[S W 313] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (22 pages long)
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Evidence-based practice (ebp) a practice with research and evidence based on a topic. It is easy to get into practice in an agency and just do what you are told. Contextual assessment client state and circumstances and client preferences and actions. Appropriate for this client client state and circumstance. Clients preferred course or at least willing to try client preferences and actions. Barriers client preferences and actions and current best evidence. Can have questions about effectiveness, predictors of consequences (desirable or not), understanding client experiences, and assessment tools. Evaluation can be considered a subset of research. Distinguishing the ebp process from evidence based practices: Evidence based practices are programs, policies, or interventions that have been empirically supported. Social workers should understand research in order to guide their practice. Interventions used by social workers should be tested for results which requires research. Main reason to do research is compassion for our clients.