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THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER® Social Work E-News
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Issue #65, April 11, 2006
EDITOR'S EYE
Dear Social Work Colleagues,
Welcome to Issue #65 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 (see our new format!), SocialWorkJobBank.com, and other social work publications.
Happy Spring! As the sun is coming out more (in my part of the world!) and the days are getting longer, it is also a time in the month of April to be aware of many important issues. Among others, April is: National Autism Awareness Month, National Donate Life Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Alcohol Awareness Month, and National Child Abuse Prevention Month. In recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, I have included the "Survivor's Psalm" from Gift From Within in this issue of the E-News.
I recently had the opportunity to spend an "Evening With Henry Winkler" (the "Fonz") at a local fundraiser for a children's treatment program. In addition to being a well-known and loved actor, Winkler is an example of a person with dyslexia who has achieved a great deal. He is also the co-author of a series of children's books, "Hank Zipzer: The World's Greatest Underachiever" (see http://shop.socialworker.com/shop.php?k=hank+zipzer&c=BooksGeneral ). His message was one of inspiration and positive thinking. If you work with children with learning disabilities, you might want to check out this book series. And if you get the chance to hear Henry speak, you will be in for a delightful evening of inspiration and entertainment. By the way, other famous people with dyslexia include Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Walt Disney, Cher, Ted Turner, Keanu Reeves, Nelson Rockefeller, Andy Warhol, Woodrow Wilson, Magic Johnson, and Leonardo da Vinci, just to name a few. Visit the Dyslexia Information Page (http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dyslexia/dyslexia.htm) for more information and resources on this learning disability.
If you are looking for a social work job, check out the listings on our Web site at http://www.socialworkjobbank.com & and be sure to let the employers know that you saw their listings there! If you are hiring social workers in your agency, please let our readership know about your job openings through a listing on SocialWorkJobBank, in the Social Work E-News, or in THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. We have recently redesigned the site, so be sure to take a look.
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The Spring issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER (the quarterly magazine) is available now. As I mentioned above, I'm very excited to announce that with this issue, we have launched a brand new version of our Web site at http://www.socialworker.com . The site now has taken the form of an online magazine, and it currently features full-text articles from the Spring issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER, hot off the press! (See the "In Print" section of this newsletter for a listing of articles in this issue.) Check out the new site and read articles from the Spring issue right now (well
maybe after you read this E-News!).
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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SURVIVOR PSALM
I have been victimized.
I was in a fight that was
not a fair fight.
I did not ask for the fight.
I lost.
There is no shame in losing
such fights.
I have reached the stage of
survivor and am no longer a
slave of victim status.
I look back with sadness
rather than hate.
I look forward with hope
rather than despair.
I may never forget, but I need
not constantly remember.
I was a victim.
I am a survivor.
© Frank Ochberg, MD & Gift From Within -- http://www.giftfromwithin.org
Editor's Note: This poem is reprinted with permission from Gift From Within, in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which is in April.
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PREVENTING SCHOOL VIOLENCE BY SOLVING PROBLEMS
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Recent incidents of student fighting in the Buffalo Public Schools point to a disturbing problem facing schools across the U.S., according to a nationally regarded expert in school violence at the University at Buffalo.
"It's a national problem," said Lawrence Shulman, former dean and professor in the UB School of Social Work. "You've got stressed teachers, overstressed kids, schools lacking in the support services to deal with kids who bring personal and family problems into school each day. Add to that the potent mix that you have when kids from different neighborhoods, belonging to different gangs, find themselves in the same middle or high school. Violence in the schools is inevitable unless it's addressed on a number of fronts."
It's also an issue that the School of Social Work is addressing, he said, thanks to several programs it has developed to defuse and prevent school violence.
Social work researchers, including Shulman and staff from its Buffalo partner agency Child & Family Services, are working with students, teachers, administrators and staff at Buffalo's Harvey Austin Middle School to solve problems before they escalate into violence.
The program targets students in grades seven through nine because, Shulman says, seventh and eighth grade are the highest suspension grades in the Buffalo school district.
In one program, in four selected classrooms, the School of Social Work and Child & Family Services have developed a service called "The Circles," which serves about 80 students and brings school staff and trained fathers from the surrounding community into the classroom regularly each week. The focus is on helping students and teachers develop communication skills that allow them to address and deal with problems before they erupt into violent confrontations in the classroom, in the school, or after school, Shulman said.
Mediation of conflicts also is available to all students in the school; students need only approach project staff and ask them to intervene in a conflict so they can avoid having to fight after school and still not "lose face."
The program also implements anti-bullying elements that were developed by the School of Social Work at other schools with the two-year support of the Allstate Foundation. A series of tested modules focuses on educating both the bullies and the by-standers. Even when a student is willing to back away from a conflict, Shulman notes, the urging of by-standers often makes it impossible to do so without losing face.
