Which Evidence-Based Practice Should I Use?

<p><em>Which Evidence-Based Practice Should I Use? A Social Worker's Handbook for Decision Making</em> provides readers with a step-by-step guide for applying the original evidence-based practice (EBP) model to carefully select interventions from the research base for individual clients.</p><p>Readers learn how to obtain and integrate information from three key components-the best available evidence; clinical expertise; and the client's characteristics values and preferences-to support their choice of an effective intervention for the client.</p><p>The text employs problem-based learning and case method approaches to teach readers how to access intervention literature; how to evaluate what is best evidence; what the research endeavor represents and who it excludes; how to rely on the expertise of the practitioner community; and how to consider the client's view of the problem. Ultimately readers are guided to select an EBP for a client and write a case paper that articulates the steps they took and the reasoning for their selection.</p><p>Filled with brief lectures reflection questions activities and case examples <em>Which Evidence-Based Practice Should I Use?</em> is an ideal text for social work practice and research courses and for mental health practitioners who wish to sharpen their skills for using the evidence base.</p>