Linda Grobman's New Social Worker Book Club
The New Social Worker announces its book club.
View ArticleSocial Work Intern Logs: An Effective Learning Exercise for Reflecting on a...
By: Katie J. Mailloux, BSW, and Ronald B. Whitten, MSSW, LCSW, BCD
View ArticleSeeing is Not Believing: Group Supervision By Telephone
I had always looked down on telephone supervision as inferior to face-to-face meetings. I even held the idea that it was a compromise in the worst sense, maybe even a sell-out—a watered-down, weak tea...
View ArticleAn MSW Student's Life: Summer 2009
Balance. It seems elusive these days. When last semester’s whirlwind of four classes, a 20-hour internship, and a 30-hour work week came to a screeching halt, I felt almost lost. I’d wake up wondering...
View ArticleThe Evolution of a Social Work Researcher
Research is a critical tool for all social workers. The process of becoming a researcher should start during social work education. This article will discuss, from the perspective of an undergraduate...
View ArticleProgram Evaluation: Lessons From the Field
By: Vivian R. Bergel, PhD, LSW, and Peggy McFarland, PhD, LSW
View ArticleIdentifying 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 ArticleBook Review: Preventing Boundary Violations in Clinical Practice
By: Mollie Charter, MSW
View ArticleField Placement: Are You Fit? How Is Your Practice Stamina?
Are you fit enough? Do you have the stamina to endure your social work field practicum experiences? You probably haven’t given these questions the faintest consideration, because they are not commonly...
View ArticleAn MSW Student's Life Fall 2009
This fall semester ushers in a brand new chapter for me. I left my job as editor and Web manager of our city magazine in August, and now I am a full-time student. I wake up some mornings with an odd...
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...
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