Location of Curriculum Content Associated with CSWE EPAS Competency Practice Behaviors
Designed to accompany Research for Effective Social Work Process, Second Edition, by Judy L. Krysik and Jerry Finn
Undergraduate Level
Course
Objectives
(# in syllabus)
Competency
List Practice
Behavior
and Content
Course Units
of content (if
used)
Assignments
1.Discuss the role
of social work
values and ethics
in knowledge
development,
practice
evaluation, and
the resolution of
social problems
and practice
issues
EPAS 2.1.2
Recognize and
manage personal
values in a way
that allows
professional
values to guide
practice.
The Context of
Social Work
Research
1. Readings:
a. Krysik & Finn, Chapter 1 and 2
2. Exercises:
a. Discuss the role of research in working with the
Sanchez family (case study).
b. Discussion of ethical issues in example research
projects as presented in the chapter.
c. Video: The Deadly Deception – Examples of
ethical violations in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
3. Assignments:
a. Examination of potential ethical issues in research.
b. Evaluating one’s one practice: Single subject design
or program evaluation.
2.Critically
analyze research
studies and the
application of
research findings
to generalist
social work
practice as a
EPAS 2.1.3
The Politics
and Ethics of
Social Work
Research
Make ethical
decisions by
applying
standards of the
National
Association of
Social Workers
Code of Ethics.
Distinguish,
appraise, and
integrate
multiple sources
of knowledge,
including
research-based
knowledge, and
The Politics
and Ethics of
Social Work
Research
The Research
Process
1. Readings:
a. Krysik & Finn, Chapters 1 and 2
2. Exercises:
a. Explore systematic reviews prepared by the
Campbell Collaboration
http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/ as examples
of evidence based practice.
b. Curriculum in Ethnogeriatrics
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Course
Objectives
(# in syllabus)
knowledgeable
research
consumer.
Competency
3.Compare and
contrast
qualitative and
quantitative
research designs.
EPAS 2.1.6
List Practice
Behavior
and Content
practice wisdom
Course Units
of content (if
used)
http://www.stanford.edu/group/ethnoger/ - Explore
differences in health beliefs and how they might be
reflected in designing research studies.
3. Assignments:
a. Identifying evidence-based practice interventions.
b. Peer-reviewed journal article critique.
c. Evaluating one’s one practice: Single subject design
or program evaluation.
Analyze models
of assessment,
prevention,
intervention, and
evaluation.
Use practice
experience to
inform scientific
inquiry.
Use research
evidence to
inform practice.
Assignments
The Research
Process
Single-subject
Research
Qualitative
Research
Group
Research
Designs
1. Readings:
a. Krysik and Finn, Chapter 4-6
2. Exercises:
a. Qualitative and quantitative research questions
related to the same social problem or practice issue.
b. Coding and memoing qualitative data.
c. Carla Washburn (case study) understanding
reactions to the death of an adult child from diverse
qualitative traditions.
d. Alcohol Impact Zone (case study) – Develop
explanatory, descriptive, and explanatory research
questions and identify appropriate group research
designs.
e. National Association of Social Workers Center for
Workforce Studies Survey Instrument
http://workforce.socialworkers.org/studies/survey_i
nstr.pdf - Develop research designs to compare
social work groups across various areas of interest.
3. Assignments:
d. Peer-reviewed journal article critique.
a. Evaluating one’s one practice: Single subject design
or program evaluation.
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Course
Objectives
(# in syllabus)
Competency
List Practice
Behavior
and Content
4. Discuss the
application of
quantitative
and qualitative
research
methods in the
development of
social work
knowledge and
the evaluation
of social work
practice.
EPAS 2.1.6
EPAS 2.1.10
a-d
Use practice
experience to
inform scientific
inquiry.
Use research
evidence to
inform practice.
Develop a
mutually agreedon focus of work
and desired
outcomes.
Collect,
organize, and
interpret client
data.
Develop
mutually agreedon intervention
goals and
objectives.
Select
appropriate
intervention
strategies.
Course Units
of content (if
used)
The Research
Process
Single-subject
Research
Qualitative
Research
Group
Research
Designs
Assignments
1. Readings:
a. Krysik and Finn, Chapter 3-6
2. Exercises:
a. Consider the Riverton case. How might you go
about developing the research problem in working
with this community?
b. Curriculum in Ethnogeriatrics
http://www.stanford.edu/group/ethnoger/ - Explore
differences in health beliefs and how they might be
reflected in designing research studies.
c. Operationalize key social work concepts.
d. Present single subject research data using a
spreadsheet program.
e. Code and memo qualitative data.
f. Carla Washburn case understanding reactions to the
death of an adult child from diverse qualitative
traditions.
g. Riverton case – Develop explanatory, descriptive,
and explanatory research questions and identify
appropriate group research designs.
h. National Association of Social Workers Center for
Workforce Studies Survey Instrument
http://workforce.socialworkers.org/studies/survey_i
nstr.pdf - Develop research designs to compare
social work groups across various areas of interest.
