Links for SOCW 5306: Generalist Macro Practice

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General Information for the course

Description	URL
Library's links to e-journals for readings on the syllabus	http://libraries.uta.edu/dillard/subfiles/swjguide.htm
CAP videos online -- shorter list	http://ourblocks.net/online-videos-for-community-administrative-practice/
CAP videos online -- YouTube playlist	http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=755C8E1623640DCE
CAP videos online -- longer list	http://ourblocks.net/videos/
NASW Code of Ethics	www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/default.htm
TX Ethics code & standards	http://info.sos.state.tx.us/pub/plsql/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=5&ti=22&pt=34&ch=781&sch=D&rl=Y
ACOSA: Assn. for community organization/social administration	http://www.acosa.org/
Best of the Web -- Social Work	http://botw.org/top/Science/Social_Sciences/Social_Work/
COMM-ORG online conference on organizing & dev.	http://comm-org.utoledo.edu/mailman/listinfo/colist
National Network for Social Work Managers	www.socialworkmanager.org
Administrative resources for nonprofits with user ratings	http://capaciteria.org/
Nonprofit online news	www.gilbert.org/news/
Information for Practice (from Gary Holden)	http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/wwwrsw/
SWAN (Social Work Access Network)	http://cosw.sc.edu/swan/
NASW Online	www.naswdc.org/
Social work jokes	http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~prentice/index.html
Thomas, US legislative information	http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html
Your first stop in finding US Govt information	http://firstgov.gov/
US Dept of Health and Human Services	www.os.dhhs.gov/
Roberts Rules of Order	www.parliamentarians.org/parlipro.htm
Texas resources	www.texas.gov/
Google search engine	http://www.google.com/
List of mailing lists (listservs) on the Internet	http://www.tile.net/lists/ and http://www.lsoft.com/catalist.html
Tutorial on searching the web (especially see table)	http://www.completeplanet.com/Tutorials/Search/index.asp
Writing support tools	http://nwca.syr.edu
Community and group decision making tools	http://www.extension.iastate.edu/communities/tools.html
APA recommended electronic reference formats	http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
What to do if you are harassed online	http://www.haltabuse.org/help/index.shtml
Team-Building and Participation: Guide to Tips on Principles and Practices	http://www.gatherthepeople.org/Pages/DLresources.htm
Public speaking tips	http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/effective.html
Virtual Presentation Assistant online tutorial	http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/coms2/vpa/vpa.htm
Change thinkers: A forum for community change knowledge exchange	http://www.changethinkers.com/
Speaking tips from ToastMasters	http://www.toastmasters.org/index.htm

2. Historical development of macro practice

Description	URL
Neighborhood organizing: The importance of historical context by R. Fisher	http://comm-org.utoledo.edu/papers96/fishercon.htm

3. Generalist macro practice

Description	URL
Community Tool Box model of community change	http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu/
Basic Guide to Management and Supervision	http://www.mapnp.org/library/mgmnt/prsnlmnt.htm

4. Macro generalist practice theories, values, and perspectives

Description	URL
Evidence Based Practice concepts	http://www2.uta.edu/ssw/trainasfa/ebpconcept.htm
Evidence Based Practice concepts applied to CPS	http://www2.uta.edu/ssw/trainasfa/ebptdprs.htm
Transtheoretical model of behavior change in organizations	http://www.cba.uri.edu/Scholl/Notes/Change_TTM.htm
Integrative (or Win-Win) Reframing	http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/treatment/wwrefram.htm
Participation perspective	http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/particip/information/index.html
Best practices in customer-driven strategic planning	www.npr.gov/library/papers/benchmrk/customer.html
Working with Communities of Color (case study)	http://qrd.tcp.com/qrd/www/FTR/comofcol.html
Evidence based look at institutional care	http://www.calib.com/cbexpress/articles.cfm?article_id=641&ref=htmlEml
Discussion of systems theory	http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/SYSTHEOR.html
Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems	http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/indexASC.html
NASW Standards for Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice	http://www.naswdc.org/pubs/standards/cultural.htm
Putnam, Social Capital	http://www.prospect.org/archives/24/24putn.html
John McKnight, 1987, Regenerating Community	http://www.cpn.org/sections/topics/community/index.html
Who inhabits the world and uses world resources	http://www.thesustainablevillage.com/miniature_earth/index.html
The UTA fight song when you need a motivational booster	http://fightmusic.com/others.html

