March 2007
64 - Rally and Letter to the Supervisors Re SCC Mental Health
Budget
Attachments: SantaClaraMHImpactStatement1.pdf List of Cities.doc ComeRally4MH.doc Letter2Supervisor.doc
DEVASTATING BUDGET CUT PROPOSALS FOR SANTA CLARA COUNTY TO IMPACT
VULNERABLE, HIGH RISK POPULATIONS
Attention All School of Social Work Students, Faculty, and Staff:
Proposed budget cuts for the next fiscal year here in Santa Clara
County in the Valley Health and Hospital System that will be extreme and
devastating for vulnerable and marginalized populations. The Valley Health and
Hospital System includes Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol, School Linked
Services, Public Health and the hospital and regional medical clinics. The
current proposals would close School Linked Services, cut Public Health by 24%,
Mental Health by 16% and Drug and Alcohol by 25%.
Specifically, proposed cuts to Mental Health would cut services completely to
nearly 7,800 seriously mentally ill adults and would impact services seriously
to youth and families as well. Four outpatient mental health clinics would be
closed including the two largest clinics, Central MHC and East Valley MHC. Can
you imagine the impact on these high risk populations?
The proposal includes cutting 141 of 353 Mental Health
Department jobs. With these and other position cuts in the other departments, many social
work jobs will be lost as well.
Mental Health Director, Nancy Pena, PhD, notes the following among the
negative impact areas in her proposal to the county executive and the Board of
Supervisors:
* Increased suicides
* Increased homicides
* Increased domestic
violence
* Increased child abuse and neglect
* Increased homelessness
*
Increased incarceration of mental health clients
* Increased psychiatric
emergency visits and psychiatric hospitalization
AND these are just the negative impacts related to mental health cuts.
Cuts of this size and impact are unjust, unacceptable and fiscally
imprudent.
These proposed cuts impact human suffering AND increase budgetary expenses
for all services involved in the areas of impact. Judge Manley, from Santa Clara
County Drug Court, stated to the county executive and the Board of Supervisors
last week that they can choose to pay for services to clients and patients and
destroy an integrated, collaborative system or pay for increased budgets to the
above affected systems that will experience increased demands on their
services.
Past history in Santa Clara County has demonstrated that community action has
an impact on the final budget outcome!
Join us at the Board of Supervisors Chamber on Tuesday
April 24th at 9:00AM for a morning of collaborative community action and a show
of force. We will meet initially outside of the county building at 70 W
Hedding here in San Jose. Later we will go inside for the BOS meeting where
there will be time for one minute public input statements. Most of us will spend
from 9-12 there.
Please come for any portion of this that you can.
Attached you will find a flyer, sample letters that can be given to the BOS
on April 24th or mailed in, and contact information for the county executive and
BOS members.
Thank you for your support!
Charley Hodson, MHIP Coordinator
SJSU SSW
63 - Hands-On Healing: A Display of Survivors’ Strength and
Resilience
Attachments: Hands-On Healing Flyer 2007.pdf
The Women's Crisis Center is proud to present:
Hands-On Healing: A Display of Survivors' Strength and Resilience
In recognition of April's Child Abuse Prevention Month along with Sexual
Assault Awareness Month, the Women's Crisis Center will be presenting an art
show by survivors of violence. Art therapy utilizes creativity as a means of
self-expression, self-actualization and empowerment. On display will be poetry,
short stories, paintings, mandalas and much more!
As part of the show, there will be a community project where people can trace
their hand and attach it to a banner. We invite each hand to be decorated by a
survivor of violence, someone who wants to make a statement about violence or in
remembrance of someone who has been a victim of violence.
We understand that this process can illicit a strong
emotional response, so there will be counselors and staff available to speak
with. More information
will be available on child abuse, sexual assault and domestic violence.
April 6, 2007
5 - 8pm
Aqua Blue Spa
229 Main St, Salinas, CA
in
conjunction with Old Town Salinas First Friday Art Walks.
Light refreshments will be available.
Come show your support and witness the beauty and healing power of the human
spirit.
For more information, please contact Nina at 831.757.1002 or nalcaraz@mcwcc.net.
62 - Upcoming Graduation and SWGSA Meetings
RE: NEXT GRADUATION COMMITTEE (APRIL 2nd) & SWGSA MEETING (APRIL 9th)
Hello to All!
I just have some quick meeting reminders. The next Graduation Meeting is
this coming Monday, April 2, 2007, from noon to 1:15pm @ the Social Work Office.
If you want to give your input about the graduation ceremony, please attend
the meeting, or email Erika Martinez @emartinez823@yahoo.com.
