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| Welcome, social work students and professionals! Read articles from the Spring 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! Also... DOWNLOAD THE FULL PDF VERSION of the Spring 2007 The New Social Worker magazine FREE right now. (Click on the link and then click "Download.") Read, learn, enjoy! |
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 | Self-Analysis: The Story of a Girl
“You can do anything you set your mind to,” he said as he tucked his little girl into bed that night. With stars in her eyes and dreams in her heart, she believed him and dreamed of one day conquering the world. The next day, the little girl went to the fair with her parents, and as she ...
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Is a Psychiatric Unit the Right Setting for You?
The phrase “psychiatric unit,” for many, conjures up horrifying images, such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Having worked on psychiatric units, as an intern and as a full-time social worker, I see the unit as a nest, but not of cuckoos—rather of transitions, dreams, heal...
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Private Practice: When It’s Not Right For You
A few years ago, I wrote an article for The New Social Worker on when to start private practice. Later on, I realized that I had left out something important, something that I had hardly considered. Let my experience with Charlene tell you what I mean....
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 | Rape Crisis Response: Before and After
I started out at the Atlantic County Women’s Center as a BSW student intern from The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. The ACWC seeks to empower women through counseling and education. The Violence Intervention Program, the program where I work, helps victims of domestic violence, sexual...
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 | Considerations in Writing a Literature Review
Literature reviews are ubiquitous in academic journals, scholarly reports, and social work education. Students taking social work courses throughout the curriculum, including Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Practice, Policy, and Research classes, are frequently asked to write literature r...
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UMB Students Participate in Baltimore Census Count
The late January morning started out on a bitterly cold note, even for a winter day in Maryland. Temperatures in the early morning hours hovered in the teens, and a light snow kept the chill in the air. But nothing could stop the 50 students from the University of Maryland, Baltim...
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 | Vet Social Work Program Counsels Pet Owners, Staff
A new program strictly for humans is now available at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital—Michigan State University Veterinary Social Work Services—the first of its kind in Michigan. Dedicated exclusively to veterinary social work, the program offers counseling services f...
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 | Toward a Guide to Distance Education in Social Work
This column will begin to explore some strategies for finding and identifying distance education (DE) options in social work. I have discussed the issues around DE in this column in the past, so I will not address them now. I’m sure I will need to revisit these issues from time to time in the ...
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Advertiser Index Spring 2007
The following is a list of advertisers for the Spring 2007 edition of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. Please visit their Web sites for more information.New York University School of Social WorkUniversity of Tennessee College of Social Work
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