5. The community as client

Description	URL
Reweaving the Fabric by Ernesto Cortes, Jr.	http://www.tresser.com/ernesto.htm
Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Initiatives	http://www.aspenroundtable.org/
Ontario healthy communities coalition	http://www.healthycommunities.on.ca/ohcc.htm
Healthy People in Healthy Communities A Community Planning Guide Using Healthy People 2010	http://www.healthypeople.gov/Publications/HealthyCommunities2001/healthycom01hk.pdf
Seattle community network	www.scn.org/
Chicago's Hyde Park/Kenwood Community	www.scn.org/
Neighborhood Knowledge LA	http://nkla.sppsr.ucla.edu/

6. Identifying social conditions as problems/opportunities

Description	URL
Kretzmann & McKinght, Intro to "Building communities from the inside out	www.northwestern.edu/ipr/publications/community/introd-building.html
The social well being of Vermonters	www.ahs.state.vt.us/publs.htm#data
Urban Quality Indicators newsletter	http://people.mw.mediaone.net/cyoakam/index.html
DHHS report on community human service indicators	http://aspe.hhs.gov/progsys/community/index.htm
Measuring Community Capacity (Aspen Institute)	http://www.aspeninst.org/csg/pdfs/ccb.pdf
Communication for Social Change: An Integrated Model for Measuring the Process and Its Outcomes	http://www.comminit.com/social-change.html
Indicators to Help with Capacity Building in Health Promotion	http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/health-promotion/pdf/indicators/capbuild.pdf
Find outcome measures at Outcome Measurement Resource Network	www.unitedway.org/outcomes/

7. Assessing social conditions

Description	URL
Introduction to community assessment	http://outreach.missouri.edu/moexpress/guides/moexp7-1.html
Langley Park MD neighborhood needs assessment	www.bsos.umd.edu/hanna/needs.htm
Look at Westside Community Health Assessment (bottom)	http://www.wilder.org/research/reports/pdf/
Community building comes of age	www.cpn.org/sections/topics/community/civic_perspectives/cb_coming_of_age1.html
Outcome Measurement Resource Network	http://www.unitedway.org/outcomes/
Analysis of the Child Care And Family Self-Sufficiency Performance Measures, ACYF (large scale performance analysis)	http://www.ombwatch.org/gpra/pew/acf.html
Organizational assessment surveys	http://www.tmcenter.org/toolintro.html
Building strengths based collaborative solutions	http://www.tomwolff.com/

8. Intervening: action, development, and planning approaches

Description	URL
Article on Saul Alinsky	www.progress.org/archive/alinsky.htm
Building Movement: Web site on activism	http://www.buildingmovement.org/
ACORN (Assn Community Orgs for Reform Now)	www.acorn.org/
10 year plan to end homelessness	http://www.endhomelessness.org/pub/tenyear/10yearplan.pdf
Center for Community Change	http://www.communitychange.org/
Grace Hill Neighborhood Services	http://www.grass-roots.org/usa/gracehill.shtml
Meetup: Online tool to link people with common interests	http://www.meetup.com/
MoveOn: Makes excellent use of online strategies & tools	http://www.moveon.org/front/
1999 HIV/AIDS service delivery plan	http://www.aidsnyc.org/network/SDP.html
National Training and Information Center	www.ntic-us.org
Electronic activist	www.berkshire.net/~ifas/activist/index.html
The virtual activist training course	http://netaction.org/training/
Oxfam guide to social activism	htttp://www.oxfamamerica.org/fast/advocguide.html
Summary evaluation of 5 community building initiatives	www.kidscount.org/aecpub/rciplan/index.htm
Center for Community Change	www.communitychange.org/
Community building coming of age (read preface, etc)	http://www.urban.org/community/combuild.htm
Neighborhoods online	www.libertynet.org/nol/natl.html
Community Development Society	http://comm-dev.org/
Community development links	www.change.org/links.htm
Case studies/best practices	http://www.change.org/21.htm
Case studies on sustainable communities	http://www.greensense.com/GR_MOD.HTM
Time Dollars Institute	http://www.timedollar.org/
Experiment in connecting 28 city neighborhoods online	http://www.arsportalis.org/
Midwest Academy (see curriculum on organizing)	http://www.midwestacademy.com/
How to use the Internet for organizing	www.nonviolence.org/support/
Stories of innovative grass roots efforts	www.grass-roots.org/
Role of lobbying as a strategy	http://www.indepsec.org/clpi/
Managing and Resolving Conflict	http://hr2.hr.arizona.edu/hris7.htm
Manuals on various approaches	www.cpn.org/sections/tools/manuals/manuals.html
Online Community Toolkit (coalitions)	http://www.fullcirc.com/community/communitymanual.htm
Center for Community Change	http://www.communitychange.org/
Principles and Practices of Collaboration	http://www.chtop.com/archfs25.htm
Casey Foundation rebuilding communities initiatives	www.kidscount.org/initiatives/rci/rci.htm
Time Dollars: Community volunteer bartering system	http://www.timedollar.org/
Checklist to evaluate a collaborative effort	http://www.joe.org/joe/1999april/tt1.html
Wraparound services to insure a total community approach	http://www.ncyc.com/Wrap/wngloss.html
Well-Designed Strategic Nonviolent Actions	http://www.vernalproject.org/Papers/WellDesignedNV.html
Web site on nonprofit advocacy	http://www.npaction.org/
Analysis of Texas's use of Faith Based Social Services	http://www.tfn.org/issues/charitablechoice/report02.html

