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Welcome, social work students and professionals! Read articles from the Winter 2010 edition of The New Social Worker magazine, now in its 17th 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!
Poetry Therapy: Using Words to Heal It’s often been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. But when the words are poetic—full of imagery, metaphors, and rhythm—they’re much more powerful. Biblio/poetry therapy, one of the creative arts... Read More >>
Equine Therapy and Social Work: A Winning Combination Therapeutic riding is a great way to see remarkable changes in social work clients. Many social workers are now looking to alternative methods to assist our clients. One remarkable program that is yielding phenomenal results is therapeutic horseback ... Read More >>
Camp Aranu'tiq The first time I knowingly met a transgender child was on a summer cruise for GLBT families two years ago. In fact, I met two of them, and they had only just met each other that week. I was struck by how comfortable they felt together, but I knew tha... Read More >>
Preparing for the Future: A Career in Gerontological Social Work It may surprise you that the elderly are you and I. As C.S. Lewis has observed, “The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.” It is one of the great equalizers. Accord... Read More >>
Research
Lessons Learned From Conducting Research Conducting research provides students a potential method for learning and exploring a topic of interest. A Foundation of Human Services Honors class did just that: they learned about and explored a topic of interest—the impact of divorce.... Read More >>
Advocacy
The Difference Between Case and Cause Advocacy is U (You) YOU are the difference between case and cause advocacy. You, as the change agent, can make a difference through social work practice that embraces case to cause advocacy as a circular paradigm for change. It has to be in our mindset—the dual fo... Read More >>
Student Life
An MSW Student's Life: Winter 2010 The home stretch. The final stage. The last semester. In many ways, graduate school has passed very quickly. At other times, especially when we’re in the thick of it, it has felt as if it would never end. During the fall, wh... Read More >>
Using Ethnic Competence Principles: A Student's Experience I was a brand new foundation year intern, charged with the task of resurrecting the agency’s lifeless parenting program in Overtown, Florida. In fact, I was assigned the title of program coordinator. As such, my duties consisted of parent recru... Read More >>
SW 2.0
Trending Topics: Technology at the CSWE Conference What are social workers doing with technology these days? Unfortunately, I don’t often get the chance to talk to other social workers face-to-face about such topics. Luckily, I’ve been fortunate to connect with other social workers intere... Read More >>
Book Reviews
Book Reviews: Winter 2010 Book reviews of Collaborative Intervention in Early Childhood: Consulting with Parents and Teachers of 3- to 7-Year-Olds; Growing Up in the Care of Strangers: The Experiences, Insights, and Recommendations of Eleven Former Foster Kids; and Mindfulnes... Read More >>
Advertiser Index
Advertiser Index Winter 2010 Visit our advertisers for the Winter 2010 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. They are: Temple University Harrisburg—http://www.temple.edu/harrisburg Peace Corps—http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=learn.whatvol&cid=SSYO_TNSW Licens... Read More >>
