What's New
NASW/Texas 32nd Annual State Conference
Building on Strengths. Help Starts Here
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Student Volunteers Needed for Annual State Conference
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2008 - 2009 Board Elections Results
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NEW Minimum Qualifications for Social Studies
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NASW/TX Funding Request for Licensing Board
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Definition of Clinical Social Work and the Scope of Practice
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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.
NASW/Texas Salary Survey - 2007
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Continuing Education Workshops
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NASW Dues Comparison... What a Bargain!
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Register to Vote
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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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