NASW Specialty Practice Section Newsletter Author Guidelines
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Practice Sections consists of eleven specialty areas — Administration/Supervision; Aging; Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs; Child Welfare; Children, Adolescents and Young Adults; Health; Mental Health; Private Practice; School Social Work; Social and Economic Justice & Peace, and Social Work and the Courts.
Specialty Practice Sections, (SPS) is committed to providing relevant and timely products and resources to our practicing social work members. We are seeking authors to write articles on topics of interest, according to the following guidelines:
Audience Information
Members of the Practice Sections are from various work settings and practice with diverse populations and cultures. We ask that submitted articles provide comprehensive information in a succinct manner. This should include brief vibrant paragraphs, the avoidance of jargon and overly complicated terminology, clear and concise sentences, and when necessary bulleted or listed items.
Article Information
Articles must provide information that is useful, relevant, and of interest to social work practitioners. Ideas for topics might include new practice modalities, new clinical research, case studies, or how social workers might address prominent social issues. Thought-provoking content is appreciated.
Articles must be formatted according to APA guidelines, as set forth in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition). In-text citations must be used. In APA style, in-text citations are placed within sentences and paragraphs so that it is clear what information is being quoted or paraphrased and whose information is being cited. Articles with footnotes will be returned for proper formatting. Resource lists may be included. References and resources must be after 2000 no exceptions. Authors should not use self-references.
Personal communications should not be cited. Article length should be at least two pages no more than five. All articles should be submitted in 12-point type, Times New Roman font, double-spaced, in MicroSoft Word (.doc) or rich text format (.rtf). Submit articles to Sections@naswdc.org.
Author Information
Author must be a social worker or co-author with a social worker. Submissions are expected to build on existing literature in the topic area. There should be at least one reference to support the article. Author’s self-citations will not be used. Every article should be accompanied by the author’s full name, highest degree and any licenses or certifications, job title, and employing organization. Please indicate if the author is an MSW or ACSW. An e-mail address for the author(s) is encouraged.
Example:
Jay Smith, is a clinical instructor, Department of Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Medical Center, in New Orleans. She can be contacted at Jsmith@org.
Selection
The decision to include articles in the newsletter or in any other practice publication is at the discretion of NASW. NASW will attempt to preserve the author's voice, but all accepted articles will be edited for space and clarity according to the NASW’s style and format.
Rev. 1/12/12
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