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    The New Social Worker® Magazine's Back-to-School Guide for Social Work Students
    The New Social Worker® Magazine's Back-to-School Guide for Social Work Students
    The New Social Worker® Magazine's Back-to-School Guide for Social Work Students
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    The New Social Worker® Magazine's Back-to-School Guide for Social Work Students

    By Linda May Grobman and Karen Zgoda

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    Edited by Linda May Grobman & Karen Zgoda

    In this Guide is a collection of articles that have appeared in The New Social Worker®: The Social Work Careers Magazine. The magazine, published since 1994, focuses on providing practical articles to help social work students and new graduates succeed in their new careers. For this volume in the “Best of The New Social Worker” series, we have chosen those articles that we think you will find most relevant as you start the new school term as a social work student. In addition, the editors asked a panel of The New Social Worker's writers and other social work experts for their tips for new and returning social work students.

    Contents

    Introduction to the Back-to-School Guide
    TIP: Go the Distance
    Traveling Toward a Social Work Degree: 10 Road-Tested Trip-Tips
    TIP: Ask for Honest Feedback
    Making the Most of Field Seminar
    TIP: Get To Know Your Classmates
    11 Tips for Professional Behavior in the Classroom
    TIP: “So What I Hear You Saying Is...”
    SW 2.0: How to Communicate Effectively With Your Professor
    TIP: Minimize Distractions to Increase Your Focus and Attention
    Back to School Resolution: Avoid Common APA Mistakes
    TIP: You Can Get Clinical Licensure With a Macro Concentration
    TIP: Focus on Your Purpose and Imagine Your Perfect World
    What Is an Ethical Dilemma?
    TIP: Build Authentic Relationships
    Considerations in Writing a Literature Review
    TIP: Got Therapy? We All Have Wounds...
    TIP: When in Crisis, See Your Advisor
    (Ctrl + C) + (Ctrl + V) = Homework NOT Finished
    TIP: If I Could Do This Over
    To Once and Future Research Students
    TIP: Change the World
    What I Have Learned About Learning
    TIP: Get the Ticket—Take the Ride!
    About the Editors

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWhite Hat Communications
    Release dateSep 9, 2013
    ISBN9781929109401
    The New Social Worker® Magazine's Back-to-School Guide for Social Work Students
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    Linda May Grobman

    Linda May Grobman, MSW, ACSW, LSW, is the founder, publisher, and editor of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine (http://www.socialworker.com). She has direct social work practice experience in mental health, medical, and organizational settings. Linda served as a staff member of two state chapters of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) before becoming a social work publisher. She has special interests in social work ethics and social work career development. Linda holds a Bachelor of Music (Music Therapy) degree and a Master of Social Work degree, both from the University of Georgia. Linda plays the flute and, most recently, completed training in therapeutic bedside music with the Music for Healing and Transition Program (MHTP). She currently provides therapeutic music services, playing the flute at the bedside, for residents and patients in nursing home and hospice settings. As you can see, Linda has found creative ways to blend her interests in writing, editing, publishing, social work, and music!

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      The New Social Worker® Magazine's Back-to-School Guide for Social Work Students - Linda May Grobman

      THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER® Magazine’s

      Back-to-School Guide for Social Work Students

      Linda May Grobman & Karen Zgoda (Editors)

      White Hat Communications

      Best of The New Social Worker® Series

      http://www.socialworker.com

      THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER® Magazine’s Back-to-School Guide for Social Work Students

      Edited by Linda May Grobman and Karen Zgoda

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      White Hat Communications

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      Harrisburg, PA 17110-0390 U.S.A.

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      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information and retrieval system without written permission from the publisher, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review.

      Copyright © 2013 White Hat Communications

      Cover photo credit: Karen Zgoda

      Table of Contents

      Introduction to the Back-to-School Guide

      TIP: Go the Distance

      Traveling Toward a Social Work Degree: 10 Road-Tested Trip-Tips

      TIP: Ask for Honest Feedback

      Making the Most of Field Seminar

      TIP: Get To Know Your Classmates

      11 Tips for Professional Behavior in the Classroom

      TIP: So What I Hear You Saying Is…

      SW 2.0: How to Communicate Effectively With Your Professor

      TIP: Minimize Distractions to Increase Your Focus and Attention

      Back to School Resolution: Avoid Common APA Mistakes

      TIP: You Can Get Clinical Licensure With a Macro Concentration

      TIP: Focus on Your Purpose and Imagine Your Perfect World

      What Is an Ethical Dilemma?

