Required Readings

Garthwait, C. L. (2017). The social work practicum: A guide and workbook for students (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Chapter 3, “Learning from Supervision” (pp. 28-40)

Thyer, B. A. (2013). Evidence-based practice or evidence-guided practice: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet [Invited response to Gitterman & Knight’s “evidence-guided practice”]. Families in Society, 94(2), 79–84.

Wharton, T. C., & Bolland, K. A. (2012). Practitioner perspectives of evidence-based practice. Families in Society, 93(3), 157–164.

Optional Resources

Click this link to access the MSW home page, which provides resources for your social work program:

MSW home page

Assignment 1: Week 8 Blog

Refer to the topics covered in this week’s resources, and incorporate them into your blog.

By Day 3

Post a blog post that includes:

An explanation of potential challenges for evaluation during your field education experience

An explanation of personal action plans you might take to address evaluation in your field education experience