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Publisher's Thoughts & Table of Contents Fall 2007 Happy Fall! I am very excited about this issue of The New Social Worker, because it is packed with lots of great information to help you get a jump-start on the new academic year (if you are a student... Read More >>
Making Friends With the Impostor As a new social worker, you might be concerned with making mistakes. Sometimes this thought even leads to the belief that maybe you chose the wrong profession or are just not ready to be a social work... Read More >>
Welcome, social work students and professionals! Read articles from the Fall 2007 edition of The New Social Worker magazine, now in its 14th 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!
Making the Most of Field Seminar When you are a social work student in a field placement, you will be offered the opportunity to integrate your internship experiences and academic work through a seminar course or practice class. There are several options available that social work schools use to provide an integr... Read More >>
Coming Out in Field Placement: Some Considerations for LGBT Students Students approaching their field placements experience a mix of emotions, expectations, and apprehensions. For lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students, the anticipation of the field placement may bring about issues that are related to sexual orientation or transgend... Read More >>
10 Things I've Learned From Clients As a social worker in the medical field, I have spent many hours listening to the words of my clients. Their words have led me to know that they are the survivors of this system we call American life. These survivors of life have taught me many things. Mostly, they have taught me that surviving is n... Read More >>
A Bad Feeling Can Be a Good Thing Everyone hates a bad feeling. That seems to be a universal human condition. Even we psychotherapists, who are trained to deal with bad feelings—we hate them too. And how!... Read More >>
11 Tips for Professional Behavior in the Classroom In my six years as a social work professor, I have seen a drastic change in the behavior of social work students in social work courses. After reading the syllabus aloud to my students, many of them still come to class unprepared, apathetic, disrespectful, and unmotivated. When I was a graduate stud... Read More >>
Electronic Connection: Report From Toronto: HUSITA8 This past August, the eighth international conference of Human Services Information Technology Applications (HUSITA: http://www.husita.org/) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. According to the conference program, “HUSITA is an international virtual association dedicated to promoting the eth... Read More >>
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Lipscomb Students Complete Critical Research for CAL, Inc. During the Fall 2006 semester, seven senior social work students at Lipscomb University completed critical research for Choral Arts Link (CAL, Inc.) as part of their Applied Social Work Research class project. Their work proved to be significant in allowing the nonprofit agency to move forward with ... Read More >>
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Advertiser Index Fall 2007 The following is a list of advertisers for the Summer 2007 edition of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. Please visit their Web sites for more information.Temple University HarrisburgUniversity of Tennessee College of Social WorkWayfarer Books Augsburg CollegeBorderChild.com Web DesignSmith College School for S... Read More >>