Also, the next SWGSA meeting will be the following Monday, on April 9th @
noon in the Social Work Office.
Hope to see you soon!
Have a Great Day & Make it Count! ;-)
Take Care,
Linnette Peralta Haynes
SWGSA President
Linnette_Eighthday@yahoo.com
61 - Coaching Children
Attachments: Bay
Area Ad-3-07.doc
Dear Students,
I'm the Director of Human Resources at Kidz Love Soccer, Inc. We're a
specialized soccer program for small children ages 2-12 years old. We have a
number of coaching positions open for our classes and are looking for the right
kind of person. Ideally someone interested in working with kids and who
likes sport/soccer. Please see the attached document that describes the
position in detail. Thank you so much for your time.
Sincerely,
Peter Torres
--
Peter Torres
Director of Human Resources
Kidz Love Soccer,
Inc.
(408) 252-1894 -voice
(408) 252-3490 -fax
60 - Lobby Days Update
Hello Fellow Social Work Students,
Lobby Days is soon approaching. Final registration for this event is March
26, 2007. SWGSA would like to ensure that this year's event is cohesive
and educational for all of us San Jose State Social Work students who decide to
attend. I also think that it can be a lot of fun. In order to best prepare
for the event and to appropriately show that our San Jose State Social Work
program is represented, it would be really helpful for me if all of you who are
planning to attend can email me to let me know that. Also, in your email, please
let me know if you would be interested in coming to dinner with fellow students
on Sunday. This information will allow our Lobby Days committee to best
organize. We can do things such as saving seats together for the opening
day's speakers, possibly making some group dinner arrangements, etc.
The following are important dates to mark in your calendar:
Lobby Days April 15 &16 (in Sacramento)
Final registration for this event is on March 26 ($55 if you are an NASW
member)
You can register for the event at www.naswca.org
At this point, we have learned that social workers will be lobbying around
health care issues. We are currently trying to get further information as to the
specific bills. These are some of the possible bills we will lobby on:
SB 2
(Cedillo) Homelessness
AB 190 (Bass) Child Welfare
SB 840 (Kuehl)
Universal Single Payer Healthcare
We are opposing the Governor's
proposed CalWORKs budget cuts.
If you have any questions or suggestions concerning this event, please feel
free to email me at olafsonita@gmail.com
Thank you,
Kristin Olafson
2007:59 - Community Project Paper Guidelines and Instructions
Attachments: Community
Project PAPER Guidelines and Instructions (2006-2007)1.doc
Dear Students,
Attached please find the Community Project
Paper Guidelines and Instructions. If you have questions, please consult with
your FFL.
Take good care,
Blanca
Tavera
Interim Director of
Field Education
2007:58 - Medical Social Work Certificate Training Program
*** Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care - Northern
California ***
*** Medical Social Work Certificate Training Program ***
The Medical Social Work Certificate Training Program will be held for the
first time next month in the Bay Area. SSWLHC is seeking to provide
opportunities for basic job preparedness beyond what is learned in graduate
school for medical social workers of the next generation. The program is
open to MSW social work students and alumni with or without any medical
experience. Topics include:
Hospital structure and roles of
social workers;
Medical documentation, entitlement programs and legal
issues;
Bioethics and patient care conferences;
Diagnosis and case
management;
death, dying, and grief;
ER and crisis intervention.
The
training costs $250 (by March 26, $300 subsequently) and consists of a 3-day
intensive workshop in the beautiful Oyster Point Boulevard Building in South San
Francisco on 3 consecutive Fridays, April 6, 13, and 20th from 9am to 4:30 pm.
Co-sponsored by DRG Health Care Staffing, it will be taught by experienced
medical social workers, many having worked in the field for over 25 years.
For more information and registration forms, please contact Nancy Jacobson
LCSW at 650-877-8111 or email her at njacobson@drgstaffing.com.
2007:57 - Graduation Update
RE: IMPORTANT GRADUATION UPDATE!
Hello Everyone!
I hope you are all well. I know a lot is
happening for many of us, but if we look closely, we can see the light at the
end of the tunnel. Meanwhile, I wish you encouragement, emotional support and
good energy. We will all get there! Speaking of the light at the end of the
tunnel…Graduation will be indoors at San Jose’s McEnery Convention Center,
Parkside Hall, on Saturday, May 26th at 2pm.
Students have worked
hard and volunteered their time and talents to make this graduation as fabulous
as we can. With that said, you have collectively purchased 1,500 tickets! Wow!
This surpassed our greatest expectations by 200 tickets! We actually oversold
tickets! However, we worked with the San Jose Convention Center to expand the
seating to accommodate us with their maximum capacity.
