Describe the practice population’s goals and objectives using the SMART format. For DP students, this should be a mutually agreed-upon list of goals and objectives for your individual client. For CAP students, this will be a mutually agreed upon list of goals and objectives from key stakeholders. Conduct a review of the relevant literature and provide a rationale for the selection of an evidence-based intervention strategy. Identify and describe the theoretical practice model supporting the selected intervention strategy. If the intervention is not supported by a practice theory, identify and describe one that could have been used to facilitate better outcomes.
Describe the intervention from beginning to end, including termination. If you have not yet concluded the intervention or terminated with the practice population, describe your plans for how you will do this. Include a discussion of how you helped the practice population prevent or resolve problems. Include a discussion of you negotiated, mediated, and advocated for your practice population. Identify and discuss three (3) practice techniques used with the practice population during the intervention.
Describe your evaluation plan to measure the effectiveness of the selected intervention. Include a description of the methods used to evaluate change and improvement with the practice population. For DP students, this is likely a single subject research design (SSRD) or a pre-test/post-test observation (as a refresher, here is an example SSRD paper: SSRD Example 1-2-1.pdf
). For CAP students, you likely conducted a program evaluation (e.g, needs assessment, process evaluation, outcome evaluation). Other methods may be used, but these are the most common. Provide a rationale for the evaluation method selected. Describe the method used including the type of method (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods), variables assessed, data collection procedures, sampling plan (if applicable), and instruments used. Be sure and include citations for any instruments used and include a blank copy in the appendix. If your agency does not have a method for assessing outcomes, propose an appropriate method including the components listed above.
Discuss the results of the evaluation. For DP students, discuss whether the individual client outcomes improved. Discuss what went well with the intervention and what could be done to improve the client’s outcomes. Critique the intervention and discuss how the intervention could be viewed as empowering or discriminatory/oppressive. For CAP students, discuss recommendations based on the evaluation.
Identify and describe one or more potential ethical and values conflict related to the intervention or evaluation for this practice situation.
Conclude with a discussion of the policy, practice, and research implications of the evaluation.
Rubric:
Goals and Objectives: Clearly presented and provided rationale for a mutually developed and agreed upon intervention strategy with specific goals and objectives.
Intervention: Describe the selected intervention from beginning to end, including termination. Include references from the literature supporting the selection of this intervention as an evidence-based strategy.
Theoretical Background: Discuss the theoretical background for the selected intervention strategy.
Intervention Practice Techniques: Identify and discuss a minimum of three practice techniques used with the practice population during the intervention.
Evaluation Methodology: Describe the evaluation plan used to measure the effectiveness of the selected intervention. Provide a clear rationale for the evaluation method used. Provides a detailed description of the methods used, variables assessed, data collection procedures, sampling plan, and instruments.
Evaluation Results: Report the results of the evaluation
Intervention Critique: Discuss the implications of the evaluation. Critique the intervention and provide an analysis of the strengths and limitations of the intervention.
Ethical Challenges: Identify and describe one or more potential ethical and values conflicts related to the intervention or evaluation as it applies to this practice situation.
Policy, Practice, and Research Implications: Discuss the policy, practice, and research implications as a result of the evaluation.
Overall Quality: Papers should be written at a graduate level using appropriate APA format (e.g., citations, cover page, reference page, etc.). It should be free of grammatical errors.