Evidence-Based Practices for Social Workers: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Amid the growing demand for ethical, legal, and fiscal accountability in psychosocial practices, Evidence-Based Practices for Social Workers: An Interdisciplinary Approach provides a coherent, comprehensive, and useful resource for social workers and other human service professionals to help them

(1) conduct clinical assessments informed by current human behavior science;

(2) implement interventions supported by current outcome research; and,

(3) engage in evaluation as part of daily practice to ensure effective implementation of evidence-based practices.

Instead of depicting evidence-based practices as a simple matching of diagnostic categories with intervention methods, the text encourages critical thinking and flexibility guided by the best evidence in order to tailor practices to individual client needs. The multidimensional and functional approach to assessment is designed to integrate the use of human behavior knowledge with an analysis of each client's unique experiences.