Evidence-Informed Assessment and Practice in Child Welfare
This practice-oriented text presents evidence-based assessment methods and interventions that have been extensively field-tested in child welfare settings. The contributors offer empirical and field insights, comprehensive treatment models, and curricula
- PDF / 3,278,992 Bytes
- 300 Pages / 439.44 x 666.24 pts Page_size
- 48 Downloads / 281 Views
John S. Wodarski • Michael J. Holosko Marvin D. Feit Editors
Evidence-Informed Assessment and Practice in Child Welfare
Editors John S. Wodarski College of Social Work The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee USA
Marvin D. Feit Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work Norfolk State University Norfolk, Virginia USA
Michael J. Holosko School of Social Work University of Georgia Athens, Georgia USA
ISBN 978-3-319-12044-7 ISBN 978-3-319-12045-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-12045-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2014956762 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The focus of this book is on evidence-informed social work practice. The Institute of Medicine defines evidence-informed social work practice as the consideration of empirical research evidence, clinician expertise, and client values in addition to contextual variables used in clinical decision-making. Evidence informed practice differs from evidence-based practice in that the former centers on probability; a client(s) may be likely to respond to research evidence, but may also respond to his or her own evidence. An important issue is that previous research may not be applicable to the folks in treatment. Thus, we were very interested in what social workers do when their knowledge of research does not appear to be very applicable to those in treatment. We have suggested and learned through this work that the evidence-informed approach is a much more appropriate approach to dealing with clients. It incorporates the existing knowledge base—which must be tested in practice to learn how good fit it is with clients and to learn from the clients themselves. In this way, a client’s experience and knowledge is incorporated into one’s practice, enriching the work and its applicability. As an
Data Loading...
