Implementing Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in a Field Agency Serving Troubled Youth and Adolescents

 

Case to use: Tiffani Bradley
https://cdn-media.waldenu.edu/2dett4d/Walden/SOCW/6311/SWCS/index.html#/
Field agency practice setting: Trouble youth + adolscents struggling with severe mental health diagnoses, trauma, and sexual /family abuse
Evidence based intervention- Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy
• Resources to use: Peer reviewed articles.
Dudley, J. R. (2020). Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
o Chapter 1, “Evaluation and Social Work: Making the Connection” (pp. 3–30)
o Chapter 3, “The Role of Ethics in Evaluations” (pp. 56–77)
• National Association of Social Workers. (2021). Code of ethics of the National Association of Social WorkersLinks to an external site.. https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Code-of-Ethics/Code-of-Ethics-English
o Review Sections 1.01 Commitment to Clients, 1.04 Competence, and 5.02 Evaluation and Research.

Essay instructions:
Submit a 2 page paper that analyzes the implementation of the evidence-based practice in your field agency or practice setting:
• Provide a brief description of your agency or practice setting (two sentences).
• Explain any differences between the conditions of the study and the conditions at your field agency or practice setting. Explain the potential impact these differences could have on successful implementation.
• Describe the steps that would be required to implement the evidence-based practice in your field agency or practice setting, including:
o Any factors that would support each step and how you would leverage them
o Any factors that would limit or hinder each step and how you would mitigate them
• Draw conclusions about:
o The anticipated results of the implementation in your practice setting
o Whether your results will be similar or different from the research results in the article