Fair Field County Business Daily

How do social work theories, research and policies contribute to social work practice?

How do social work theories, research and policies negatively/positivley affect the practice?

Public Comments

1. Well they are a part of social work practice. Without theory there can be no practice. Also policy is actually a part of practice and informs how practice is conducted, who conducts it, how and who pays. Research is about how we understand what we do and if it is producing the results we are hoping for. Negative impacts - wrong theories can lead to poor results, poor polices lead to poor practice (look for example at some of the welfare reforms). Poorly implemented research (e.g. some of the evidenced based practice) leads to cookie cutter programs that don't really work. DA