Competency 4: Engage in practice-informed research and research

750 words

Overview

By successfully completing this assignment, you demonstrate your proficiency in the following competency and specialized behaviors:

Competency 4: Engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice.

C4.SP.A: Apply leadership skills, decision making, and the use of technology to inform evidence-based research practice to develop, implement, evaluate, and communicate interventions across the specialization of advanced generalist practice settings. 

• Related Assignment Criterion:
   
  • 1: Critique single-subject designs.
• C4.SP.B: Apply leadership skills, decision making, and the use of technology to inform program evaluation to develop, implement, evaluate, and communicate interventions across the specialization of advanced generalist practice settings. 
  • Related Assignment Criterion:
     
    • 2: Apply critical thinking in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology.

Assignment Description

After reading Whitfield's 1999 article, "Validating School Social Work," you will answer a series of questions aimed at critiquing single subject designs.

Assignment Instructions

Read Whitfield's 1999 article, "Validating School Social Work: An Evaluation of a Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Reduce School Violence," and answer the following questions in an APA-formatted document:

• What was the purpose of this study?
• What was the sample?
• What dependent variables were studied? How were the dependent variables operationalized?
• Why was a single-subject design used? What are the strengths of a single-subject design?
• What were the key findings (the results of the data analysis)?
• How would you critique the findings? What are limitations of a single-subject design?