Using Evidence in Social Work Practice Behavioral Perspectives

Harold Briggs (University of Chicago, AM, University of Chicago, PhD) is professor in the school of social work at Portland State University.

Tina Rzepnicki (University of Chicago, AM, University of Chicago, PhD) is professor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago.

Foreword
Introduction Using Evidence in Your Practice

Part I Perspectives
1. Contributions of Critical Thinking and Evidence-Based Practice to the Fulfillment of the Ethical Obligations of Professionals,
2. Theory-Driven versus Theory-Free Research in Empirical Social Work Practice
3. The Contribution of Operant Theory to Social Work Practice and Research
4. Ecobehavioral Social Work
5. Science in Evidence-Based Social Work Practice

Part II Applications
6. Some Guidelines for Selecting Behavioral Intervention Programs for Children with Autism
7. Evidence-Based Practice with Antisocial and Delinquent Youth: The Key Role of Family and Multisystemic Intervention
8. Patterns of Juvenile Male Sexual Aggression: An Operant Approach (to Understanding and Intervening Effectively
9. Behavioral Family Treatment in Japan: Design and Development of a Parent Training Program
10. Adherence to HIV Therapies: Can Applied Behavior Analysis Help?
11. Behavioral Programming and Staff Development in Adult Day Care
12. Providing Appropriate Care in Advanced Dementia
13. Behavior Interventions for Severe and Persistent Mental Disorders,

Part III Selected Issues
14. Staff Development and Mental Health,
15. The Evidence-Based Practitioner: Assessing the Cultural Responsiveness of Research,
16. Informed Consent and Practice Evaluation: Making the Decision to Participate Meaningful
17. Psychosocial Assessment of Teenage Parents: Lessons Learned in Its Application to Child Welfare
18. Program Evaluation: Arduous, Impossible, and Political,
19. Evaluating Science-Based Practice with Single Systems