Working with Vets 2 Clinical SW Survey 2 Did You Know? 3 LBSW Exam Help 3 From Where I Sit 4 President’s Letter 5 A Student’s Perspective on Voting 6 Links, etc 7 Chapter Update Newsletter Date Chapter Update November-December-January 2013 WHAT’S INSIDE: SC NASW 2013 Symposium Fired up and ready to go! Now that election season is behind us there is another reason to get fired up: the SC NASW 2013 Symposium is coming up soon! The three day Symposium will be held Mon- day, March 18-Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Due to popular demand we are returning to last year’s conference site, the DoubleTree Hotel in Colum- bia, SC. Since last May the Symposium Planning Commit- tee has been working hard to put together a pro- gram that will excite, refresh and inspire partici- pants with diverse opportunities for learning. We have an impressive group of plenary speakers and our break out workshop abstracts are some of the best we’ve ever seen. Just like last year we are committed to keeping costs down and will be of- fering early bird special pricing. As always, the most affordable rates go to NASW members. Please spread the word among your social work colleagues and encourage them to join to get this great benefit of being a member of NASW. The Symposium Planning Committee is made up of the following NASW members: Carla Damron (Chapter ED); Ann Dwyer (Chair), Shirley Fur- tick, Marjorie Hammock, Angela Howe, George Mavroftas, Sharon Williams and Leslie Yar- borough. We are excited about the 2013 symposi- um and we are even more excited to see you there! It is a great time to earn CEUs, reconnect with old friends and make new networking connections for Of Resilience and Advocacy March 18-20, 2013 DoubleTree Hotel, Columbia SC To register, visit www.scnasw.org your career going forward. Please mark your cal- endar for our annual SC NASW Symposium: March 18-20, 2013. We are fired up and ready to see you there! — Ann Dwyer, Chair Symposium Planning Committee Chapter Update Editorial Committee Sandra Grimble, Chair Carla Damron, staff Juliana Palyok, staff Reporters/writers wanted!
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Working with Vets 2
Clinical SW Survey 2
Did You Know? 3
LBSW Exam Help 3
From Where I Sit 4
President’s Letter 5
A Student’s Perspective on Voting 6
Links, etc 7
B U S I N E S S N A M E
Chapter Update Newsletter Date
Chapter Update November-December-January 2013
WHAT’S INSIDE:
SC NASW 2013 Symposium
Fired up and ready to go! Now that election season
is behind us there is another reason to get fired up:
the SC NASW 2013 Symposium is coming up
soon! The three day Symposium will be held Mon-
day, March 18-Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Due
to popular demand we are returning to last year’s
conference site, the DoubleTree Hotel in Colum-
bia, SC.
Since last May the Symposium Planning Commit-
tee has been working hard to put together a pro-
gram that will excite, refresh and inspire partici-
pants with diverse opportunities for learning. We
have an impressive group of plenary speakers and
our break out workshop abstracts are some of the
best we’ve ever seen. Just like last year we are
committed to keeping costs down and will be of-
fering early bird special pricing. As always, the
most affordable rates go to NASW members.
Please spread the word among your social work
colleagues and encourage them to join to get this
great benefit of being a member of NASW.
The Symposium Planning Committee is made up
of the following NASW members: Carla Damron
(Chapter ED); Ann Dwyer (Chair), Shirley Fur-
tick, Marjorie Hammock, Angela Howe, George
Mavroftas, Sharon Williams and Leslie Yar-
borough. We are excited about the 2013 symposi-
um and we are even more excited to see you there!
It is a great time to earn CEUs, reconnect with old
friends and make new networking connections for
Of Resilience and Advocacy
March 18-20, 2013 DoubleTree Hotel, Columbia SC
To register, visit www.scnasw.org
your career going forward. Please mark your cal-
endar for our annual SC NASW Symposium:
March 18-20, 2013. We are fired up and ready to
see you there! — Ann Dwyer, Chair
Symposium Planning Committee
Chapter Update Editorial Committee
Sandra Grimble, Chair
Carla Damron, staff
Juliana Palyok, staff
Reporters/writers wanted!
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Chapter Update
By Sandra Grimble, LISW-CP
Chair, Editorial Committee
Working as a PACT Social Worker for the VA Green-
ville Outpatient Clinic has opened my eyes to the great
sacrifices made by our veterans. It's truly a privilege to
work with men and women who gave so much for our
country. Just how much they gave for our freedom is
something difficult to comprehend.
Our work is daunting; hundreds of veterans (or so it
seems) pass through our clinic every day, and each one
deserves the best we can provide. I think of the WW II
veteran who told about watching Pearl Harbor being
bombed and how that felt for him. And the veteran who
served under General Patton who told about the long
hard trek they made in the dead of winter. These warri-
ors didn't sleep on the hot desert sand; rather, they slept
under their tanks on the hard cold ground with a blanket
of snow. Many of our warriors who served in Korea
endured severe frostbite while being pinned to the
ground by gunfire. The warriors who served in the hot
jungle were glad to feel the coolness of Agent Orange
sprayed over their heads while being unaware of the fu-
ture cost and dangers. We've had so many men and
women courageously serve in the different battles zones
across the globe. Many come home with new challenges,
and I hope my social work skills are useful to them.
On Memorial Day, our clinic had a small program to
honor our clients. For the first time, I saw the flag for
those Missing in Action and the Prisoners of War. It was
an emotional moment to see this.
Nowadays, we don't think much about our warriors be-
coming prisoners of war, but there is a decal in my of-
fice that portrays a handsome young man in uniform.
This warrior has been a POW in Afghanistan for almost
three years. He expects to spend his third Christmas
there. Bowe is now 26 years old and is our last POW in
that country. I wonder when he will be safely returned to
his family?
Warriors who left loved ones and served tours of duty in
Desert Storm, the Panama Canal, Iraq, Kuwait, Germa-
ny, France, and all the other places I cannot even begin
to name deserve our deepest respect and assistance. The
old, the young, the whole, the injured, no matter their
circumstances, deserve the best we can offer them. As
a social worker, it is an honor to work with these veter-
ans; I hope we give them half us much as they have giv-
en us.
Honoring Their Sacrifice: Working with Vets
Clinical Social Work Practice Survey
Research is actively shaping the clinical practice envi-
ronment. It is imperative that the voices of clinical so-
cial workers be included in this research, in order to
learn how the changing clinical environment is impact-
ing practice for social workers and their clients. I am
studying how the recent focus on Evidence-Based
Practice is affecting clinical social workers in practice.
This survey only takes 15-20 minutes and your partici-
pation will be kept confidential. As a thank you for
your time, I will hold a drawing by January 15, 2013
and give 5 participants $50 gift certificates to Ama-
zon.com.
*Please copy and paste the following the link to par-
ticipate in the survey: https://
www.surveymonkey.com/s/258PTGD
If you have any questions about my research or the
nature of participation, please feel free to contact me
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