3. Assignments:
a. Identifying evidence-based practice interventions.
b. Peer-reviewed journal article critique.
c. Evaluating one’s one practice: Single subject
design or program evaluation.
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Course
Objectives
(# in syllabus)
5.Formulate
appropriate
research
questions,
operationalize
variables of
interest, collect
relevant data,
and develop a
beginning
understanding of
methods to
analyze and
interpret results.
Competency
EPAS 2.1.6
List Practice
Behavior
and Content
Critically
analyze,
monitor, and
evaluate
interventions
Course Units
of content (if
used)
Use practice
experience to
inform scientific
inquiry.
The Research
Process
Use research
evidence to
inform practice.
Measurement
Sampling
Implementation
- From Data
Collection to
Data Entry
Describing the
Data
Bivariate
Statistics and
Statistical
Inference
Assignments
1. Readings:
a. Krysik and Finn, Chapter 3, 7-11.
2. Exercises:
a. Utilizing various random sampling methods.
a. Oversampling of African Americans in the General
Social Survey.SPSS or Excel tutorial: Developing
a database.
a. Operationalizing key social work concepts.
b. Measuring grief and loss using the Carla Washburn
case study.
c. Strengths and limitations of the NASW Workforce
d. Calculating measures of central tendency and
dispersion.
e. Data displays: Professional Development. NASW
Membership Workforce Study questionnaire.
f. Identifying appropriate statistical tests for example
research questions.
g. Poker chips visual demonstration of statistical
significance and p-values.
3. Assignments:
e. Peer-reviewed journal article critique.
a. Evaluating one’s one practice: Single subject design
or program evaluation.
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Course
Objectives
(# in syllabus)
Competency
List Practice
Behavior
and Content
6.Design a singlesystem research
study to evaluate
of one’s own
practice.
EPAS
2.1.10a-d
Use practice
experience to
inform scientific
inquiry.
Use research
evidence to
inform practice.
Develop a
mutually agreedon focus of work
and desired
outcomes.
Course Units
of content (if
used)
The Research
Process
Single-subject
Research
Evaluation of
Social Work
Services
Assignments
1. Readings:
a. Krysik and Finn, Chapter 3, 4 and 12
2. Exercises:
a. Consider the Riverton case study; how might you
go about developing the research problem in
working with this community?
a. Operationalizing variables.
b. Presenting single subject research data using a
spreadsheet program.
a. Measuring objectives in the Riverton case.
c. Social work education needs assessment.
3. Assignment: Evaluating one’s one practice: Single
subject design or program evaluation.
Collect,
organize, and
interpret client
data.
Develop
mutually agreedon intervention
goals and
objectives.
Select
appropriate
intervention
strategies.
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Course
Objectives
(# in syllabus)
Competency
7.Describe the
characteristics of
effective
program
evaluation.
EPAS 2.1.
10a-d
List Practice
Behavior
and Content
Critically
analyze,
monitor, and
evaluate
interventions
Develop a
mutually agreedon focus of work
and desired
outcomes.
Collect,
organize, and
interpret client
data.
Course Units
of content (if
used)
Evaluation of
social work
services
Assignments
1. Readings: Krysik and Finn, Chapter 12
2. Exercises:
a. Measuring objectives in the Riverton case.
b. Social work education needs assessment.
3. Assignments:
a. Evaluating one’s one practice: Single subject design
or program evaluation.
b. Peer-reviewed journal article critique.
Develop
mutually agreedon intervention
goals and
objectives.
Select
appropriate
intervention
strategies.
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Course
Objectives
(# in syllabus)
Competency
List Practice
Behavior
and Content
Critically
analyze,
monitor, and
evaluate
interventions
4. Demonstrate a
beginning
understanding
of appropriate
communication
strategies in
disseminating
research
findings.
EPAS 2.1.1
EPAS 2.1.3
Demonstrate
professional
demeanor in
communication.
Demonstrate
effective oral
and written
communication.
Course Units
of content (if
used)
Writing and
Presenting
Research
Assignments
1. Readings:
a. Krysik and Finn, Chapter 13
2. Exercises:
a. Recognizing plagiarism.
b. Evaluating research reports.
3. Assignment: Evaluating one’s one practice: Single
subject design or program evaluation.
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