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Publisher's Thoughts & Table of Contents, Winter 2009 Edition
Dear Reader, Happy New Year! We have a lot in store at The New Social Worker for 2009. So let’s get started! Starting with this issue, I am happy to introduce our n...
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Internet & Self Injury

Impact of the Internet on Self-Injurious Behaviors
You know you’re out there. The people who have to wear long sleeves in the summer, make up stories when people ask where you got that scar on your wrist; who always carry a razor blade in their ...
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Music Therapy & Healing

David's Harp: Bringing Healing Through Music
In Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Vertigo, the hero is hospitalized in a catatonic state after witnessing the horrifying death of the woman he loves. The psychiatrist puts on a record of classical music,...
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Welcome, social work students and professionals! Read articles from the Winter 2009 edition of The New Social Worker magazine, now in its 16th 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!

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Ethics
Client Relationships and Ethical Boundaries for Social Workers in Child Welfare Many professionals enter into the field of social work to help others grow and improve their life circumstances. Yet, when working with clients, social workers must maintain clear boundaries to assure professional integrity and responsibility. On any... Read More >>

When Students Plagiarize
I reviewed the APA manual and how to format citations. I explained the first day of class the consequences of plagiarizing. I have shown students the Academic Misconduct form. Yet, today as I grade papers, I see another student has plagiarized. It&rs...
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Field Placement
Inspiration, Coping, and Hope: South African Student Reflections During Field Work Feeling overwhelmed during field trying to locate resources for impoverished clients during a time of fiscal restraints and cutbacks is a commonly shared issue for both American and international social work students. There is little doubt that these... Read More >>

An Internship in Nuremberg, Germany
Attending to the internship program in Nuremberg (Germany) by traveling there from my hometown (in Turkey), I analyzed the different target and client systems during this program that lasted from March to August of 2007. I worked in a cultural center...
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What's On Your Career Horizon?
Creating YOUR Social Work Career, Phase 4: Cultivating Your Purpose Editor’s Note: This is the fourth (and final) installment in a 4-part series on creating YOUR social work career! I am delighted that Lyndal Greenslade and Amanda Vos of the Australian Association of Social Workers have shared these ideas with ... Read More >>

Student Column
	An MSW Student's Life: Winter 2009 Editor’s Note: With this issue, we welcome T.J. Rutherford, our new MSW student columnist! T.J. will share her experiences with us through this column and through our new blog at http://blog.socialworker.com .... Read More >>

Professional Issues
Theory or Bust: A Doctoral Student's Insight on the Role of Theory in Education and Research Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve. Karl Popper As I began the fall semester of my doctoral... Read More >>

Music and Social Work: The Connection
Social work and music have always been intertwined for me. Lately, I have been hearing more and more about social workers who use music and the other arts in their work. It seems like a natural fit. I have ...
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Special Web-Only Article
Digital Heretic Editor’s Note: Last week, Congress passed the DTV Delay Act, which extends the deadline for TV stations to complete the transition to digital to June 12, 2009. However, TV stations are not required to wait until June 12, and some may comp... Read More >>

Reviews
Book Review: Animal Assisted Brief Therapy Book review of Animal-Assisted Brief Therapy: A Solution-Focused Approach, Teri Pichot and Marc Coulter Read More >>

Book Review: Three Little Words
Book review of Three Little Words: A Memoir, Ashley Rhodes-Courter...
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Book Review: The Therapist’s Starter Guide
Book review of The Therapist’s Starter Guide: Setting Up and Building Your Practice, Working with Clients, and Managing Professional Growth, by Mark Lanci & Anne Spreng...
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Film Review: Carissa
Film review of Carissa.
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Electronic Connection
	What My LED Ball Reveals About the Future of Technology and Social Work: A Farewell Aloha Editor’s Note: I would like to personally thank Marshall Smith for bringing so many technology issues to the forefront in this column over the past ten years. As he retires from writing the column, he leaves us with a view of what to expect in ... Read More >>

Advertiser Index
Advertiser Index Winter 2009 Visit our advertisers for the Winter 2009 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. They are: Temple University Harrisburg—http://www.temple.edu/harrisburg Smith College School for Social Work—http://www.smith.edu/ssw University of Tennessee Colleg... Read More >>