Homework: Intervention Treatment Plan
According to the Council on Social Work Education, Competency: Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice:
Social workers understand quantitative and qualitative research methods and their respective roles in advancing a science of social work and in evaluating their practice. Social workers know the principles of logic, scientific inquiry, and culturally informed and ethical approaches to building knowledge. Social workers understand that evidence that informs practice derives from multi-disciplinary sources and multiple ways of knowing. They also understand the processes for translating research findings into effective practice.
Walden's MSW program expects students in their specialization year to be able to:
Critically evaluate evidence based and "best practice" treatment interventions.
Compose clinical intervention plans that are grounded research-based knowledge
This homework is intended to help students demonstrate the behavioral components of this competency in their field education.
To Prepare: Review the agency's intervention/treatment plan used to engage clients (I have uploaded this document from Sound Options where my internship is Tacoma Washington Website. After reviewing the agency's intervention/treatment plan, consult the literature and conduct extensive research, with the goal of finding best practices that supports or adds to the agency's current intervention/treatment plan. The purpose of this homework is to find research that supports or adds to the agency's current intervention/treatment approach.
Submit a 1 to 2 page paper in which you: we need to say what tools we used for assessments like for depression because we deal mostly with the elderly we use the Geriatric Depression Scale
i. Briefly describe the agency's intervention/treatment plan
ii. Briefly discuss best practices about interventions identified in the literature
iii. Briefly discuss how the agency can incorporate those best practices into the current intervention/treatment plan
iv. Provide a brief summary of the similarities and differences between the intervention/treatment plan used at the agency and the suggested practices in the literature
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.