Ticket
sales are now closed. However, we have put out a call to students who have not
yet purchased tickets via this list serve. If this is you, you need to contact
Erika Martinez, the Graduation Committee Chair @ emartinez823@yahoo.com ASAP! If you are
not on her list, and should be, you need to email her directly ASAP, or forever
hold your peace. Ultimate deadline to be added to this list is March 31st.
To those of you who purchased too many tickets, you might be able to sell
your tickets back to SWGSA in order for us to sell these tickets to students who
have not yet purchased any (those on the list). If you have any extra tickets,
please contact Erika as well. Any available tickets will be evenly distributed
to those on Erika’s list.
As for ceremony details, we are working them out in Graduation Committee. We
need more of you to get involved! We cannot do it without your input and your
help! We will be working on details of the actual ceremony, student speakers,
flowers, decorations, refreshments, etc. Graduation Committee meets the first
Mondays of each month, at noon, in the social work office.
See you
at the next Graduation Committee meeting, April 2nd!
Take Care,
Linnette Peralta Haynes
SWGSA President
Linnette_Eighthday@yahoo.com
2007:56 - SOCIAL WORKERS CONFERENCE HAVANA-CUBA
NOV-DEC 2007
Attachments: 112007.pdf
*** SOCIAL WORKERS CONFERENCE HAVANA-CUBA NOV-DEC 2007 ***
Please see the attached flyer and contact Dr. Migdalia Reyes if you would
like to consider attending as part of an SJSU School of Social Work student
group to this conference. Dr. Reyes' contact is (408) 924-5868.
Thank you.
2007:55 - FREE Infant and Toddler Child Development Training
*** Infant and Toddler Child Development Training ***
Your fellow MSW students have arranged a training that is free for all
students to attend, if you can arrange it with your field instructor, it can
count for internship hours.
What: Child Psychologist Beth Limberg will be presenting an
Infant and Toddler Child Development Training focusing on the parent-child
relationship.
When: April 4th from 9am-12pm with time from 1pm-4pm for individual case
consultation.
Where: Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children Services Building
1 in the Auditorium on the 1st floor.(333 W. Julian Street, San Jose, CA
95110)
If you have any questions or plan on attending the 1-4 session, please
contact Wendy Peng at (408) 393-4504
See you there!
2007:54 - Helen Hansen and Helen Walsh Soderstrom Scholarships
Attachments: HELENWALSHS20071.doc HellenHanson20071.doc
*** Scholarship Opportunities ***
Please see attached flyers for information
Helen Walsh Soderstrom Scholarship
$500.00
Helen S. Hansen Scholarship
$1,000.00
2007:53 - CASA Days Volunteers
Dear Students,
As part of CASA Days, our college (CASA) is asking for student volunteers for
the panel on diversity/inclusive excellence. This is a great opportunity
to participate and contribute to a dialog on diversity and inclusion related to
social work education and our profession.
The CASA Day committee is working diligently on putting together a great
program for CASA Days. We need your help to pull off this event.
CASA is asking for panel volunteers. Students will be given several
questions to respond to regarding their experiences with diversity and/or
inclusive excellence. CASA would like students' names, email, and phone
information.
If you are interested, please provide me with your complete contact
information BY FRIDAY MARCH 23rd.
Thanks,
Peter
plee4@email.sjsu.edu
Peter Allen Lee
MSW Program Coordinator
2007:52 - CASA Days (Celebrating Inclusive Excellence)
Attachments: CASA
Day Flyer.doc
COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCES & ARTS PRESENTS
CASA DAYS on APRIL 9 AND 10
CELEBRATING INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE
FREE and OPEN TO ALL PARTICIPANTS
PROGRAM
APRIL 9 (meet in MLK Room 225)
1830-2000 Diversity Lecture by Cheryl Jacques,
National leader in the gay civil rights movement
APRIL 10 (meet
in MLK Room 225)
0830-0930 Continental Breakfast, Welcome and
Discussion of Diversity
0930-0945 Break
0945-1045 Student Panel: Experiences (good and bad)
in Inclusive Excellence and Diversity
1045-1100
Break
1100-1200 Faculty Panel: Best Practices in
Inclusive Excellence on Departments and Schools in CASA
1200-1330 BBQ (at the BBQ pits near CCB, cost $2)
1400-1500 Panel: Your career in the New Age: Secrets
to Lifelong Success (Almaden Room)
Join us in all or part of the
events celebrating the diversity of CASA
2007:51 - Update on Tuition (SF Chronicle Article)
Dear Students,
For your information:
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday,
March 15, 2007 (SF Chronicle)
UC, CSU again reach for students'
wallets/Tuition increases approved for both state university systems -- 5th
boost in 6 years
Tanya Schevitz and Jim Doyle, Chronicle Staff Writers
(03-15) 04:00 PDT Los Angeles --
California's 626,000 public university students got clobbered Wednesday with
their fifth tuition hike in six years as the governing boards of both the
University of California and the California State University agreed to raise the
price of attendance dramatically.
