1. DrQ’s Five Step Process to Studying! The EPAS CSWE Standards
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2. The EPAS and Outcomes-Based Social Work Education
T - Touch every page of the chapter–
this step gives you an idea as to what expect, a “Roadmap”
R – Read the chapter like a novel –
No highlighting as this step gets you familiar with the content of the chapter.
R - Read Aloud – this step speaks to several senses
– touch, seeing and hearing the content which you may sometimes need to keep your focus.
Here you can also use a highlighter, but don’t over-highlight.
R - Reread and identify the most important information to you.
This step can also serve as your notes for class discussion and review/study guide for exams.
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3. DrQ’s Five Step Process to Studying!
P - Power Points. – Lecture/Class power point and class discussion will reacquaint you with what you have already learn
Through the previous four steps and
Will go over the most important information that I identified from the chapter.
It might very well be possible that they are the same content that you identified as important.
The results of the “5 Step Process” will be enjoyed in class
As you interweave your life experiences
with the chapter content; course objectives; Departments’ goals and the Universities motto - Be Proud. Be Engaged. Be Involved. Be Active!!
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4. Outcomes Assessment
With this emphasis on competency based education, social work programs design curricula with attention to the measurement of performance outcomes for each of the ten competencies.
All social work students will be expected to demonstrate their mastery of the cluster of practice behaviors that operationalize each of the ten core competencies.
The expectation is that competency based education will better prepare social work students for professional practice.
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5. EPAS 2.1.1 Professional Identity
involves socializing students to the social work profession and expectations for professional behavior and comportment.
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6. EPAS Ethical Practice
Knowing ethical principles and engaging ethical decision making to guide professional practice reflects the ethical practice competency.
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7. EPAS 2.1.3 Critical Thinking
is the ability to use logic and reason as well as to communicate information effectively.
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8. EPAS 2.1.4 Diversity in Practice
Understanding the impact of many types of diversity on the human experience is central to the diversity in practice competency.
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9. EPAS 2.1.5 Human Rights and Justice
Social workers understand how oppression and social injustice affects client groups and are proactive in working for human rights and justice.
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10. EPAS 2.1.6 Research-Based Practice
Research based practice includes both using research evidence to inform practice and engaging in research to improve practice, policy, and service delivery.
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11. EPAS Human Behavior
Knowing theories about human behavior and social systems frames practice processes and informs practitioners’ understanding of bio-psycho-social development and sociopolitical contexts.
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12. EPAS Policy Practice
Policy practice refers to both understanding the impact of social policies on service delivery and advocating just policies.
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13. EPAS 2.1.9 Practice Contexts
Social workers need to be prepared to respond proactively to emerging social needs, service delivery trends, and social systems that comprise the practice context.
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14. EPAS 2.1.10 Engage, Assess, Intervene, & Evaluate
Social workers need to be competent in the professional practice processes to engage, assess, intervene and evaluate clients at all system levels.
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15. EPAS 2.1.10 Engage, Assess, Intervene, & Evaluate
Social workers need to be competent in the professional practice processes to engage, assess, intervene and evaluate clients at all system levels.
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