Dear Social Workers, Employers and Contractors,

Welcome to the premiere edition of TOUCH, our new newsletter/magazine. Each edition of Touch will focus on a theme. Our first edition is focusing on boundaries.

As we all know, our professional and personal reputations are built on a foundation of respect, relationships and growing people into all they can be. That begins with healthy boundaries.

Spring and summer are, unfortunately, when suicides and accidents peak. More teens are killed, or kill themselves, during the spring and summer than any other time of the year. So we’ve also included articles on what to do in the aftermath of a client suicide, as well as how to cope with death on your caseload, the topic of a recent SWPRN workshop. I hope you enjoy our new newsletter format. We would love any feedback you have, positive or otherwise, regarding the content, layout, idea and especially the Q&A section. We hope to expand that area each issue to deal with the various questions and concerns of social workers, employees and those who read TOUCH.

Thank you and look forward to more to come!

Rob Plotkin