Despite emotional
pleas from students, the UC Board of Regents and the CSU Board of Trustees said
they had no choice but to increase the costs next fall to maintain the quality of the
institutions.
As dozens of students
chanted in protest outside, the regents voted 13-6 during their meeting at UCLA
to increase undergraduate and graduate fees in the fall by 7 percent and
professional school fees by up to 12 percent. Meanwhile, in Long Beach, the CSU
trustees voted 15-1 to impose a 10 percent fee hike on undergraduate and graduate students next
fall.
Regents
acknowledged this is probably not the end of annual increases for UC students.
Since the 2001-02 school year, undergraduate tuition has climbed 92 percent at UC's campuses and 94 percent
at CSU's schools.
One UCLA student, 19-year-old Sarah Andrews,
seemed to sum up the students' disappointment: "They are trying to tell me that
they do not value ... students who come from low-income families, students of
color and students who are not blessed enough to have parents to pay for a
$23,000 education, students who work two to three jobs to get by, students who commute and take the bus to avoid high living
costs."
The fee hike is expected to raise
$68 million in 2007-2008 for UC, which has a $12.8 billion budget this year, and
$97 million in 2007-2008 for CSU, which currently has a $4 billion budget. The
fees are rising as both institutions are under fire for their compensation of
executives, among other things. UC Regent Odessa Johnson, who voted against the
fee increase, said she is bothered by the disconnect. "When I'm asked to vote on
increases for administrative salaries, and you come around and ask me to vote
for a 7 percent increase today and next year and the year after, I want to say,
sometime we have to stop the bleeding," Johnson said.
Abraham Ramirez, a student at Cal State
Fullerton, pointed out that since 2005, CSU executives have received an average
23 percent pay increase "on top of an inflated salary. "This misapplication
of resources is dismantling our quality of education," Ramirez said. "This is a
public education system. It's supposed to be accessible to underprivileged and
under-represented students. If this keeps going on, we will not remain
acquiescent."
Some said the tuition
increase will hit middle-class students hardest because their parents make too
much money for them to qualify for financial aid. Tuition will increase to
$6,571 annually for UC undergraduates and $7,380 for graduate students. At CSU,
tuition will rise to $2,772 for undergraduates and $3,414 for graduate students.
Students at both UC and CSU also pay about $700 to $800 in
campus-based fees.
The two institutions began raising fees in
2002-03 and have done so every year since. But last year, the 8 percent fee
increase approved by both boards was rescinded when the Legislature stepped in
with additional state funding.
"We need
those resources, including student fees, to sustain an outstanding university,"
said Roberta Achtenberg, who chairs the CSU Board of Trustees. At UC, students
in the professional schools, including law, business, medicine and dentistry,
will take the hardest hit with an average 10 percent increase. In 1994, the
professional school students paid less than $7,000 a year. Fees are now well
above $20,000 in most of the programs. For instance, with the new increase, the
fee will be close to $23,000 for medical school and $26,000 for
UCLA's dentistry program.
The increases in professional
school fees will be 12 percent at the law and business schools at UC Berkeley,
UC Davis and UCLA. Total tuition fees would top $28,000 annually at some of
those schools, where the deans have said they need the extra funding to make up
for declining state money and maintain their academic
quality.
At UC, regents expressed concern that the
professional student fees were rising too high and are likely to increase
further in coming years. "Where does this leave working-class students? I think
we ought to worry about this path we are embarking on," said UC Regent
Eddie Island.
UC has 209,000 students, and CSU
has 417,000. Officials at both UC and CSU note that part of the fee increase
will go back into financial aid programs for needy and middle-income students.
At both meetings, regents and trustees complained that they weren't given a
chance to assess whether the full proposed increase is needed.
"We need to analyze this more carefully before
we continue to raise student fees," said CSU Trustee Melinda Guzman, who voted
against the increase. "This work should be done by outside analysts. I want us
to think outside the box. ... I don't think we should increase student fees
without having this discussion. Yet we're compelled to make up this
shortfall."
The state Legislative Analyst's
Office had recommended a 2.4 percent increase in CSU student fees, saying that
amount would be sufficient to bridge the gap between state funding cuts and the
university's needs. But university officials said they need not only to account
for inflation but
also to make up for cuts in past years.
