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CALL FOR PAPERS

"Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging

Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practice"

Native Social work journal

NISHNAABE KINOMAADWIN NAADMAADWIN

(Native Teaching & Helping)

            The Board of the Native Social Work Journal, a scholarly and community based publication, is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for Volume 7 of the Native Social Work Journal. The focus for this issue is: "Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practice".

            This edition of the journal recognizes that many Aboriginal graduates of social work programs find themselves working in the field of mental health, especially within their own and other Aboriginal. This edition of the Native Social Work Journal will feature culturally safe mental health and addictions services, highlight culturally appropriate and holistic services as well as community-based interventions that promote and sustain social and emotional well-being.

Authors can submit articles in two categories: Community-based and A.P.A. style. Articles submitted under the community based category are not required to follow the A.P.A. style format. Instead, please describe in the manuscript the history of the project, goals of the project, issues being addressed or kinds of services being provided, and recommendations or conclusions for effective practices for providing mental health services to Aboriginal peoples.

Authors submitted under A.P.A. (American Psychological Association) style format please follow manual guidelines. Articles should normally be no longer than 5000 words, 20 pages. Papers accepted for publication will have copyright assigned to the Native Social Work Journal; articles previously published or under current consideration for publication elsewhere shall not be considered for publication. Please provide an abstract, double space all material and submit four copies for consideration as well as a computer disk copy in MS Word.

            Contributors can submit brief reports with a maximum length of 120 pages (approximately 300 words per page), including references, tables and figures.

            The Native Social Work Journal utilizes a peer reviewed process in the selection of articles and is a registered member of the Canadian Association of Learned Journals.

Deadline date for submission of articles is June 29, 2007

Please submit your article to:

Susan Manitowabi, Editor

Native Social Work Journal

Native Human Services Programme

Laurentian University

Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6

(705) 675-1151 ext. 5049 or 5082

For further information or to receive copies of previous volumes, please contact our office at the phone above.

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