1. Integration Seminar Week 12

2. Persepolis

3. Maya Angelou 1928 – b. St. Louis, Missouri raised in Stamps, Arkansas rape at age 8 in St. Louis moved to California to be with mother at age 14 had a son at 16 poet, novelist, teacher, civil rights activist loved Shakespeare, Poe (read a lot) no college education I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969 (1st of 6 autobiographies) Speaks English, French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Ghanian Fante Knew MLK Jr. Taught at U of Ghana, U of Kansas & Wake Forest Read during Clinton’s first inauguration

4. Frank L. Greenagel Jr. MPAP, MSW, LCSW, LCADC ACSW, CJC, ICADC, CCS NJ Governor’s Council on Drug Abuse & Alcoholism Adjunct Professor – Rutgers School of Social Work Instructor – Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies 1 st LT – PA Army National Guard greenage@rci www.greenagel.com Greenagel Counseling Services on Facebook @FrankGreenagel on TwitterFrankGreenagel on Twitter

5. Tell ‘Em What You’re Going to Tell’Em Presentations Letter to Editor LSW/LCSW Process CADC Process Interview Questions when looking for a job Further Reading Journals

6. Presentations

7. Letter to the Editor Read 5 letters to the editor in either the Star Ledger, NYTimes or Daily Targum (ideally, one from each) over the next week Pick a topic you feel strongly about – ex: abortion, immigration, gay rights, gun rights, energy deregulation, defense spending, other Write a letter to the editor in favor of the opposite side What is your point? Who (or what) are you trying to influence? 150 to 500 words Cite some basic (but real) statistics Do not use hyperbolic language Follow Orwell’s rules +1 on semester if it makes Targum, +2 APP/Courier, +3 SL, +5 NYT

8. LSW & LCSW LSW – Graduate, transcripts, application, test (course) – Fee, fingerprints – Against rules to work without it if MSW (schools) LCSW – Have LSW – 1940 direct contact hours  3 year window All in same state – Weekly supervision – Contract w/supervisor (LCSW, supervisor cert) – Test, application, fees, fingerprints, resumes

9. CADC Process 45 6-hour courses (270 total) MSW classes count up to 180 - now RU SSW offers LCADC certification too 3,000 work hours in a 10 year period 300 hours in 12 core areas (25 hours each) Certbd.com Written Test (600 questions) Oral Exam (case study, presentation w/o notes for 45 minutes) 5 AA, 5 NA, 5 Al-Anon, 15 random 12-step meetings 23 page application Several fees (transcript, application, test, final) Supervisor resume, review Notary, pictures

10. Interview Questions (1) Why are you working in this field? (2) Who are your historic and current role models? Why? (3) Best trait? (4) Worst trait? (5) Where would you like to be in 5 years? (or after graduation) (6) What do you want out of a boss? (7) Difficult issue at a previous place of employment (8) What is your theoretical orientation?

11. Questions You Should Ask Where is your funding from? How big is the agency? How does the agency define success? What kind of supervision is there? Who does it? How long have the front line workers been here? How long have supervisors been here? Has the agency been sued or brought up on ethical or legal charges in the last 5 years? How will I know I’ve done a good job? What happened to the last person in my position?

12. Readings Letter to NYT on Injection Sites Gambrill pg. 364 (barriers and weaknesses) Falling into a career Quinones Interviews

13. Journals 8) Have you ever disliked a client? Why? What did you do? Who or what are you biased against? What population would you have a hard time working with?