"We need to make up ground," said UC President
Robert Dynes. "I hate this notion of raising student fees. ... It is the most
agonizing decision the regents face. Nobody
wants to raise fees."
A key reason for raising fees, UC officials
said, is to improve student services, such as mental health services. The
regents were told in September that student registration fees must be raised if
UC campuses are to improve mental health services, which
are underfunded
now.
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Copyright 2007 SF Chronicle
2007:50 - Next SWGSA Meeting 3/19/2007
Attachments: SWGSA_Feb12_minutes.doc
NEXT SWGSA MEETING MONDAY, MARCH 19th @
NOON!
Hello to All!
Just a quick announcement. The
next SWGSA meeting will be this coming Monday, March 19th @ noon in the Social
Work Office. We will be discussing Lobby Days, Graduation, student-facilitated
workshops, the Transcultural Committee and more!
I have attached
the minutes from our last SWGSA meeting (the February meeting), for your
review.
Have a Great Day & Make it Count! ;-)
Take
Care,
Linnette Peralta Haynes
SWGSA President
Linnette_Eighthday@yahoo.com
2007:49 - Lobby Days Update
*** Lobby Days Update ***
Hello Fellow Social Work Students,
Lobby Days is soon approaching. Final registration for this event is March
26, 2007. SWGSA would like to ensure that this year's event is cohesive
and educational for all of us San Jose State Social Work students who decide to
attend. I also think that it can be a lot of fun.
In order to best
prepare for the event and to appropriately show that our San Jose State Social
Work program is represented, it would be really helpful for me if all of you who
are planning to attend can email me to let me know that.
Also, in your
email, please let me know if you would be interested in coming to dinner with
fellow students on Sunday. This information will allow our Lobby Days
committee to best organize. We can do things such as saving seats together
for the opening day's speakers,
possibly making some group dinner
arrangements, etc.
The following are important dates to mark in your calendar:
- Lobby Days
April 15 & 16 (in Sacramento)
- Final registration for this event is on
March 26 ($55 if you are an NASW member)
You can register for the event at www.naswca.org
At this point, we have learned that social workers will be lobbying around
health care issues. We are currently trying to get further information as to the
specific bills. These are some of the possible bills we will lobby
on:
SB 2 (Cedillo)
Homelessness
AB 190 (Bass) Child
Welfare
SB 840 (Kuehl) Universal
Single Payer Healthcare
We are opposing the Governor's proposed CalWORKs budget cuts.
If you have any questions or suggestions concerning this event, please feel
free to email me at olafsonita@gmail.com
Thank you,
Kristin Olafson
2007:48 - UPDATE - SSW Argentina Study Abroad Course: Decrease in cost
March 11, 2007
Dear SJSU SSW students and faculty :
It appears that current cost information posted on the SJSU
Website is incorrect . THE ACTUAL COST WILL BE LESS THAN THAT POSTED. I have
contacted the website and requested the changes be posted tomorrow as
follows:
There will be one (1) course offered , 3 units SW 285/185. The cost for this
course is $750.00 In addition, our host , the University of Palermo will offer a
conversational Spanish seminar AT NO COST to San Jose State students. ( a
good deal !)
The course and seminar will commence June 4-and end June 26, 2007.
COSTS:
Tuition {3 units} : $750
Room/board / and University of
Palermo/Buenos Aires expenses : approx
$1700*
RT Airfare {approx
$1000}**
----------------------------------
Estimated total expenses :
approx $3500 ***
* room and board {2 meals a day x 5 days a week} will be arranged with host
families through the University of Palermo our host university in Buenos
Aires
** air fare will generally be arranged by each student; we may also be
able to negotiate a group rate which, however, would require everyone to travel
on the same flights .
*** expenses can vary by individual.
Therefore, if you have ANY interest in the course please register
ASAP !!!
Registering DOES NOT COST ANYTHING. It merely provides us with an
idea of how many students might be interested. Once we have an idea of the
number of students, we will call a meeting to discuss specifics. PLEASE DO NOT
DELAY !
FYI the course is open to any graduate or upper division student at
SJSU or the CSU or the UC.
HOW TO REGISTER:
#1} GO TO THE SJSU STUDYABROAD WEBSITE
#2} EMAIL/CONTACT Todd Oberson
: todd.oberson@sjsu.edu
tel: 924-6128
IF YOU REGISTER WITH TODD DIRECTLY PLEASE COPY ME
!! emg3@sjsu.edu
Dr Gorman
Associate Professor, School of Social Work San
Jose State University, San Jose , CA 95192-0124
408-924-5812
2007:47 - Local NASW Email Group
*** Local NASW Email Group ***
I would like to invite you to join the new Yahoo! Group I just created with
cooperation from San Jose Unit representative, Glenn Thomas for NASW social
workers in the San Jose area. The group is designed to facilitate us social
workers to communicate with one another about issues that affect us. It's for
students and professionals who are local to or interested in the San Jose area.
