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Once you graduate and obtain your first job out of your Master of  Social Work program, you may be asked to identify the gaps in services  at your new agency. You may be asked to create a new group or help to  identify a new evidence-based intervention that can be introduced to the  clients. Understanding how to research the current literature, and then  choose and evaluate an intervention, is an important component of being  a successful social worker. For this course, you have researched new  and interesting interventions that are currently being used with  children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Further, you have  explored the importance of connecting theory to practice.

For this Assignment, use will practice steps in  Evidence-Based Practice. 1) You will think of a practice problem. 2) You  then conduct a literature review on available research. 3) You will  evaluate the evidence to determine which intervention to use. 4) You  will consider client values and your clinical expertise. 5) You will  think about what you hope the client gains from this intervention (i.e.,  decreased depression, increased quality of life, decreased PTSD  symptoms) and consider how you might measure this change.

To prepare:

• Choose a population of interest to you.
  • Children
  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Elderly/Aging
• Choose a presenting problem (depression, family conflict, homelessness, etc.) related to the population of interest.
• Conduct a literature review focused on the presenting problem within the population of interest.

Submit an 8- to 10-page scholarly paper supported with a minimum of 7 peer-reviewed articles as references. In the paper, you should:

1. Briefly describe the population and presenting problem you are focusing on for this assignment.
2. Provide a review of the articles you reviewed from this project and explain what you learned from conducting this research.
3. Briefly describe at least 2 evidence-based interventions  currently used for your chosen population when addressing this  particular problem. Provide supporting references when explaining the  evidence behind the interventions.
4. Explain which of these interventions you might choose to use and why.
5. Consider client values and your clinical expertise and how those might affect your decision of which intervention to use.
6. Describe how you might apply the specific skills and techniques of the chosen intervention.
7. Briefly explain how you could measure the outcomes of this intervention.
8. Explain any cultural considerations that you need to take  into account when working with this population or the particular  presenting problem.
9. Discuss how the Code of Ethics applies when working with this particular presenting problem and population.
10. Explain how you would apply a trauma-informed lens when working with this population.

Support your Final Project with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.

The Final Project will be evaluated according to the Final Project Rubric, located below and in the Course Information area. 

Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen, S. M. (Eds.). (2014a). Sessions: case histories. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader].
The Levy Family (pp. 15–16)
 

Knight, C. (2015). Trauma-informed social work practice: Practice considerations and challenges. Clinical Social Work Journal, 43(1), 25-37.
 

Thyer, B. A. (2013). Intervention with adults. In M. J. Holosko, C. N. Dulmus, & K. M. Sowers (Eds.), Social work practice with individuals and families: Evidence-informed assessments and interventions (pp. 147–176). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
 

Elliott, D. E., Bjelajac, P., Fallot, R. D., Markoff, L. S., & Reed, B. G. (2005). Trauma-informed or trauma-denied: Principles and implementation of trauma-informed services for women. Journal of Community Psychology, 33(4), 461-477.