Engage in Practice-Informed Research and Research-Informed Practice

Engage in a Review of Contemporary Best Practices

Field: I reviewed the best practices listed on Dalton State College’s website for Disability Access in order to improve my knowledge of the program.

Class: I learned about effective methods for conducting social work practice with families and wrote a review on the best practices from several chapters of my textbook.

Other: In my Advanced Administration class, my peers and I did research of best practices for recruiting, retaining, and training volunteers and completed a literature review based on our findings.

Conduct Research that Responds to Social Work Practice Needs

Field: I researched about college students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), created an annotated bibliography of my findings, and presented the articles and my bibliography to DSC’s disability services provider.

Class: I created a research presentation based on the Flint Water Crisis and how it relates to social work practice.

Other: I completed a research paper about how Hoarding Disorder effects families as well as individuals and what can be done to help from a social work perspective.