T7501 Clinical Practice Evaluation 3 credits. Prerequisite: T6501 Social Work Research.
Required for all students in Advanced Clinical Practice. This class introduces students to tools that document the effects of social work intervention and measure the effectiveness of social work practice. Students will learn to 1) critically assess procedures to identify and clarify problems for intervention, 2) identify and use methods that have proven value from rigorous research when available, and 3) conduct ongoing practice evaluation. They will also learn basic measurement, how to select and use self-monitoring, standardized, observational, and unobtrusive measures of client change along with single case design options, data plotting, and visual analysis of data.