9. The organization as client

Description	URL
Information on Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation	http://www.hanson.com/nonprof.htm
Helps plan, implement, evaluating substance abuse prevention programs	www.preventiondss.org

10. Administrative practice overview

Description	URL
Study of nonprofit managers, tasks, satisfaction, etc.	http://www4.compasspoint.org/cpDir/files/documents/docs_research_evals/Daring.pdf
Reinventing government literature	http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/npr/default.html
Paper on evaluating collaborative efforts	http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/bc-fact/0007.html
Tools to help nonprofits make effective use of IT	http://www.benton.org/Practice/Toolkit/
Basic guide to non-profit financial management	http://www.mapnp.org/library/finance/np_fnce/np_fnce.htm
Nonprofit good practice guide	http://www.nonprofitbasics.org/
Effective capacity building in non-profit organizations	http://www.venturephilanthropypartners.org/learning/reports/capacity/capacity.html

11. Assessing organizations

Description	URL
Ideas for outcomes, goals, etc. (uses different wording than class)	http://www.aecf.org/pathways/index.htm
SAMHSA Consumer-oriented mental health report card	www.mentalhealth.org/consumersurvivor/rptcrd.htm
Resource Center for developing a human service agency	http://www.not-for-profit.org/
Nonprofit management resources	http://www.innonet.org/resources/publications.cfm
Mental health reports	http://www.mentalhealth.org/child/childhealth.asp
Report stressing mental health consumer-oriented outcomes	http://www.mentalhealth.org/consumersurvivor/rptcrd.htm
Document and instruments for evaluating your program	http://www.itiincorporated.com/sew_dl.htm
Shelterforce issue on evaluating community practice	http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/sf119.html

12. Supervising

Description

URL

10 stupid things managers do to screw up performance appraisal	http://www.work911.com/performance/particles/stupman.htm
Four stages of burnout	http://www.stressdoc.com/four_stages_burnbout.htm
Symptoms of burnout	http://www.docpotter.com/bo_symptoms.html
Employment discrimination laws (ADA, EEOC, etc)	http://wwwsecure.law.cornell.edu/topics/employment_discrimination.html
EEOC: US Equal Opportunity Employment Commission	http://www.eeoc.gov/

13. Leading

Description	URL
Courses on fundraising for nonprofits	http://www.fundraiser-software.com/
Chronicle of Philanthropy fundraising resources	http://philanthropy.com/free/resources/fresources.htm
Fund raising lesson on individual giving	http://www.raisingmoremoney.com/rmm/index.shtml

14. Societal and political practice

Description	URL
Ruckus Society (working with the media)	http://ruckus.org/man/media_manual.html
E-The People, America's Interactive Town Hall	www.e-thepeople.com
Grassroots lobbying manual	http://www.gatherthepeople.org/
Who inhabits the world and uses world resources	http://smart.tin.it/luccacos/miniatureearth/
Find out how rich you are compared to others	http://www.globalrichlist.com/
Earth Rights International -- Using laws to promote social justice	http://www.earthrights.org/

15. Integration and synthesis, issues, ethics, and course review

Description	URL
NASW Code of Ethics	http://www.naswdc.org/code.htm
Fictitious futures in human services	http://www2.uta.edu/cussn/fictfut.htm

Assessment Examples

Description	URL
Community assessment for many issues. The demographic profile is similar to your community description. Health issues is similar to your condition/social problem assessment.	http://www.appliedsurveyresearch.org/cap8_report.htm
Dallas Co. United Way Needs Assessment (traditional and does not include a capacities assessment).	http://www.unitedwaydallas.org/OurImpact/CommunityAssessment.htm
United Way of Tarrant Needs Assessment	http://www.uwmtcdata.org/united_way_of_metropolitan_tarrant_county_002.htm
Latina domestic violence, best practices project	http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:Jlka977_8MAJ:www.ohdc.org/Report.pdf+%22domestic+violence%22+%22best+practices%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Arlington 2025 Visioning Report (put 2025 visioning report in the search box)	http://www.ci.arlington.tx.us/
Dallas Homeless Consortium	http://www.dallascityhall.com/dallas/eng/html/homeless_consortium.html

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