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VOL. 10 NO. 5 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010<br />
The Nation's Leading Newsmagazine for Social Workers<br />
Web -B a s e d<br />
Social Work<br />
Education<br />
Growing Support,<br />
Gaining Ground<br />
Russian<br />
Adoptions<br />
Lessons for<br />
Social Workers<br />
Grandparents<br />
of Children<br />
With Autism<br />
A Malpractice<br />
Insurance Primer<br />
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LETTER TO THE `LUDDITES'<br />
By Marianne Mallon<br />
In preparing our cover story for publication, I came across a<br />
comment from a young social work instructor about “old<br />
school” professors whom he referred to as “Luddites,” a term<br />
used to describe those opposed to technological change. Th<a title="September/October 2010 - Social Work Today page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ad5291bc?page=1"> VOL. 10 NO. 5 </a>
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<a title="September/October 2010 - Social Work Today page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ad5291bc?page=3"> LETTER TO THE `LUDDITES' By Marianne Mallon </a>
<a title="September/October 2010 - Social Work Today page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ad5291bc?page=4"> CONTENTS SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 18 32 features </a>
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