Identifying Substance Abuse Among Clients With Intellectual Disabilities
By: Elspeth M. Slayter, PhD
View ArticleAfrica: A Bucket Half Empty or a Bucket Half Full?
By: Ann McLaughlin, MSW, ACSW, LICSW
View ArticleBased on Mind-Body Connection, Dance Therapy Offers Physical, Psychic Benefits
Using dance therapeutically—to lift spirits or remove evil spirits—is ancient, as well. Dance has been an important part of self-expression, ceremonial and religious events, and health in most cultures...
View ArticleYoga: A Healing Art in a Psychotherapy Context
Bringing yoga into my outpatient facility has become the bridge between the predominantly cerebral work that we, as social workers and clinicians, do with our clients and the bodily, sensorial...
View ArticleCompassion Fatigue in Child Welfare
Compassion fatigue, which can include Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS), has been documented fairly frequently and experienced by many child welfare workers. What is not as common, however, is the...
View ArticleConducting an Open-Ended Interview
Many of my students have found the interviewing process to be a very positive experience. In an open-ended interview, conversation flows in a natural and spontaneous way; the researcher has the...
View ArticleDeveloping Innovative Solutions for Older Adults at Key Transitions of...
By: Ellen Fink-Samnick, LCSW, CCM, CRC
View ArticleEquine 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...
View ArticlePoetry Therapy: Using Words to Heal
Biblio/poetry therapy, one of the creative arts therapies, is the use of the written word (although it may be read out loud) to bring healing and personal growth.
View ArticleMusings From Retired Social Workers: You Have a Lot to Look Forward To
By: Beverly B. Lovett, DSW, LICSW, and Cindy King-Frode, MBA, Ph.D., LICSW
View ArticleLessons 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...
View ArticlePreparing for the Future: A Career in Gerontological Social Work
The opportunities for gerontological social workers seem extensive. As we devote our talents to health and homeostasis of every system, let us remember a poignant one liner of George Burns, a most...
View ArticleTheater Processes Therapeutic in Drama Therapy
Aside from clinical training and experience, the one skill a clinician must develop is that of communication. That sounds simple enough—talking and hearing. These abilities are not enough. Let’s look...
View ArticlePresenting a Patient or Client to the Medical Team
Aside from clinical training and experience, the one skill a clinician must develop is that of communication. That sounds simple enough—talking and hearing. These abilities are not enough. Let’s look...
View ArticleAging in Place and Urban Social Work: A Case Study of a NORC
Although Americans move about and resettle more than people from any other country, the trend for current elders and baby boomers is to reside in their original communities as they age. In fact, the...
View ArticleFrom Professional to Cancer Patient: A Social Worker's View
By: Sharon McLaughlin,MSW, RSW
View ArticleThe Importance of Closure
It is no wonder that students just want to be done with their field placements; they want their lives back. But when a student is running toward graduation like someone running from a house fire,...
View ArticleRewards & Challenges in Dialysis Social Work
Nephrology (dialysis) social work is within the realm of medical social work but is very unique. The patients vary in age and degree of physical health, come from diverse backgrounds, and have a vast...
View ArticleCreating Trust and Rapport With Foreign-Born Clients
The Code of Ethics requires social workers to value the worth and dignity of all individuals. Working with foreign-born clients requires a certain level of understanding in regard to country of origin...
View ArticleSocial Work in a Public Health Tuberculosis Control Program
What does a public health TB social worker do? When a social worker hears this question, many thoughts may go through his or her head. These thoughts may include: I just set up a guy with food stamps...
View ArticleProtecting the Health & Well-Being of Our Nation's Children: An Eval of...
There is a silent epidemic that is devastating and destroying the lives of our country’s most vulnerable citizens. The epidemic is known as child abuse and neglect, and it is having some catastrophic...
View ArticleInternational Social Work in Nigeria, Africa
According to Delma Jackson, professor in the department of social work at Fayetteville State University, “The pace of global challenges suggests more is needed than classroom theory and internship...
View ArticleBeyond Belief: Receiving Validation as a Victim of Sexual Abuse
The topics of belief systems, values, and spirituality are becoming increasingly accepted by the social work profession as important domains on which social workers should be educated (Hugen &...
View ArticleA Collaborative Project to Achieve Title Protection in NC
By: Deborah M. Murray, MSW, & George E. Hendricks, Ph.D.
View ArticleStaying Passionate: 5 Keys for Keeping the Soul in Our Work
A colleague and I met over lunch to talk about some of our experiences, she as a child and youth worker and myself as a clinician. Our time had passed into a shared journey of roadblocks and breakdowns...
View ArticleHidden Insides: The Voices of the Kids We Know
You look at us and you don't understand us even though you were once us. We cut ourselves more than you think, we think about suicide more than you know, and labeling us angry is more convenient to you...
View ArticleTraversing the Academic Terrain: A Bi-Focal Approach to Publishing in Social...
Publishing peer-reviewed articles is considered the coin of the realm in academia. In today’s market, even newly minted social work Ph.D.s will already be expected to have peer-reviewed articles in...
View ArticleAffirmative Action: Proposition 209
Proposition 209 passed in the state of California in November 1996 in hopes to put an end to state discrimination and preferential treatment based on sex, race, color, and national origin in education,...
View ArticleRecent Social Work Graduates 2011
THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine asked recent social work graduates to share their memories by sending in a photo. View our slide show of new grads here. Congrats to ALL new social work graduates, and...
View ArticleBeyond Housing: New Approaches in Community Services Are an Opportunity for...
By: Ashley Blake, BSW
View ArticleTips for Making Home Visits in Child Welfare
When first starting out, making a home visit to see a client can be an intimidating and even frightening experience for social workers. Yet, in many areas of practice, the majority of client contact is...
View ArticleUnderstanding Care Coordination: Emerging Opportunities for Social Workers
By: Ellen Fink-Samnick, LCSW, CCM, CRC
View ArticleTurtles
Sitting in the car of my social worker, saying good-bye to my little brother and sister while they slept, is still one of the most painful memories I have to this day. I felt like an utter failure that...
View ArticleReflections on the Group Process: An Ex-Group Member Returns as an Observer
By: Rose Pollard, BA
View ArticleA Black Woman Naming Her Truth: Multiple Children By Multiple Men
Being a MOTHER of children with different men was a tough place for me—a tough place for my now adult children. Just a brief story of how I come to have these beautiful children: This is my truth—no...
View ArticleI Am Not Sure How To Tell You This: Delivering Unwelcome News
Many times, social workers are called upon to deliver unpleasant news to clients and families. Some of the most difficult discussions have to do with death, dying, long-term care placement of a loved...
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