Another program now under way at Harvey Austin Middle School is designed for students who have received an in-school suspension for inappropriate classroom behavior. Such suspensions can last for an hour or a day. The students are provided with support in a separate classroom where the curriculum includes programs in anger management, effective communication and violence prevention. Individual and group counseling helps the students understand why they are in trouble, what they can do to return to their class successfully, and how they can stay out of trouble.
In addition to prevention and in-school suspension services, Shulman said an out-of-school suspension program should be considered for implementation in the alternative school recently proposed by the Buffalo Public Schools.
The School of Social Work's VISA (Vision, Integrity, Structure, and Accountability) program, a two-week assessment and intervention program for students suspended from school for violent or other disruptive behavior, could serve as a model for the school, according to Shulman.
The VISA program, previously housed on the South Campus, provided academic support, as well as individual and group activities, to address the behaviors that led to students' suspension. The program, funded by a grant from the New York State Legislature through the efforts of former Assemblyman Arthur Eve, served 235 children in one full year of operation. The project was cut short by state-funding cutbacks following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The Buffalo schools are "desperate" for the types of services that the School of Social Work, Child & Family Services, and other community agencies are bringing to the Harvey Austin Middle School, Shulman said.
Trying to deal with violent conflicts on a daily basis can lead to teacher burnout. In some schools, one-third of the teachers may be substitutes on any day.
"The schools don't have enough services to help their students," Shulman said, "and it is unfair to ask teachers and administrators to try to carry the load. All of these problems are manageable, but you have to be willing to put in the effort and money. Teachers need experience, resources, and support."
Harvey Austin Middle School is one of 10 schools participating in Closing the Gap, a New York State program that identifies gaps in academic performance and brings in outside agencies to help coordinate services. The School of Social Work's efforts, coordinated with Closing the Gap staff, are currently funded by a $100,000 grant from the New York State Department of Education Extended Day School Program.
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NEWS
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AIDS Training Videotape Available
The New York State Department of Health is pleased to announce the availability of a videotape of a past AIDS Institute satellite broadcast titled "2005 Guidance on HIV Counseling, Testing and New Laboratory Reporting Requirements."
This video will provide information about:
* the goals and objectives of the NYSDOH 2005 Guidance on HIV Counseling, Testing and Laboratory Reporting Requirements;
* the importance of discussing and recommending HIV testing as part of routine health care;
* how streamlined pre-test counseling will enable providers in clinical settings to routinely offer and recommend HIV testing;
* DOH forms pertaining to HIV testing and release of information; and
* how laboratory reporting requirements will enable the NYSDOH to better monitor quality of HIV care and respond to developments in the epidemic.
This videotape is a reproduction of the July 13, 2005 statewide satellite broadcast produced by the Department of Health.
If you are interested in obtaining a copy of this videotape, please send your request to Amy Yost at amy02@health.state.ny.us
Please be sure to include the following information in your request: your name, agency name, and complete shipping address.
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RWJF LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAM TO IMPROVE ADDICTION TREATMENT QUALITY
Advancing Recovery proposals accepted through May 31, 2006
Princeton, N.J. & As part of its efforts to improve the quality of alcohol and drug addiction treatment in the United States by promoting evidence-based treatment practices, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has launched Advancing Recovery: State/Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Care. The four-year, $11 million program will support partnerships between treatment provider organizations that deliver care, and states that are in the unique role of being both the largest purchaser of publicly funded treatment services and regulators and licensers of those services.
Advancing Recovery will be co-directed by David Gustafson, Ph.D., of the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx, see http://www.niatx.net) at the University of Wisconsin&Madison and A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D., from the Treatment Research Institute (TRI) in Philadelphia.
In the first round of funding, six state-provider partnerships will be selected to participate in a learning network that will provide technical assistance and coaching to participants to improve the delivery of addiction treatment. Funding will support the process of making changes at both the state and provider levels to maximize the implementation of proven addiction treatment practices.
"By changing and strengthening state- and provider-level practices that promote the use of evidence-based care, Advancing Recovery seeks to improve consumer outcomes and highlight addiction treatment as an essential component of the health care system," said Victor Capoccia, RWJF senior program officer. "Our goal is to overcome the barriers to using 'what works' and increase the use of proven practices through innovative partnerships between providers and single state agencies."
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an estimated 23 million Americans age 12 and older need treatment for substance-use disorders and addictions. Yet less than 10 percent of them actually receive treatment and among those who do, very few have access to quality treatment services.
David Gustafson explained, "Past research has demonstrated that certain clinical practices lead to improved outcomes from addiction treatment. Not surprisingly, both state government and providers play central roles in gaining implementation of such practices." Advancing Recovery, he noted, "is intended to demonstrate how such state/provider partnerships can lead to effective implementation of these practices."
"The innovative aspect of Advancing Recovery is that it brings the state and the treatment programs together to develop evidence-based administrative practices at the state level that will encourage and sustain evidence-based clinical practices at the program level," said A. Thomas McLellan.