It will also be a way to find out about local social work-related events.
To join, just go to the following website and join the Group:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/naswca_san_jose/
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.
Thanks!
Laura Vroman
LVroman1@yahoo.com
2007:46 - NASW Meeting and Social Work Month
*** Attention Social Work Students! ***
NASW Meeting in San Jose March 16
Mark your calendars for the next NASW meeting on March 16th at 6pm at
828 South Bascom Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128.
It is Social Work Month, so at this meeting we will find out who will win the
Social Worker of the Year Award and also the Stand Up for Others Award.
It
is also the last meeting before Lobby Days, so we will review Lobby Days
information.
In addition, Social Work door prizes will be given out and a full dinner and
desert will be provided free of charge.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at the email listed
below.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Laura Vroman
LVroman1@yahoo.com
2007:45 - Summer Classes and Summer Field
Placement
Attachments: ScWk 222 Summer Request Form.doc
Hi all,
The information regarding availability of summer classes is about
finalized. It is anticipated that due to SJSU budget constraints and
historically low enrollment in certain sections, only ScWk 222 and summer
internship for final-year students (ScWk 232) will be offered in Summer
2007. The following conditions also apply:
ScWk 232 - Blanca Tavera sent out an application for those needing to start
their final year of internship during the summer. This was MSW Mail
message 2007:44. Please read the instructions, complete the form, and
return that application to her by Thursday April 5th (corrected and extended
date from March 30th, due to Spring Break).
ScWk 222 - This summer section of the family practice course must be taken
with the field course (ScWk 232) by those approved for summer internship.
Priority will be given to these students, however, if there is room, students
wishing to take ScWk 222 WITHOUT SUMMER INTERNSHIP in order to lighten the load
in Fall 2007 may request to enroll. Students requesting this should
complete the attached form and return to me by Thursday April 5th.
We understand that many students try to arrange their curriculum plans to
accommodate other responsibilities. Unfortunately, although the School of
Social Work would like to offer more opportunities, in many areas we are limited
by the reality of scarce, available resources. Please contact me if you
have suggestions, questions, or concerns.
Thank you,
Peter
Peter Allen Lee
MSW Program Coordinator and Graduate Advisor 408-924-5850
plee4@email.sjsu.edu
2007:44 - Summer Field Placement
Attachments: Summer Field application2007.doc
*** For Students Entering Final Year of Field ***
Dear Students,
Attached is the application for Summer Field
Placement. Please note that this application is due no later than Thursday
April 5th, (corrected and extended date due to Spring Break from March 30,
2007). You must consult with your FFL to determine if you are eligible for a
summer slot. In addition, you must verify that any agency you wish to work in
will be able to accommodate a student for a summer placement.
Take
care,
Blanca Tavera
Interim Director of Field
Education
School of Social Work
San Jose State University
One
Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0124
(408)924-5846
2007:43 - NEW INFO re SSW Argentina Study
Attachments: Argentina_FLP_sswswFlyerrev.pdf
March 7, 2007
Dear SJSU SSW students:
It appears that current cost information posted on the SJSU
Website is incorrect . THE ACTUAL COST WILL BE LESS THAN THAT POSTED. I have
contacted the website and requested the changes be posted tomorrow as
follows:
There will be one (1) course offered , 3 units SW 285/185. The cost for this
course is $750.00 In addition, our host , the University of Palermo will offer a
conversational Spanish seminar AT NO COST to students. ( a good deal
!)
The course and seminar will commence June 4-and end June 26, 2007.
COSTS:
Tuition {3 units} : $750
Room/board / and University of
Palermo/Buenos Aires expenses : approx
$1700*
RT Airfare {approx
$1000}**
_________________________________
Estimated total expenses :
approx $3500 ***
* room and board {2 meals a day x 5 days a week} will be arranged with host
families through the University of Palermo our host university in Buenos
Aires
** air fare will generally be arranged by each student; we may also be
able to negotiate a group rate which, however, would require everyone to travel
on the same flights .
*** expenses can vary by individual.
Therefore, if you have ANY interest in the course please register
ASAP !!!
Registering DOES NOT COST ANYTHING. It merely provides us with an
idea of how many students might be interested. Once we have an idea of the
number of students, we will call a meeting to discuss specifics. PLEASE DO NOT
DELAY !
FYI the course is open to any graduate or upper division student at
SJSU or the CSU or the UC.
