This program provides the participant with a comprehensive view of what it takes to prove that the treatment by the social worker caused the change in the client. Areas covered include an introduction to outcome assessment, practice methods for solo or agency practice, clinical measures and their use, methods for analyzing data, and identification of cautions relevant to practice evaluations.

Learning Objectives:

1.    To help social workers to understand the strengths and limitations of outcome evaluations; 

2.    To improve social worker knowledge and skills as a producer of evaluation studies;

3.    To improve social worker knowledge and skills as a consumer of evaluation studies.