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Fall 2010 Links

Written by Karen Zgoda, MSW, LCSW

The folliowing is a collection of social work-related links included in the Fall 2010 SW 2.0 column by Karen Zgoda

Administration, Management, & Supervision

•Free Management Library http://managementhelp.org/

•NASW Media Toolkit https://www.socialworkers.org/pressroom/mediaToolkit/de- fault.asp

Aging

•NIH SeniorHealth: Helping Older Adults Search for Health Information Online http://nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit/toolkit.html

•Aging Well in Communities: A Toolkit for Planning, Engagement, & Action http://www.civicpartnerships.org/docs/services/CHCC/aging-well-toolkit.htm

Alcohol, Tobacco, & Other Drugs

• DrugFreeInfo.org’s Treatment Tools & Resources http://www.drugfreeinfo.org/ptreat.html

•About My Drinking and Other Drug Use http://www.aboutmydrinking.org/

•Montana Meth Project http://www. montanameth.org/ and Faces of Meth http://www.facesofmeth.us/

Bereavement/End of Life Care

•Online Grief Resources http://www.wade.org/online.htm

•Caring Connections End of Life Care Resources http://www.caringinfo.org/

Children & Families

•CARA: A Web-Based Learning En- vironment for Child Protection Workers http://www.cfrc.illinois.edu/cara/

•FindYouthInfo.gov http://www.findyouthinfo.gov/

•National Center for Children in Poverty Data Tools, includes basic needs calculator, family resource simulator, state demographics wizard, state policy wizard, and income converter for state and federal programs http://www.nccp. org/tools/

Community Practice

•Community Tool Box http://ctb.ku.edu/en/default.aspx

•Citizen’s Handbook—Great practical advice for working with communities http://vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook/

•Social Work Organizations http://www.naswdc.org/swportal/swo1/

Diversity

•Class Matters http://www.classmatters.org/

•The Oreo Experience—A Black woman blogging about race and class issues http://theoreoexperience.com/

•Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity’s Intersectional Research Database—Searchable, interdisciplinary directory of articles http://mith.umd. edu/crge/ird/

• Gender, Institutions, and Development Database http://www.oecd.org/document/16/0,3343,en_2649_33935_ 39323280_1_1_1_1,00.html

Education

• The Research to Teaching Initia- tive—Materials for teachers to download on wide variety of social work topics http://ssw.unc.edu/RTI/topics.asp

•PBS Frontline Teacher Center http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/

•Using Popular Culture and Technology to Teach Cultural Competency http:// socialworktechnotes.blogspot.com/2010/05/ live-and-in-color-on-teaching-cultural.html

Health

•Health on the Net Foundation—Verified Online Health Information http://www.hon.ch/

•Food Environment Atlas—County data on food choices, health, and well-being, and community characteristics http://www.ers.usda.gov/FoodAtlas/

•Health Expense Tracking Resources—These are great to have handy for clients, even if you create a spreadsheet for them to take and fill out:

•High-tech—Quicken Health Expense Tracker http://healthcare. intuit.com/

•Low-tech—How to Keep Personal Medical Expense Records http://www.ehow.com/ how_5625333_keep-personal-medi- cal-expense-records.html

International Practice

•Crisis Mappers Net http://www. crisismappers.net/

•Global Health Facts http://www. globalhealthfacts.org/

Licensure

• Association of Social Work Boards http://www.aswb.org/

Mental Health

•National Mental Health Information Center’s Evidence-Based Practice Kits http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/CommunitySupport/toolkits/

•National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices http://www.nrepp. samhsa.gov/

•Therapy Worksheets http://therapy-worksheets.blogspot.com/

Miscellaneous

•Information for Practice. http://ifp.nyu.edu/

•Social Work and Social Services Web Sites—A grand collection http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/resources/pages/socialservicesre- sourcesintro.aspx

• Google—Never doubt the power of carefully chosen keywords http://www.google.com

Private Practice

• Psychotherapy Finances http://www.PsyFin.com/
• Small Business Administration Training Network—Lots of free goodies to grow your business http://www.sba.gov/training/index.html

Research

•    Social Work Research Planner http://libguides.bc.edu/socialworkplanner
•    Census.gov—American Fact Finder http://factfinder.census.gov/ and Facts for Features http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/
•    Evaluating Online Sources: A Tutorial http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/techcomm/content/cat_030/evaluatingsources/index.html
•    Selecting Statistics—An interactive guide http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/selstat/ssstart.htm and The Decision Tree for Statistics http://www.microsiris.com/Statistical Decision Tree/default.htm

Social & Economic Justice

•    United for a Fair Economy Research Library http://www.faireconomy.org/resources/research_library
•    Education for Social Justice: A Guide to the Resources http://ase.tufts.edu/macc/documents/socialjusticeresourcetoolkit.pdf
•    NASW Peace Policy Toolkit http://www.socialworkers.org/diversity/peacetoolkit/

Students

•    Be a Social Worker http://50ways.socialworkblog.org/
•    KnowHow2Go—Great tips on being a successful undergraduate student http://www.knowhow2go.org/ The Know It All has stories from real students http://www.knowhow2go.org/knowitall
•    How to Succeed in Graduate School http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~mariedj/papers/advice-summary.html
•    Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/
•    How NOT to Give a PowerPoint Presentation http://researchforsocialworkers.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-not-to-give-powerpoint-presentation.html
•    Federal Student Aid: Tools & Resources http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/toolsandresources.jsp
•    NASW Information on Student Loan Forgiveness for Social Workers http://www.naswdc.org/loanforgiveness/default.asp
•    NASW Information on the National Health Service Corps Student Loan Forgiveness Program http://www.socialworkers.org/loanforgiveness/nhsc.asp

Workforce Development & Participation

•    Workforce Development Step-by-Step http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/resources/tutorials/workforce%5Fdevelopment/
•    Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-2011, Social Workers http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos060.htm
•    Glassdoor—Get the inside scoop on salaries, interview questions, and what it’s like to work for a particular employer http://www.glassdoor.com