Location of Curriculum Content Associated with CSWE EPAS (2008) Competency Practice Behaviors[1]

By EPAS Competencies

Designed to accompany The Practice of Generalist Social Work (2nd ed.)

ByJulie Birkenmaier, Marla Berg-Weger, and Marty Dewees

Competency / Practice Behavior
and Content / Course Objectives
(# in syllabus) / Book Chapters/
Units / Assignments
EP 2.1.1-Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly. / 1b. Practice personal reflection and self-correction to assure continual professional development, including attending to professional roles and boundaries.
1c. Demonstrate professional demeanor in behavior, appearance, and communication. / 1. Demonstrate professional behaviors that include the ability to engage in personal reflection, self-correction, management of personal values, and ethical decision-making to assure professional development and ethical practice with clients. / Chapter 2 / Birkenmaier et al. and additional readings
Collaborative and co-learning
End of chapter exercises and case studies
Case study and presentation
Grant proposal
EP 2.1.2-Apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice. / 2a. Recognize and manage personal values in a way that allows professional values to guide work.
2b. Make ethical decisions by applying strategies of ethical reasoning to arrive at principled decisions. / 1. Demonstrate professional behaviors that include the ability to engage in personal reflection, self-correction, management of personal values, and ethical decision-making to assure professional development and ethical practice with clients. / Chapters 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 / Birkenmaier et al.and additional readings
Collaborative and co-learning
End of chapter exercises and case studies
Case study and presentation
Grant proposal
EP 2.1.3-Apply critical thinking in practice. / 3a. Distinguish, appraise, and integrate multiple sources of knowledge, including research-based knowledge and practice.
3b. Demonstrate effective oral and written communications / 2. Apply critical thinking skills in practice by integrating multiple sources of knowledge to professional work and evaluation and utilizing effective communication and writing skills. / Chapters 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 / Birkenmaier et al.and additional readings
Collaborative and co-learning
End of chapter exercises and case studies
Diversity research
Case study and presentation
Community analysis
Organizational analysis
Grant proposal
EP 2.1.4- Incorporate and enhance diversity and difference in practice. / 4a. Recognize the extent to which a culture’s structures and values shape life experiences as well as oppress.
4b. View themselves as learners and engage those with whom they work as informants. / 3. Identify ways in which cultural structures contribute to diversity and oppression and articulate methods that value difference, empower clients, and advance social and economic justice. / Chapter 8 / Birkenmaier et al. and additional readings
Collaborative and co-learning
End of chapter exercises and case studies
Diversity research
Case study and presentation
Community analysis
Organizational analysis
Grant proposal
EP 2.1.5-Advocate for and advance human rights and social and economic justice. / 5a. Identify forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination.
5b. Articulate how to engage in practices that advance social and economic justice. / 3. Identify ways in which cultural structures contribute to diversity and oppression and articulate methods that value difference, empower clients, and advance social and economic justice. / Chapters 2, 5, 6, 7, 9 / Birkenmaier et al. and additional readings
Collaborative and co-learning
End of chapter exercises and case studies
Diversity research
Case study and presentation
Community analysis
Organizational analysis
Grant proposal
EP 2.1.6-Utilize research processes to inform practice. / 6a. Recognize how practice experience informs scientific inquiry.
6b. Recognize how research evidence informs practice. / 2. Apply critical thinking skills in practice by integrating multiple sources of knowledge to professional work and evaluation and utilizing effective communication and writing skills. / Chpaters 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 / Birkenmaier et al. and additional readings
Collaborative and co-learning
End of chapter exercises and case studies
Diversity research
Case study and presentation
Community analysis
Organizational analysis
Grant proposal
EP 2.1.7-Utilize and apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment. / 7a. Utilize conceptual frameworks to conceptualize problems, interventions, and evaluation of interventions.
7b. Demonstrate how to critique and apply knowledge to understand person and environment. / 4. Utilize various conceptual frameworks to inform practice and evaluation in the context of the person in the environment. / Chapters 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 / Birkenmaier et al. and additional readings
Collaborative and co-learning
End of chapter exercises and case studies
Diversity research
Case study and presentation
Community analysis
Organizational analysis
Grant proposal
EP 2.1.10-Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. / 10a. Articulate how to substantively and affectively prepare for action with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
10b. Use empathy and other interpersonal skills including facilitating transitions and endings.
10c. Develop appropriate and mutually agreed on focus of work, desired outcomes, and intervention goals and objectives that help clients resolve problems and capitalize on client strengths.
10d. Demonstrate how to collect, organize, and interpret client data.
10e. Demonstrate how to critically analyze, monitor, and evaluate interventions. / 5. Articulate how to substantively prepare for work with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities, including utilizing effective interpersonal skills, interventions, and evaluation. / Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 / Birkenmaier et al. and additional readings
Collaborative and co-learning
End of chapter exercises and case studies
Diversity research
Case study and presentation
Community analysis
Organizational analysis
Grant proposal

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[1] Adapted from Zastrow, C. (2009). Syllabus Evaluation Instrument. Unpublished material.