SW8842

In this course, students learn how to design and carry out evidence-informed evaluations of social work interventions, services, and programs. Students gain experience identifying, appraising, and integrating research evidence, utilize assessments to develop practice/program evaluation plans; identify, appraise, select, and develop reliable and valid data collection measures; design practical data collection strategies in partnership with client systems; prepare, analyze, and summarize evaluation data; and utilize evaluation findings to inform treatment and program planning efforts. The course pays particular attention to the ethical imperative to evaluate social work practice, issues and limitations of practice/program evaluation, and the political, social, cultural, and organizational contexts in which social work evaluation takes place.

013556

Every Fall, Spring & Summer