 
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. Past issues can be found under “Magazine Issues” in the right column of the page. For selected 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.
 
Individual articles from the Summer 2012 issue now online include:
 
• Student Role Model: Tayloe Compton (in PDF version only)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
• 2012 Recent Social Work Graduates Photo Montage (in PDF version only) and slideshow http://www.flickr.com/photos/newsocialworker/sets/72157630388818324/  
 
• Poetry (in PDF version only)  
 
• On Campus (in PDF version only)  
 
• Reviews http://www.socialworker.com/home/Reviews/Book_Reviews/Book_Reviews%3A_Summer_2012/
 
…and more!
 
 
In addition to the free PDF and Web versions of the magazine, the magazine is available in PRINT at http://newsocialworker.magcloud.com!  Order it today!
 
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 the “Forum” link).
 
 
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JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK VALUES AND ETHICS SPRING ISSUE AVAILABLE
 
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, in full text, online at: http://www.socialworker.com/jswve
 
The Spring 2012 edition is available online now at:
 
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. Several new courses are now available.  See http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/content/view/57/52/ for details.
 
In Print
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 graduation or other occasions) 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: 58 Professionals Tell Real-Life Stories From Social Work Practice (4th 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.
 
RIDING THE MUTUAL AID BUS AND OTHER ADVENTURES IN GROUP WORK: A “DAYS IN THE LIVES OF SOCIAL WORKERS” COLLECTION, edited by Linda May Grobman and Jennifer Clements
 
IS IT ETHICAL? 101 SCENARIOS IN EVERYDAY SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE: A DISCUSSION WORKBOOK, by Thomas Horn
 
THE FIELD PLACEMENT SURVIVAL GUIDE: What You Need to Know to Get the Most From Your Social Work Practicum, 2nd Edition, edited by Linda May Grobman
 
THE SOCIAL WORK GRADUATE SCHOOL APPLICANT’S HANDBOOK: The Complete Guide to Selecting and Applying to MSW Programs, by Jesus Reyes
 
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