Learning Objectives

This chapter will help you by

  • introducing the additional core skills needed when working with families and helping families to change, and
  • introducing the additional core skills needed when working with groups and when using the group to facilitate individual change.
The Council on Social Work Education Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (CSWE-EPAS) Competencies that are highlighted in more depth in this chapter include the following:
 
2.1.3 Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments.
2.1.4 Engage diversity and difference in practice.
2.1.6 Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research.
2.1.10 (a–d) Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups,
organizations and communities.