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Register For Voices For Change Day!
NASW/Texas is co-sponsoring the 2009 Voices for Change Day (formerly Children’s Advocacy Day). Hosted by Texans Care For Children, the Texas Network of Youth Services, and Children At Risk on February 4, 2009. This biennial event brings advocates from all over Texas to the Capitol for a free day of training, networking, and advocacy. This year, advocates will be asking state leaders to sign a pledge to Put Kids First for the future of Texas. Although the event is free, you must pre-register by Jan. 16, 2009 to reserve your space for the free lunch, meetings with state officials, advocacy training, and more. Click here to register today.
1st Biennial Professional Social Work Day at the Legislature 2009
April 27, 2009 - More information coming soon
Everyone should wear teal for Social Work Day. Click here to order your ...the power of social work teal shirt today!
Texas Social Work Law, Rules and NASW Code of Ethics and Public and Professional Policy Changes
Social Work practice is framed by law and bound by ethics. This workshop will bring social workers up to date on important changes in the social work rules changes and the NASW Code of Ethics and NASW public and professional policies that occurred in August of 2008. Become part of the debate in Texas on the issues around definitions of social work clinical practice and diagnosis.
Potential changes to other laws and rules stemming from the legislative session in 2009 that affect social work practice will be presented and participants will work with the Texas Law for the Social Worker book and scenarios to put their ethics into action.
This workshop, presented by NASW/Texas Executive Director Vicki Hansen, LMSW-AP, ACSW, will provide information that is critical to ethical practice and risk management for social workers in Texas regardless of practice setting.
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2009 Call for Presentations
Click here to submit your proposal. Deadline to submit is February 9, 2009.
Do you want to become TSBSWE approved for supervison toward independent (nonclinical) practice?
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Women's Legislative Days: Cancelled
Dear Friends of Women's Legislative Days:
It is with deep sadness that I share with you the decision of the Women's Legislative Days 2009 Steering Committee to cancel the event. Another casualty of the current economic downturn, we were unable to secure sufficient underwriting and other support for the conference. I have great hope for an exciting rebirth of Women’s Legislative Days in 2011.
PLEASE NOTE: The Texas Women’s Political Caucus Roast is NOT cancelled and will be held as scheduled from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at the Wyndham. Please contact the Texas Women’s Political Caucus at txwpc@yahoo.com for more information - and be sure to come out to show your support of women in the legislative process!
Thank you so much to everyone who put in countless hours over the last two years... You are inspiring as always!
UTMB to lay off 4500 employees… NASW/Texas adopts resolution
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Important Announcement from TSBSWE for LMSWs with expired TSBSW approved clinical supervision
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Revised 2008 Medicare Fee Schedule
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Membership Scavenger Hunt is Back!
1.5 Free CEUs for Members! Click here to find out more.
Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee Hearing on Caring for the Vulnerable: The State of Social Work in America
Click here to watch the webcast of the hearing.
NEW Minimum Qualifications for Court Ordered Social Studies
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Click here to learn more about the minimum qualifications for social studies.
Definition of Clinical Social Work and the Scope of Practice
Click here to read the existing and the amended Scope of Practice.
Click here to tell us which version of the Scope of Practice you prefer.
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TSBSWE Adopts New Rules
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Student Loan Forgiveness
The U.S. Department of Education has created a new call center for borrowers to obtain information about the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 (H.R. 2669). The number for the Federal Student Aid Information Center is (800) 433-3243. The law forgives outstanding education debt for those persons that meet the eligibility requirements. Those that would benefit are employees that have made 120 monthly payments on their loans while serving full-time in social work in public child or family service agencies, government, nonprofit, military, education, and others areas. The loan forgiveness provisions became effective on October 1, 2007. It is important to note that payments made after October 1, 2007 on an existing loan can count towards the 120 payments if the loan meets certain criteria. For more information on the new law visit https://ssl.capwiz.com/socialworkers/issues/alert/?alertid=10355231.
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Continuing Education Workshops
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NASW Dues Comparison... What a Bargain!
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Register to Vote
Click here to go to the national site to register to vote.
Texas Law for the Social Worker: A Sourcebook
Editor: J. Ray Hays, Robert McPherson, Vicki Hansen
Code: XB-216
ISBN-13: 978-1-886298-30-9
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Price: $35.00 ($25/Discount Price to NASW Members)
Editors:
J. Ray Hays, Ph.D.,J.D.
Robert McPherson, Ph.D.
Vicki Hansen, LMSW-AP, ACSW
Texas Law for the Social Worker provides licensed social workers, social work students and professors with the key legal and policy issues specific to the state of Texas today. Issues directly affecting practitioners and their students have been carefully selected from statutes, case laws, and official archives of the Attorney General Opinions and Open Records Opinions. No other compilation of such critical, up-to-date material exists for the state of Texas.
Quickly and easily find information that would usually take hours to track down.
Practitioners and students alike will find comprehensive codes related to:
- Civil Practice and Remedies
- Education
- Family
- Human Resources
- Insurance
- Penal
- Health and Safety
- Probate
- Administration
- Occupations
Four case laws--reported in their entirety--include these landmark decisions:
Thapar v. Zezulka--an excellent discussion of the duty to warn/duty to protect doctrine in Texas
Abrams v. Jones--a ground-breaking decision on confidentiality between a therapist, a child client and the child's parents
Jaffee v. Redmond--a timely example of the complicated issue of psychotherapy notes in agency settings.
“An invaluable resource for every Texas social worker — our laws and the NASW Code of Ethics in one convenient book!”
—Catheleen Jordan, PhD, LCSW, President, National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter
The single resource for the legal guidelines shaping the practice of social work in Texas. A special project of the National Association of Social Workers/Texas Chapter .
Editors:
J. Ray Hays, Ph.D.,J.D.
Robert McPherson, Ph.D.
Vicki Hansen, LMSW-AP, ACSW
Each of the editors is a leading authority in the state of Texas on legal issues for social workers and mental health practitioners. Each is a nationally recognized professor who has received multiple awards for service on the boards of numerous state and national associations.
Click here to order your copy.
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