HOW TO REGISTER:
#1} GO TO THE SJSU STUDYABROAD WEBSITE
#2} EMAIL/CONTACT Todd Oberson
: todd.oberson@sjsu.edu
IF YOU
REGISTER WITH TODD DIRECTLY PLEASE COPY ME !! emg3@sjsu.edu
Dr Gorman
2007:42 - SOCIAL WORK CHALLENGES IN ARGENTINA APPROVED!!!
Attachments: Argentina_FLP_Flyer1.pdf
Dear SJSU MSW and BASW
Students:
We have finally received the necessary approvals to
proceed with the proposed social work and social justice course in Buenos Aires
this June. The good news is that we have the "green light" ; now we are
recruiting on a very quick timeline ! If you are at all interested
in this exciting possibility, please contact me ASAP {emg3@sjsu.edu or 408.924.5812} and
register* on the SJSU Study Abroad website.www.sjsu.edu/studyabroad
* Registration does notcommit you but it gives us
an idea of how many students are interested. There is no cost to register
PLEASE DO NOT DELAY AS WE NEED TO NOTIFY THE UNIVERSITY IN
ARGENTINA !
The International Studies Program has allowed us to recruit
students beyond their usual deadline! PLEASE REGISTER BY MARCH 15 !! www.sjsu.edu/studyabroad
Dr Gorman
E Michael Gorman Ph.D.,MPH, MSW
Assoc Professor,
School of Social Work
San Jose State University, San Jose , CA
95192-0124
2007:41 - UPDATE - Prospective Faculty Colloquia - Please Join
Us!
Attachments: Flyer
Huff.pdf Flyer Seavey.Hultquist.pdf Flyer
Ramirez1.pdf
Dear Faculty, Staff and Students:
Attached, please find flyers for the colloquia presented by prospective
faculty interviewing for the position of Field Education Program Director.
Nicole Huff, MSW: San Jose
State University, will give a one hour colloquium, Monday, March 5, 2007 from 12
– 1 PM in the School of Social Work’s Large Conference Room entitled: The
Intersection of Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment: Best Practices for Social Workers.
Joanne Seavey-Hultquist, MSW University of Connecticut
will give a one hour colloquium, Tuesday, March 6, 2007 from 12 – 1 PM in the
School of Social Work Large Conference Room entitled: Combating the Effects of
Media Violence on Children: A Social Worker's Role.
Randall Ramirez, L.C.S.W., MFT, University of
California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will give a one hour colloquium, Monday, March
12, 2007 from 12 – 1 PM in the School of Social Work Large Conference Room
entitled: Treating Acculturation Guilt: A Community Mental Health Approach
for Serving Latino Immigrant Youth.
All Faculty, Staff, & Students are invited to
attend. We hope you will join us for these colloquia!
Alice
Alice Hines
Director, School of Social Work
2007:40 - Graduation and an Invitation to a Free Event on Tuesday,
March 6th!
Attachments: poster-1.jpg Flyer003.jpg
Hello Everyone!
I hope you are well! I am writing to remind you
that the Graduation Committee will be meeting on Monday, March 5th Noon in the
Social Work office. If you want your graduation to be extra-fabulous, including
your ideas, well, please, show up, represent and participate! ;-) Hope to see
you there! ;-)
If you cannot make the meeting, but would like to
share some ideas, comments and/or have questions about graduation, please
contact the Co-Chair of this committee, Erika Martinez at emartinez823@yahoo.com. Thanks in
advance!
Also, have you seen the large statue on our campus of 2
Olympic gold medalists with fists in the air, showing the Black Power salute?
Well, Tommie Smith, depicted in the statue is coming to our campus to speak!
On Tuesday, March 6, 2007, we will invite Tommie Smith (1968
Mexico Olympic Gold Medalist) to San José State University and have discussion
on the theme “Empowerment & Unlocking the Human Potential.” It will be
at the SJSU Engineering Building Room #189 from 2:30pm
-4:30pm.
While a student at San José State, Mr. Smith won the
national collegiate 220-yard (201.17-meter) title in 1967. In the 1968
Olympic Games at Mexico City, he won the gold medal for the 200m in a world
record time 19.83. He and a teammate, John Carlos, who earned the bronze,
gave a Black Power salute while receiving their medals.
Some people
(particularly IOC president) felt that a political statement had no place in the
international forum of the Olympic Games. In an immediate response to their
actions, Smith and Carlos were suspended from the U.S. team by the IOC president
and banned from the Olympic Village. Those who opposed the protest said the
actions disgraced all Americans. Supporters, on the other hand, praised the men
for their bravery.
I have attached flyers about the event for your
review.
Take Care & Have a Great Weekend!
