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Today is the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Older Americans Act. Read about the anniversary and see an informative infographic about milestones over the last 50 years.
The Summer issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER is available NOW! Read articles from this issue at http://www.socialworker.com. Highlights of this issue include the DSM-5 and ethics of diagnosis, living with uncertainty, evaluating job offers, working in a chronic pain clinic, job interviewing skills, finding a mentor, neuroscience and social work, sharing culture to achieve racial equity, emotional contagion through social media, a review of the long-awaited sequel to ReMoved, six book reviews, and more. The article on neuroscience has been especially popular, as has the article on evaluating job offers. Yesterday, the column on sharing culture was featured as the Top Story in NASW’s national SmartBrief, a daily e-newsletter.
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- Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
- Purposeful Parenting Month
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- Mandela Day (July 18)
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I would have LOVED to have this book as a graduation gift when I got my MSW! What does a life in social work look like? You might look at it as a series of “sideways” stories! “If life were black and white, we’d have no need for social work.” Read Ogden Rogers’ collection, Beginnings, Middles, & Ends: Sideways Stories on the Art & Soul of Social Work. Listen to a recent episode of the Social Work Podcast that includes author Ogden Rogers reading from 6 of the 99 stories in the book. Now available on Amazon.com (print and Kindle), Google Play (e-book), directly from the publisher, and other bookstores. Do you know a social worker or social work student who loves to read? This book is a welcome retreat from academic textbooks. For info, see http://www.beginningsmiddlesandends.com.
The 4 th edition of our nonprofit textbook, An Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector: A Practical Approach for the 21st Century, is available! For more information, contact Gary Grobman.
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Living With Uncertainty
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the Summer 2015 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. Read the full article at:
by Lisa Baron, Ph.D., LCSW
As an experienced therapist who is making a personal commitment to get more comfortable with uncertainty, I share the following thoughts.
The author Elizabeth Lesser said “How strange that the nature of life is change, yet the nature of human beings is to resist change. And how ironic that the difficult times we fear might ruin us are the very ones that can break us open and help us blossom into who we were meant to be.”
Our clients come to us with depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, health issues, grief, and loss. We list our specialties on our cards and websites. How many of us list “dealing with uncertainty” as a specialty? Yet, when I look over the 20 years that I have been a psychotherapist for adults and children, this is a major theme. Is it our discomfort with uncertainty ourselves? We might state that we can work with “transitions,” but might the word “uncertainty” cause more pause?
We like being in control. In this age of technology, you can e-mail a picture, write a lecture, and balance your checkbook, all in the palm of your hand. People are interviewed for jobs through Skype with a person overseas they may never meet. “Relationships” form through the Internet, and planes are being invented that can get to Europe in half the time. America does not build in any type of siesta or break into the work day. People are rewarded for working long hours for less pay. We live in an age when predictability, speed, and certainty are emphasized and rewarded.
Gandhi said, “There is more to life than increasing the speed.” This is something to think about in this technological age.
What about uncertainty? Gilda Radner, the late comedian, said it wisely:
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.
Delicious Ambiguity
Gilda Radner
How do we help ourselves, and our clients, to live with uncertainty? Here are some ideas that might help us to navigate this potentially new and sometimes rugged terrain.
Expect change.
When driving down the highway, sometimes we will see a sign that says, “Expect Delays.” This tells us that something is up ahead and to be wary. It could be an accident, construction, or any number of things. The fact is that when we see this sign, we know to slow down and be cautious. Envision a sign that says “Expect Change” along the road of your life. No matter what technology does, or how much money is earned, life is change. There are ebbs and flows. There are joys and disappointments. People are born. People die. Expecting the natural flow of life will help to decrease disappointment from natural occurences.
“Life doesn’t match,” said the wisest woman I know.
Cell phone cases may match our purses, and our purses may match our shoes. Wouldn’t it be nice if life was matched that way? Life is more like a puzzle. Sometimes pieces are mis-matched, or missing, or both. Embracing that life doesn’t match means when uncertainty happens, we understand. We roll with it—we hold our head up to the best of our ability, and carry on what we need to do to just get through. Encompassing this concept in a more flexible way will get us through uncertainty.
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Articles from the Summer 2015 issue of The New Social Worker include:
...and much more!
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5 Novels About Social Workers
Are you looking for summer reading? A colleague sent me this link to an article about five novels about social workers. I have not read any of these books, but have heard an interview with Smith Henderson, the author of Fourth of July Creek, and have heard positive comments from social workers who have read this book. To read a quick summary of this and four other books with social work characters, see the article at BookRiot.
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Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) 25th Anniversary
July 26, 2015, marks the 25 th anniversary of the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Disability.gov is marking the ADA’s 25th anniversary on its website and social media platforms, encouraging everyone to follow Disability.gov on Twitter, Facebook, the Disability.Blog, and on LinkedIn. Disability.Blog will feature special guest posts from individuals who played a role in the ADA’s history, as well as those who continue to champion it today. Also, the No Boundaries project participant profiles will be released.
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I am seeking a limited number of articles for upcoming issues of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine and/or our website. I am especially interested in articles in the following categories:
Our style is conversational and educational, and articles typically run 1,500-2,000 words for feature articles (considerably shorter for news items). We want positive articles that social workers can use to help them advance in their careers.
I also welcome submissions of poetry, photographs, illustrations, artwork, videos, audio, and other creative work depicting social work and related topics.
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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 graduation, holidays, or other occasions) for yourself, or for your friends, students, and colleagues in social work!
Briefly, those currently in print are:
BEGINNINGS, MIDDLES, & ENDS: Sideways Stories on the Art & Soul of Social Work, by Ogden W. Rogers
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
THE NONPROFIT HANDBOOK: Everything You Need to Know to Start and Run Your Nonprofit Organization (7th Edition), by Gary M. Grobman
IMPROVING QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE IN YOUR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, by Gary M. Grobman.
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