The New Social Worker Vol. 19, No. 3, Summer 2012 | Page 3

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FEATUR

Student Role Model:
Tayloe Compton

Meet Tayloe Compton, a recent BSW graduate from the University of North Carolina at
Pembroke.
by Barbara Trainin Blank
page 3

Ethics: Frequently Asked Questions About the Code of
Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers
(NASW)
The Code of Ethics is a long document that provides guidelines for
many complicated situations. The writer answers 30 of the most
frequently asked questions about the Code.
by Mike Meacham
page 4

Field Placement: What I Learned From My First Intern

Once you graduate and get some experience, you may want to
share your knowledge and skills with students. But don’t forget, you
can learn from them, too.
by Tina Landeen Panos
page 8

Future Social Work Majors Learn, Work During UA
Summer Camp

High school students in foster care go to “social work camp” at the
University of Alabama.
page 9

Social Work on the Silk Road

Christine Tappan shares her experiences in
the development of a social work education
program in Kyrgyzstan.
by Christine Tappan
page 10

Social Work in an HIV/AIDS Clinic

HIV/AIDS is an exciting field that is constantly changing as
medicine evolves. It will challenge social workers to understand
complex psychosocial factors, societal stigmatization, and human
injustice, and encourage advocacy on mezzo and macro levels.
Read about one social worker’s day-to-day work in an HIV/AIDS
clinic.
by Joe Vanny Perez, LMSW
page 14

THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER®
Summer 2012
Volume 19, Number 3
A Foster Child Removal
Experience: A Narrative
Concerning Entry Into the Foster
Care System

Close your eyes and imagine.... It is 2 a.m.,
and you have been asleep for quite a while now.
Startled, you wake up at the sound of a knock
on the front door of your house. You see the hall light turn on and see the
shadow of your mom and dad’s footsteps walk past your bedroom door. The
stairs creak in the familiar way they often do on the fifth and seventh stairs,
as you hear your parents walking down them. A social worker describes
how he uses a visualization exercise to increase awareness of what it
is like for a child to be removed from his or her home.
by Joseph P. Berry, BSW
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A Social Worker’s Mission

I believe, as a social worker, that it is my duty to advocate by any
means possible on behalf of a child’s best interests. I handle things
not outlined in my job description, offer above-and-beyond support, and try to adhere to my mission of ensuring that all of a child’s
needs are met somewhere along the way of them crossing my path.
by Jessica Bradstreet
page 20

Congratulations 2012 Social Work Graduates!
A photo montage of recent social work graduates.
page 23

Tech Topics: @SWSCmedia—
Bringing Social Workers
Together Globally

With the rapidly changing technology all around us, it seems that new
online social work communities and
resources are springing up all the
time. One such resource or community is @SWSCmedia. Read about
and learn how to participate in the UK-based group’s Twitter
debates.
by Linda May Grobman
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Poetry....................................................................page 7
On Campus.........................................................page 22
Reviews...............................................................page 24
Classified Ads.....................................................page 28