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Fall 2011 Edition

Welcome, social work students and professionals! Read articles from the Fall 2011 edition of The New Social Worker magazine, now in its 18th year! While you're here--we have job listings, a lively discussion forum, and more for you and your social work career!

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THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER, VOL. 18, NO. 4 (Fall 2011)
Publisher's Thoughts
Publisher's Thoughts and Table of Contents, Fall 2011
Dear Reader,     As I put together this issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER, common themes emerged. One of those themes is social justice. This is an important principle for professional s...
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Issues
A Black Woman Naming Her Truth: Multiple Children By Multiple Men
Recently, I read an article via the Internet entitled, New Study: Black Women Have Highest Rate of Children with Different Fathers, written by Abena Agveman-Fisher. When I first read the article, my...
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Viewpoint
Viewpoint: Dare to Dream
Yarisell neatly stacks folded shirts into a tattered suitcase. She successfully completed her first semester at a university where she declared a major in field and environmental studies. Now she re...
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Ethics
Health Care Social Workers and Ethics Committees Health Care Social Workers and Ethics Committees
Social workers can be instrumental in helping hospitals, nursing homes, home care agencies, and other health care organizations resolve complex cases with ethical dimensions. One way of contributing to the process is though involvement with the or...
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Field Placement
Understanding the Supervisory Relationship With Social Work Students
In my past field placement, I had two supervisors. This was something that was very new to me and, often, it was difficult to manage because of their different supervisory styles. Many times, I found myself preferring one supervisor over the other...
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Current Issues
Veterans Health Administration Clarifies Medical Treatment of Transgender/Intersex Vets
Veterans who are transgender or intersex can now know more clearly what services are covered for them by the Veterans Health Administration, thanks to a new VHA Directive....
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Groupwork
Reflections on the Group Process: An Ex-Group Member Returns as an Observer Reflections on the Group Process: An Ex-Group Member Returns as an Observer
When asked to complete a group observation assignment for a social work practice class at Ohio University, I automatically thought of a local support group, specifically, a Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting in my hometown. I chose this group becaus...
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Career Skills
We Share the Sky
“We share the sky, but we’re a world apart.” –Astoria Boulevard...
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Social Work and the Art of Jazz Improvisation
Walking to class as an undergraduate student, with the pleasant view of autumn leaves and the soothing sounds of rehearsing jazz students, I would never have guessed that the most precious advice for my social work career would come from a course ...
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Social Justice
The Moment of Truth: Tax Reform, Social Justice, and Social Work
As calls for reducing the federal deficit and debt gain momentum in Congress, social workers concerned with justice face difficult choices. The fiscal issues are complicated, bitter partisan politics make thoughtful discussion difficult, and the e...
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SW 2.0
SW 2.0: Going Where the Client Is: Exploring Virtual Clinical Social Work Practice SW 2.0: Going Where the Client Is: Exploring Virtual Clinical Social Work Practice
Editor’s Note: This is the final installment in Karen Zgoda’s SW 2.0 series. In the past three years, Karen has introduced THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER’s readers to many innovative uses of technology. I would like to express my sinceres...
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Book & Video Reviews
Reviews: Fall 2011
Book and video reviews from the Fall 2011 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER.
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Advertiser Index
Advertiser Index Fall 2011
Visit our advertisers for the Fall 2011 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. They are: Temple University Harrisburg—http://www.temple.edu/harrisburg Child Welfare Information Gateway—http://www.childwelfare.gov Erikson Institute—http://w...
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