Advancing Core Competencies: Emphasizing Practice Behaviors and Outcomes

A CSWE Core Competency / Practice Behavior Workbook for Advanced Courses   Nichols’ Advancing Core Competencies: Emphasizing Practice Behaviors and Outcomes helps students master the competencies and practice behaviors with licensing-type exam questions that apply to specialized fields.   This workbook builds upon students’ prior knowledge gained from previous social work courses and presents an overview of generalist practice and principles related to the core competencies. It provides a detailed understanding and explanation of the each EPAS standard and is followed by questions that test students’ (1) Understanding of Knowledge and (2) Mastery and Assessment of Knowledge of Skills.   Learning Goals Upon completing this book, students should be able to: Master each Core Competency before advancing to more difficult content and practice behaviors Apply the Core Competencies to realistic case scenarios Assess their understanding with the types of questions that they will find on their licensing exam Identify areas where more study is needed  

Table of Contents:
IN THIS SECTION: 1.) BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS 2.) FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS   BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:   Chapter 1: Professional Identity Chapter 2: Ethical Practice Chapter 3: Critical Thinking Chapter 4: Diversity in Practice Chapter 5: Human Rights and Justice Chapter 6: Research Based Practice Chapter 7: Human Behavior Chapter 8: Policy Practice Chapter 9: Practice Contexts Chapter 10: Engage, Assess, Intervene, Evaluate   FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS:   1: Professional Identity Advocating for Client Access to Social Work Services Personal Reflection and Self-Correction Professional Roles and Boundaries Professional Demeanor in Behavior, Appearance, and Communication Engaging in Career-long Learning Using Supervision and Consultation Professional Behavior Examples and Assess Outcomes Practice with MySocialWorkLab                         2: Ethical Practice Recognizing and Managing Personal and Professional Values Making Ethical Decisions Tolerating Ambiguity in Resolving Ethical Conflicts Applying Ethical Reasoning Strategies to Arrive at Principled Decisions Ethical Behavior Examples and Assess Outcomes Practice with MySocialWorkLab                         3: Critical Thinking Distinguishing, Appraising, and Integrating Multiple Sources of Knowledge, Research, and Practice Wisdom Analyzing Models of Assessment, Prevention, Intervention and Evaluation Demonstrating Effective Interpersonal Communication Skills Practice Critical Thinking Examples and Assess Outcomes                      Practice with MySocialWorkLab                         4: Diversity in Practice Recognizing Cultural Structures and Values Gaining Self-Awareness: Eliminating Personal Biases and Values Recognizing, Communicating, and Understanding “Difference” in Shaping Life Experience Learning and Engaging With Those Whom Work as Informants Practice Diversity Examples and Assess Outcomes Practice with MySocialWorkLab                         5: Human Rights and Justice Understanding Forms and Mechanisms of Oppression and Discrimination Advocating for Human Rights and Social and Economic Justice Advancing Social and Economic Justice Advocating for Human Rights Examples and Justice and Assess Outcomes Practice with MySocialWorkLab                           6: Research Based Practice Using Experience to Inform Scientific Inquiry Using Evidence Based Research to Inform Practice Practice Research Examples and Assess Outcomes Practice with MySocialWorkLab                         7: Human Behavior Using Conceptual Frameworks to Guide Assessment, Intervention, and Evaluation Critiquing and Applying Knowledge to Understand People and Their Environment Applying Human Behavior Examples and Assess Outcomes Practice with MySocialWorkLab                         8: Policy Practice Analyzing, Formulating, and Advocating for Policies Collaborating with Others for Effective Policy Action Policy Engagement Examples and Assess Outcomes Practice with MySocialWorkLab                         9: Practice Contexts Discovering, Appraising, and Attending to Changes and Trends to Provide Relevant Services Providing Leadership in Promoting Change in Service Delivery and Practice Practice Contextual Behavior Examples and Assess Outcomes Practice with MySocialWorkLab                         10: Engage, Assess, Intervene, Evaluate Engagement Assessment Intervention Evaluation Practice Engagement, Assessment, Intervention, and Evaluation Examples and Assess Outcomes Practice with MySocialWorkLab

About the Author :
Quienton Nichols, PhD is currently Assistant Professor of Social Work in the Department of Social Work and Human Services at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia a suburb of Atlanta Georgia.  He received his MSW from the University of Georgia in 1990 and PhD in Social Work Policy, Administration and Social Science Clark Atlanta University in 2007.  While at KSU, Dr. Nichols has had administrative appointments as the Director of the Child Welfare Scholars Program and Director of MSW Field Education and is currently specializes in Policy development and race relations as a commissioner on the President’s Commission on Racial and Ethnic Dialogue (CORED). He was invited internationally to participate in the Oxford Round Table’s Annual Spring 2011 Session inOxford, England on Nationality, Religion and Immigration. He has published on child welfare retention and is also the author of Connecting Core Competencies:   A Workbook for Social Work Students.