The MSW Changed My Life
The MSW program has been the life skills training in my life and has molded a better human being out of me.
View ArticleVideo: Post Traumatic Growth
Spoken word poetry that takes viewer on the emotional roller coaster that veterans with PTSD go through. 1 in 5 veterans suffer from PTSD and 23+ a day commit suicide. Something needs to change;...
View ArticleIf Steve Jobs Had Been a Social Worker
Let us think for a moment what the world would be like if Jobs had been a social worker instead of a technology entrepreneur. Would hundreds of millions of people now have access to necessary social...
View ArticleVideo: Find Your Voice, Connect Micro and Macro on Lobby Day
Passion. Inspiration. Voice. This video was created in an effort to have social work students understand the power in connecting social work to the legislative process. The video is aimed at tapping...
View ArticleTemporary Placements (Poetry)
The poem, Temporary Placements, is meant to be jarring to those who hear it and hopefully incite an attitude of motivation, transformation, and self-worth in its listeners/readers. The poem is to...
View ArticleConnecting With Hull House
I’ve had the privilege of escorting groups of social work students to visit the Hull House museum in Chicago, home to Jane Addams and other social reformers. Many don’t realize that Hull House was...
View ArticleHow Singing Led Me to Social Work
I came to social work from an interest and longing to understand people and the way in which individuals communicate. My musical education encouraged me to be a performer for the masses, but my love of...
View ArticleHelp With a New Book on Burn Out and Self Care in Social Work
Help SaraKay Smullens in her research for a new book on burn out and self care in social work.
View ArticleSocial Workers Are Everyday Heroes
As social workers, most of us are neither rich nor famous. Our efforts on behalf of others rarely, if ever, make the headline news. Yet to the clients we serve each day, we are heroes.
View ArticleTeach Only Love
I want to be a social worker. I want to contribute to enhancing the quality of life, one person at a time. I want to be a teacher to others, as well as the student to new experiences. I want to connect
View ArticleWhy We Do It: Reflections From 30 Years in Social Work
I have often wondered what drives us. By that I mean those of us who continue day after day and year after year to work in the most difficult and draining settings, persist, and keep at it. I would bet...
View ArticleThe Power of Social Work
A poem about the power of social work, by social worker Rolanda Pyle.
View ArticleA St. Patrick's Day Musical Interlude
Sometimes some quiet music is all you need to nourish your soul. Enjoy this quiet respite from the hustle and bustle of your day. Listen as Sir James Galway plays Danny Boy.
View ArticleSocial Work in Africa: The Proverbial Needs Assessment
The most important thing that I ever learned as a social worker is how to do a needs assessment. I was in Africa five years ago and went again in August and September of 2013. What has changed since...
View ArticleWorld Social Work Day 2014
Today, March 18, 2014, is World Social Work Day! Download posters in 26 different languages.
View ArticleAll People Matter: Reflections on Social Work Month 2014, from NASW President...
NASW President Jeane Anastas reflects on Social Work Month 2014. She says: The theme of Social Work Month this year is “All People Matter,” and I cannot think of a better way to sum up what the...
View ArticleBe a Helper: Why I Became a Social Worker
Why I Became a Social Worker - to be a helper.
View ArticleSocial Work Month Message from Linda Grobman
A brief audio message for Social Work Month from Linda Grobman, publisher and editor of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER
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