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| Welcome, social work students and professionals! Read articles from the Winter 2008 edition of The New Social Worker magazine, now in its 15th 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 Winter 2008 The New Social Worker magazine FREE right now. (Click on the link and then click "Download.") Read, learn, enjoy! |
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Compassion Fatigue: Being an Ethical Social Worker
When I was a young counselor just out of school, I took a job at an alternative school. I provided crisis intervention and behavioral therapy to children who were unable to succeed in normal educational environments. One of my clients was a six-year-old girl who had been repeatedly sexually abused a...
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How Not to Panic When Your Client Talks to Dead People
Imagine you are a relatively new social worker interviewing a woman in her late seventies. You might be working in a hospital, an assisted living facility, or a social service agency. The interview is progressing nicely, and the two of you are bonding. Then the woman sitting across from you starts t...
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Protecting the Protectors: Am I Really Safe?
Boni Frederick: 67 years old. Social Service Aide. I did not know her, but I respected her just the same—her work, her accomplishments, her life. She was a partner, if you will: A partner in ensuring the protection of the greatest gift that humankind has to offer, a child....
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Electronic Connection: Teach Your Teachers
Today’s social work students’ parents were exhorted to “Teach Your Children” by Crosby, Stills, and Nash in their popular song of 1970. It was not a one-sided encouragement, as the second verse urged children to teach their parents well. It is the same today. Parents of many ...
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Advertiser Index Winter 2008
The following is a list of advertisers for the Winter 2008 edition of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. Please visit their Web sites for more information.U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned CorpsSmith College School for Social Work Temple University HarrisburgUniversity of Tennessee College of Social WorkW...
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