Steps in Evidence-Based Practice

Once you graduate and obtain your first job out of your Master of Social Work program, you may be asked to identify the gaps in services at your new agency. You may be asked to create a new group or help to identify a new evidence-based intervention that can be introduced to the clients. Understanding how to research the current literature, and then choose and evaluate an intervention, is an important component of being a successful social worker. For this course, you have researched new and interesting interventions that are currently being used with children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Further, you have explored the importance of connecting theory to practice.

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For this Assignment, use will practice steps in Evidence-Based Practice. 1) You will think of a practice problem. 2) You then conduct a literature review on available research. 3) You will evaluate the evidence to determine which intervention to use. 4) You will consider client values and your clinical expertise. 5) You will think about what you hope the client gains from this intervention (i.e., decreased depression, increased quality of life, decreased PTSD symptoms) and consider how you might measure this change.

To prepare:

• Choose a population of interest to you.
  • Adolescents
• Choose a presenting problem (depression, family conflict, homelessness, etc.) related to the population of interest.
• Conduct a literature review focused on the presenting problem within the population of interest.

1. Submit a 12- to 15-page scholarly paper supported with a minimum of sixpeer-reviewed articles as references. In the paper, you should:

• Briefly describe the population and presenting problem you are focusing on for this assignment.
• Provide a review of the articles you reviewed from this project and explain what you learned from conducting this research.
• Briefly describe at least 2 evidence-based interventions currently used for your chosen population when addressing this particular problem. Provide supporting references when explaining the evidence behind the interventions.
• Explain which of these interventions you might choose to use and why.
  • Consider client values and your clinical expertise and how those might affect your decision of which intervention to use.
• Describe how you might apply the specific skills and techniques of the chosen intervention.
• Briefly explain how you could measure the outcomes of this intervention.
• Explain any cultural considerations that you need to take into account when working with this population or the particular presenting problem.
• Discuss how the Code of Ethics applies when working with this particular presenting problem and population.
• Explain how you would apply a trauma-informed lens when working with this population.

Support your Final Project with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.

The Final Project will be evaluated according to the Final Project Rubric, located bellow and in the Course Information area.

Learning Resources to use as References to support your work and Citation for this Final Project

Resource List

This page contains all of the resources for this course.

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Week 1

Required Readings

Beder, J. (2000). The integration of theory into practice: Suggestions for supervisors. Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, 3(2), 40–48. Retrieved from http://www.profdevjournal.org/articles/32040.pdf

Optional Resources

Use this link to access the MSW home page, which provides resources for your social work program.