Linnette
Peralta Haynes
SWGSA President
2007:39 - HBO Special on Addiction
Attachments: hbo.doc hbopressrelease.doc hbo 01.31.2007 Complete schedule.doc
HBO’S BIGGEST MULTI-PLATFORM MEDIA EVENT, THE ADDICTION PROJECT, A
GROUNDBREAKING 14-PART SERIES, KICKS OFF WITH CENTERPIECE DOCUMENTARY MARCH
15
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Project Defines Addiction As
A Chronic Relapsing Brain Disease
That Is Treatable
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Entire Series To Be Offered Free To Cable
Subscribers During Four-Day Preview On HBO, March 15-18
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“How can we comprehend the concept of a person who wants to stop doing
something and cannot, despite catastrophic consequences? That is what we
are up against. Some people don’t want to speak about addiction, or
compare it to other chronic diseases. Well, this is a disease, a treatable
disease, and it needs to be understood. HBO’s ADDICTION project is an
initiative that will help people understand more about this illness, its
advancements and how to find help.”
-- Nora Volkow, M.D., Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12, 2007 One in four Americans has a family member who
is struggling with addiction. Over 80% of people with substance abuse or
dependence disorder started using before age 18. Currently, addiction
affects 22.2 million Americans. Yet only 9% are receiving the treatment
they need.
In
partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Institute on
Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
(NIAAA), HBO launches the ADDICTION project, an unprecedented multi-media
campaign aimed at helping Americans understand addiction as a treatable brain
disease, as well as spotlighting new medical advancements. Debuting
THURSDAY, MARCH 15 (9:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), with the centerpiece documentary
ADDICTION, the series is eye-opening and ultimately hopeful, providing guidance
in navigating the often confusing world of addiction treatment and recovery.
For
the first time, HBO will use all of its digital platforms, including the HBO
main service, multiplex channels, HBO On Demand, podcasts, web streams, and DVD
sales to support a campaign that includes a 14-part documentary series, a book
published by Rodale Press, four independent addiction-themed films, a robust
website and a national community grassroots outreach campaign funded by the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. All films will initially be offered during
a free HBO preview weekend from Thursday, March 15 to Sunday, March 18 in
participating cable systems.
“HBO
is utilizing all of its platforms to develop programming directly targeted to
the various needs of the American public on this complex public health issue,”
says Chris Albrecht, HBO’s chairman and CEO. “Our resources are committed
to illuminating, demystifying and defining addiction a problem that is
riddled with misconceptions.”
The
ADDICTION project showcases the work of many of today’s leading documentary
filmmakers, including Jon Alpert; Kate Davis and David Heilbroner; Susan
Froemke; Liz Garbus and Rory Kennedy; Eugene Jarecki; Barbara Kopple; Albert
Maysles; D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus; and Alan and Susan Raymond.
ADDICTION brings together leading thinkers and organizations that are at the
threshold of new treatments. Current advances in brain imaging science
make it possible to see inside the brain of an addicted person, pinpoint the
parts of the brain affected by addiction, and see how the addict’s brain
differs, ushering in a great many advances in medical treatment. In fact,
treatments for addiction are now as effective as treatments for other chronic
relapsing diseases such as diabetes, hypertension or asthma.
A
candid depiction of the emotional, psychological, social and political toll that
addiction takes on the country, the ADDICTION project demonstrates conclusively
that the disease is treatable and shows that there are millions of Americans in
long-term recovery. Topics covered
include: the nature of
addiction, addiction in the workplace, and the protracted insurance battles
waged by families, as well as the difficulty of finding and getting adequate
treatment.
The
ADDICTION project will be supported by an unprecedented 30-city nationwide
community outreach campaign funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and
coordinated by Join Together, Faces and Voices of Recovery, and the Community
Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA).
The
ADDICTION project is produced by John Hoffman and Susan Froemke and executive
produced by Sheila Nevins. For additional information, visit hbo.com.
2007:38 - DV and Child Abuse in Child Welfare Seminar
Attachments: 03.12.07 Flyer.pdf
Dear Students,
The Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Program, in collaboration with
Nicole Huff, MSW, LCSW, is providing a seminar entitled "Domestic Violence and
Child Abuse in Child Welfare." The event is open to all MSW students and will
take place on Monday, March 12, 2007 from 9:00 am to 12:00 p.m. at the MLK Jr.
Library in room 255/257 (a light breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m.).
Seating is limited and you must RSVP for this event by March 8th to rcueto@email.sjsu.edu. Attached is a
flyer for the event.
Ruth Cueto
Title IV-E Administrative Analyst
SJSU-School of Social
Work
408.924.5834 (P)
408.924.5892 (F)
www.sjsu.edu/title4e
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