      TIP: Build Authentic Relationships

      Considerations in Writing a Literature Review

      TIP: Got Therapy? We All Have Wounds

      TIP: When in Crisis, See Your Advisor

      (Ctrl + C) + (Ctrl + V) = Homework NOT Finished

      TIP: If I Could Do This Over

      To Once and Future Research Students

      TIP: Change the World

      What I Have Learned About Learning

      TIP: Get the Ticket—Take the Ride!

      About the Editors

      Also Available From White Hat Communications

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      Introduction to the Back-to-School Guide

      Welcome back to school! Whether this is your first semester in the social work program or you’d rather not count how long you’ve been in school, we put this guide together to help you make the most of your time in school this term. The Guide is filled with a range of articles with tips and resources to help you in your educational journey to become a social worker.

      Included in this Guide is a collection of articles that have appeared in The New Social Worker®: The Social Work Careers Magazine. The magazine, published since 1994, focuses on providing practical articles to help social work students and new graduates succeed in their new careers. For this volume in the Best of The New Social Worker series, we have chosen those articles that we think you will find most relevant as you start the new school term as an undergraduate or graduate social work student. Please note: biographical information for the writers was accurate as of the time of original publication of the articles.

      In addition, we asked The New Social Worker’s current columnists, former columnists, writers, and a select group of other social work experts, Knowing what you know now, what one piece of advice/wisdom would you give to a new or returning student? What is the one essential thing you would like students to know? Their responses are included in this Guide, identified as Tips in the Table of Contents.

      To read more articles for social work students and new social workers, please visit http://www.socialworker.com.

      We wish you great success in your classes and field experience this year!

      Linda May Grobman, MSW, ACSW, LSW

      Karen Zgoda, MSW, LCSW, ABD

      TIP: Go the Distance

      by Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW

      Getting your social work degree is like running a marathon. As you pass the starting line, you might feel excitement, trepidation, dread (or all three) at the long road ahead. You’re being cheered on by friends and loved ones who are excited for you to make this important professional move. They will get you through this first leg of the journey. The first part of your marathon is all about getting into the groove. It doesn’t happen right away. But it will. You’ll find your stride and start to enjoy the journey.

      The middle part—the cold winter months, the interminable internship, the lack of parking, the 10 articles per week per class, and those podcasts that seem to download for everyone except you—those are the toughest miles. Just as in a marathon, you will need to constantly refuel or you’ll bonk (look it up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitting_the_wall). Re-energize by chatting with your classmates/fellow marathoners. Make pit stops by setting up appointments to talk with your favorite professor, supervisor, or the building custodian. Your friends and family have gone from cheering you on to wondering when you’ll be done with the late night papers and the group projects so you can come back to them. And don’t get too wrapped up in things you can’t control (like the tenured professor that everyone agrees shouldn’t be teaching, or the apparent disconnect between your coursework and what you’re expected to know out in the field).

      And then you get to the last 5 miles. They are so hard. You’re exhausted. You might be a bit delusional. But, with every step, you get closer to the finish line. What is your finish line? Do you see yourself walking across the stage and being handed your diploma? Getting your first job out of school? Coming home after a long day knowing you made a difference in someone’s life? Whatever your vision, keep it close to you. It can help you stay focused at every stage of the game. And when you cross your finish line, celebrate and get some good sleep. You have earned it.

      Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW, is on the faculty at Temple University School of Social Work, and is Founder and Host of the Social Work Podcast.

      Traveling Toward a Social Work Degree: 10 Road-Tested Trip-Tips

      by Erlene Grise-Owens, Ed.D., LCSW, LMFT, MRE

      Getting a social work degree is like a road trip. You explore new vistas and have life-changing adventures. You may also wander in the desert and get car crazy. As a travel-seasoned social work educator, I offer ten trip-tips for both reaching your degree-destination and enjoying the journey. These travel tips stem from sharing students’ road trips, seeing successes and struggles, and learning with students. I relate road-tested student stories to illustrate these tips. I use pseudonyms and alter personal details of stories or interweave several situations to preserve confidentiality. Use the following trip-tips

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