Learning Resources

Required Readings

Thyer, B. A. (2013). Evidence-based practice or evidence-guided practice: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet [Invited response to Gitterman & Knight’s “evidence-guided practice”]. Families in Society, 94(2), 79–84.

Wharton, T. C., & Bolland, K. A. (2012). Practitioner perspectives of evidence-based practice. Families in Society, 93(3), 157–164.

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2013c). Evaluation [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
Note: This audio introduction is located in the “Introduction and Objectives” section. The approximate length of this media piece is 1 minute.
Accessible player –Downloads–Download AudioDownload Transcript

Optional Resources

Click the following link to access the MSW home page, which provides resources for your social work program:
MSW home page

Assignment 2: Practice

After reviewing the agency’s intervention/treatment plan, complete the intervention/treatment plan with a client with whom you are working.

By Day 7

Submit a 1-2 page paper in which you:

1. Briefly describe the setting where the intervention/treatment plan was conducted.
2. Briefly discuss how you used the literature to guide your practice (i.e. actual use of the treatment/intervention plan).
3. Briefly summarize the experience of actually working with the client and any emerging themes (i.e., anything in the literature that captured your attention or was repeated throughout) that were present during the intervention.