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Welcome, social work students and professionals! Read articles from the Winter 2010 edition of The New Social Worker magazine, now in its 17th year! While you're here--we have job listings, a lively discussion forum , our Calendar of Events, and more for you and your social work career!

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THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER VOL. 17, No. 1 (Winter 2010)
Publisher's Thoughts
Publisher's Thoughts & Table of Contents Winter 2010
Publisher's Thoughts and Table of Contents for the Winter 2010 issue
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Ethics
Can Members of a Therapy Group Be Compelled to Testify Against Each Other?
Every social worker and other mental health professional keenly understands the importance of confidentiality. Unless our clients know that what we tell them will be kept private, they will be less li...
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Field Placement
Are You a Joy? Going to or Coming From Practicum
A professor I once knew posted a sign on his door that read: “People going through this door bring joy—some by coming in, others by leaving.”     As a field practicum ...
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In Practice
Poetry Therapy: Using Words to Heal Poetry Therapy: Using Words to Heal
It’s often been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. But when the words are poetic—full of imagery, metaphors, and rhythm—they’re much more powerful.     Biblio/poetry therapy, one of the creative arts...
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Equine Therapy and Social Work: A Winning Combination Equine Therapy and Social Work: A Winning Combination
Therapeutic riding is a great way to see remarkable changes in social work clients. Many social workers are now looking to alternative methods to assist our clients. One remarkable program that is yielding phenomenal results is therapeutic horseback ...
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Camp Aranu Camp Aranu'tiq
The first time I knowingly met a transgender child was on a summer cruise for GLBT families two years ago. In fact, I met two of them, and they had only just met each other that week. I was struck by how comfortable they felt together, but I knew tha...
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Your Career
Musings From Retired Social Workers: You Have a Lot to Look Forward To
If I had the chance to choose social work for a career again I would certainly do so. There are tons of frustrations, but also tons of rewards. I sometimes struggle with the question of “Am I making a difference?” I think so. And at the s...
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Preparing for the Future: A Career in Gerontological Social Work
It may surprise you that the elderly are you and I. As C.S. Lewis has observed, “The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.” It is one of the great equalizers. Accord...
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Research
Lessons Learned From Conducting Research
Conducting research provides students a potential method for learning and exploring a topic of interest. A Foundation of Human Services Honors class did just that: they learned about and explored a topic of interest—the impact of divorce....
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Advocacy
The Difference Between Case and Cause Advocacy is U (You) The Difference Between Case and Cause Advocacy is U (You)
YOU are the difference between case and cause advocacy. You, as the change agent, can make a difference through social work practice that embraces case to cause advocacy as a circular paradigm for change. It has to be in our mindset—the dual fo...
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Student Life
An MSW Student's Life: Winter 2010
The home stretch. The final stage. The last semester.     In many ways, graduate school has passed very quickly. At other times, especially when we’re in the thick of it, it has felt as if it would never end. During the fall, wh...
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Using Ethnic Competence Principles: A Student's Experience
I was a brand new foundation year intern, charged with the task of resurrecting the agency’s lifeless parenting program in Overtown, Florida. In fact, I was assigned the title of program coordinator. As such, my duties consisted of parent recru...
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SW 2.0
Trending Topics: Technology at the CSWE Conference
What are social workers doing with technology these days? Unfortunately, I don’t often get the chance to talk to other social workers face-to-face about such topics. Luckily, I’ve been fortunate to connect with other social workers intere...
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Book Reviews
Book Reviews: Winter 2010
Book reviews of Collaborative Intervention in Early Childhood: Consulting with Parents and Teachers of 3- to 7-Year-Olds; Growing Up in the Care of Strangers: The Experiences, Insights, and Recommendations of Eleven Former Foster Kids; and Mindfulnes...
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Advertiser Index
Advertiser Index Winter 2010
Visit our advertisers for the Winter 2010 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. They are: Temple University Harrisburg—http://www.temple.edu/harrisburg Peace Corps—http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=learn.whatvol&cid=SSYO_TNSW Licens...
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