Office of Field Education
FINAL EVALUATION OF ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENT
SPECIALTY: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
The Council on Social Work Education requires that advanced graduate
students demonstrate specialized skills representative of their focus of
study in the MSW program.
Your field student was placed with your agency to develop or improve
advanced practice behaviors that indicate the student is ready for practice
in community and administrative activities.
Please fill out the following survey by checking the boxes to the right of
each statement according to your level of agreement with the statement.
Once you complete the survey, please send it to the UTA Field Liaison, and
review it with your student.
We appreciate all you do to turn our students into adequate and ethical
professionals who are ready for growth.
Thank you for the conscientious evaluation of your field student.
Your feedback is essential.
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Student Name:
Student ID #:
Agency Name:
Field Instructor Name:
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Advanced Practice Behaviors
The student is able to…
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the relevant
organizational world views and culture that influence how
families function and relate social work perspectives, the
evidence base, and related theories to practice with the
multiple and complex issues that face families.
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2. Assess and critique the application of relevant social
and psychological theory/practice models that inform
social work in efforts to adapt them to family systems .
3. Communicate with stakeholders the implications of
policies and policy change in the lives of children and
families.
4. Advocate for policies that advance the social and
economic well-being of children and families.
5. Advocate at multiple levels for services to families that
increase effective family functioning.
The student is able to…
6. Demonstrate professional demeanor that reflects
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awareness of and respect for diverse family structures,
families with complex family dynamics and families with
multiple challenges and issues; advocate for services that
enhance well-being and functioning of families and
children.
7. Communicate effectively with diverse family groups and
with multiple community systems with which they interact.
8. Evaluate, select, and implement appropriate assessment,
intervention, and evaluation tools for use with families and
children.
9. Apply research and knowledge of diverse family systems
to enhance the well-being of families and children
10. Practice effectively with diverse family systems and
identify and use diversity in families from a strengths
perspective.
11. Recognize the stigma and shame associated with family
dysfunction.
12. Recognize disparities in the distribution of resources
across families.
13. Use advance strategies to search, appraise, select, and
implement the most up-to-date evidence and
implement practice guidelines in the assessment and
interventions with children and families.
14. Use valid and reliable assessments for identifying family
problems, risk, and protective factors, vulnerability and
resilience factors, and consequences for family members.
The student is able to…
15. Understand increased risk and protective factors related
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to bio-psycho-social-spiritual domains and incorporate
them in their assessment and intervention with families
16. Assess the quality of family members' interactions
within their social contexts.
17. Use multidimensional bio-psycho-social-spiritual
assessment tools.
18. Assess clients' readiness for change and coping
strategies.
19. Demonstrate the ability to critically appraise the impact
of the social environment on the overall well-being of
children and families.
20. Recognize and assess social support systems and
socioeconomic resources available to families and
children.
21. Recognize the impact of stressful life events (losses,
stressors, changes, and transitions) throughout the
individual's and family's life course.
22. Identify opportunities for social work involvement in
enhancing the well-being of children and families.
23. Develop effective models, programs, policies and
interventions and assess their effectiveness.
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The student is able to…
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24. Compare the various etiology and intervention options
relevant to children and families.
25. Develop intervention plans to accomplish systemic
changes that are sustainable.
26. Possess a theoretically-informed knowledge base so as
to effectively work with children and families. This
knowledge includes understanding and implementing
practice theories (models, perspectives, strategies,
techniques, and approaches), and evaluating treatment
outcomes and practice effectiveness.
27. Describe causes (empirically validated and theoretical)
advanced assessment methods, and the most effective
intervention treatments for a variety of problems that affect
children and families.
28. Demonstrate the use of appropriate clinical techniques
for a range of presenting concerns identified in the
assessment, including crisis intervention strategies as
needed.
29. Contribute to the theoretical knowledge base in the area
of children and families through practice-based research,
and use evaluation process and/or outcomes to develop
best practices with children and families.
30. Practice self-reflection and continue to address
personal bias and stereotypes to build knowledge and
dispel myths regarding diverse family structures, families
with complex family dynamics and families with multiple
challenges and issues.
31. Apply advanced ethical decision-making skills to
address issues specific to the multiple and diverse needs
of families and children.
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