Social Work articles from January 2001

Social Work archives from January 2001

Reading Social Work.
January 1, 2001... Each year my department at the University of Vermont conducts a writing workshop for students. The workshop is one way we try to address our concerns about the quality of students' written work. We are far from unique. Anyone hanging around the...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2001... In the editorial "Writing Social Work" by Stanley L. Witkin (October 2000, pages 389-394), on page 393, endnote number 3, the correct title of the journal Narratives is Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping. In the Commentary...

Nature of Work and Future of the Social Work Profession.(relationship between economics and social work)
January 1, 2001... Social work practice and education long have been influenced by trends in the U.S. economy, particularly as these trends affected patterns of employment and unemployment. This article assesses the implications of recent changes in patterns of...

Gender Bias in Families and Its Clinical Implications for Women.
January 1, 2001... Within the framework of feminist theory, this clinical study of 45 women with brothers explores family-based gender bias and elucidates its role in the lives of women. Bias is conceptualized along three dimensions: (1) devaluation--the woman...

Cultural and Linguistic Considerations in Psychodiagnosis with Hispanics: The Need for an Empirically Informed Process Model.
January 1, 2001... It is estimated that in the next century nearly half of the clientele seeking mental health services will be members of ethnic minority groups. Hispanics are the most rapidly growing population in the United States, and epidemiological evidence...

Beyond Therapy: Bringing Social Work Back to Human Services Reform.
January 1, 2001... Based on field interviews in a Chicago community development corporation and settlement houses in New York City and St. Louis, as well as interviews with leading social services innovators and social work educators, this article explores the...

Complexities of Coalition Building: Leaders' Successes, Strategies, Struggles, and Solutions.
January 1, 2001... Government and private funding initiatives are promoting coalitions, collaborations, and other interorganizational approaches to address complex community, social services, and health issues. Social work organizers and administrators are...

Targeting Women Donors: A Response to "Women and Human Services Giving".
January 1, 2001... Women and Human Services Giving" by Jerry D. Marx (January 2000, pp. 27-38) addressed an important topic for social services organization fundraisers. Marx's thorough descriptions and discussion regarding the issue's importance, historical...

Response to Sun.(reply to Dr. Sun's critique of article "Women and Human Services Giving")
January 1, 2001... When a staff member at NASW Press called to ask whether I would like to respond to a critique of my article, "Women and Human Services Giving" (January 2000, pp. 27-38), I was excited. I hoped that the invitation would be an opportunity to...

Defining Spiritually Sensitive Social Work Practice: An Essay Review of Spiritual Diversity in Social Work Practice: The Heart of Helping.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Spirituality is currently a popular topic with society at large and with various helping professions, including medicine, nursing, psychology, marriage and family therapy, and social work. This interest is evidenced in social work by a...

Letters.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Work First: Reflections on the Welfare-to-Work Movement in America Sussex County, New Jersey historically has had the second smallest AFDC population in the state, and this position has continued to the present. With the exception of WIN...