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Provide a one page executive summary of your paper. The executive summary should briefly inform the reader about the problem area you are addressing, the focus of the agency, the findings from your literature search, how you plan to integrate these findings with client or policy context (this may be hypothetical), and how you will or would evaluate your success. The rest of the paper will elaborate on each of these points.
Do you meet Gibbs (2003) criteria for posing a question (i.e., client/agency/policy relevant, practical, searchable) with your specific policy or practice question-
Briefly describe why you chose this question and its significance for children and families in the social work context.
EBP systematic search procedure is evaluated here- you are to conduct an efficient search using multiple scholarly databases. FINAL, specific search terms, combining strategy, and databases queried must be included in the text Students are welcome to append a more detailed search strategy, but are not required to do so.
Your ability to appraise and synthesize the research literature is evaluated here- you are to identify and appraise the best available research. This section should be a synthesis rather than a laundry list of studies. The idea here is to communicate methodological quality rather than a simple score on one of these tools. That is, describe why a study is of high or low quality, and do so in such a way that a lay person can understand.
Your ability to integrate research into high quality practice and policy recommendations is evaluated here: Integrate current best evidence into the clinical and/or policy decision-making context to make your recommendations. How, exactly, will you integrate what you have found in your literature search with the client (micro or macro) at hand? What are some of the barriers to implementation?
Your ability to develop and describe a reasonable evaluation plan is evaluated here: Set up a preliminary evaluation plan for your particular intervention.
Evidence of your understanding of the relevant literature and major concepts for your selected question.
Written product quality (organization, quality of content, clarity, concise and well-edited, appropriate citations), APA style, within page limit.