Advancing Recovery will focus on five categories to improve treatment quality, including the use of: (1) medications for specific diagnoses; (2) screening and brief intervention in primary care settings; (3) specific psychosocial clinical interventions; (4) post-treatment care; and (5) case management, wraparound, and supportive services.
Single state agencies, intermediate purchasing entities, community treatment agencies, or provider associations are all eligible to apply. Each application must represent a partnership involving a single state agency and sufficient community treatment agencies.
The Advancing Recovery Call for Proposals is available online at http://www.rwjf.org (under Grant Applications). Full proposals are due May 31. Potential applicants should contact the program at info@advancingrecovery.net or visit http://www.advancingrecovery.net for more information.
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Social Work Welcomes New Editor-in-Chief
University of Michigan scholar to guide premier social work journal
Washington & The NASW Press is pleased to announce Jorge Delva, PhD, MSW, as the new Editor-in-Chief of Social Work. Dr. Delva, a native of Chile, is an Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan. He was appointed by the National Association of Social Workers' President, Dr. Elvira Craig de Silva, for a four-year term.
"Dr. Delva brings a wealth of knowledge to Social Work," said Dr. Craig de Silva. "The NASW Press is confident that he will seek to enhance and publish important research for the social work profession."
Dr. Delva is a graduate of the University of Hawaii and a fellow of The Johns Hopkins University. He is a Faculty Associate with the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health; the National Institute of Mental Health Research Center on Poverty, Risk, and Mental Health at the University of Michigan School of Social Work; and the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research.
His personal research work involves using multi-level statistical techniques to study the effect, and trends, of individual risk and protective factors on substance use and childhood obesity while taking into account neighborhood and other contextual level factors with a particular focus on racial and ethnic differences.
"The NASW Press staff is delighted to have Dr. Delva as Editor-in-Chief of the Association's flagship journal," said Cheryl Bradley, publisher of the NASW Press. "We look forward to his leadership and expertise in the field of social work as he helps to shape the content of the journal."
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CALL FOR PAPERS
The deadline to submit a paper for presentation at the Second International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision has been extended to April 30, 2006. The conference will be held June 1-3, 2006 in Buffalo, NY. For more information on submitting a paper, see: http://www.socialwork.buffalo.edu/csconference/papers.asp
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Best Practices in Mental Health: An International Journal is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal published by Lyceum Books. The journal is devoted exclusively to the study of mental health. The journal welcomes manuscripts for consideration specific to evidence-based mental health assessments, interventions, programs, and policies. Appropriate manuscripts for the journal include: literature reviews, outcome studies, meta-analyses, program evaluations, and policy analyses.
Best Practices in Mental Health is edited by Karen M. Sowers, Ph.D. and Catherine N. Dulmus, Ph.D. For manuscript submission and inquiries contact the editors at bestpractices@gwmail.utk.edu
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Recently Published Books Received in THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER's Office
The Social Work-Medicine Relationship: 100 Years at Mount Sinai, by Helen Rehr and Gary Rosenberg
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The Caregiver's Tale: Loss and Renewal in Memoirs of Family Life, by Ann Burack-Weiss
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Social Work Values and Ethics, Third Edition, by Frederic G. Reamer
http://shop.socialworker.com/shop.php?k=0231137885&c=BooksGeneral
The New Social Worker publishes reviews of newly-published social work books. If you are interested in becoming a book reviewer for The New Social Worker, please e-mail linda Grobman at Linda.grobman@paonline.com with your social work qualifications, areas of interest, and a short writing sample.
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JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK VALUES AND ETHICS-SPRING 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, in full text, online at http://www.socialworker.com/jswve
The Spring 2006 edition is available online now. It includes the following articles:
Editoral Comment: How Far Do You Go?
http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=33
Letters to the Editors
http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=32
Can We Be Fair? Balancing the Personal with the Professional Response to Terrorism
http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=31
Dual Relationship Legitimization and Client Self-Determination
http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=30
Is Self-Determination Still Important? What Experienced Mental Health Social Workers Are Saying
http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=29
Ethics Complaints in Social Work Practice: A Rural&Urban Comparison
http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=28
Ethical Decision-Making Among Hospital Social Workers
http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=27
A Model for Ethical Decision-Making: The Context of Ethics
http://www.socialworker.com/jswve/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=26
Go to the journal Web site at http://www.socialworker.com/jswve to read 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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SPRING ISSUE OF THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER AVAILABLE NOW
The Spring issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine is now available. Highlights include:
Better Together or Safer Apart? An Application of Ethics to Everyday Violence
What Do Faculty Liaisons Have to Offer?
Lost and Forgotten: Early Police Social Workers
Journey Through a Locked Ward
International Social Work III
A Tentative Guide to Psychotropic Medication in an Elderly Population
Electronic Connection: Backing Up Your Data
and more!
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