課程資訊
課程名稱
社會工作介入方法論
Social Work Intervention Methods 
開課學期
113-2 
授課對象
社會科學院  社會工作學研究所  
授課教師
吳慧菁 
課號
SW8001 
課程識別碼
330 D1300 
班次
 
學分
3.0 
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
必修 
上課時間
星期四7,8,9(14:20~17:20) 
上課地點
社114 
備註
限博士班 且 限本系所學生(含輔系、雙修生)
總人數上限:6人
外系人數限制:1人 
 
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課程概述

This course will focus on the integration of theory, practice and research as applied to the development of knowledge and skill in designing, conducting, measuring and disseminating practice knowledge utilizing an multiple social intervention perspective. The readings will bridge ecological systems perspectives, critical race theory, feminist theory, strength perspectives and include considerations of social supports and social networks, social capital, stigma and discrimination, risk and resilience, and emerging theories.
Topic Aresa
1. Review ecosystems perspective/strength persepctive/other perspective and underlying social science theories.
2. Application across settings and population
3. Integrating professional issues (multicultural, ethical, sociodemographic factors)
4. Developing knowlege:Designing & implementing practice models across system levels
-Such as Stress and resilience models, social support and social network theory, community practice models, community supports, political grame of reference, public health and epidemiologicl models
5. Testing and disseminating knowledge: Approaches to research and evaluation of practice models
-Such as Assessment and measurement strategies and applications, methods for outcomes and intervention research and evaluation (qualitative, quantiative, and epidemiological strategies), dissemination of knowledge

 

課程目標
Students will learn to:
● Identify and describe empirically based strategies to address critical political,
organizational, individual, and environmental factors that influence the development, evaluation and research of social work practice across system levels.
● Identify and extract from the literature information that demonstrates awareness and understanding of theory-based practice by drawing on relevant research and practice literature, the social, political and organizational constraints on service development, as well as cross-cultural and ethical issues.
● Develop, monitor, review, and evaluate practice principles at the case, program,
and organizational levels, utilizing research-based technologies and strategies.
● Understand how to expand the knowledge base for applied practice, programming, evaluation and research by drawing on quantitative and qualitative methods for prevention, intervention and outcome research.
● Recognize the importance of incorporating a range of theoretical perspectives and research methods for furthering effective practice
● Critically evaluate the current theoretical frameworks, knowledge base, and
practice and research approaches with respect to considerations of justice and
equity
● Contribute to communities and social services within and outside of academia 
課程要求
1. Materials for instructions will come from a variety of sources, e.g., articles, audio/video recordings, interactive multimedia, websites. Whenever possible, these will be made available through Ceiba. Students should cover the materials assigned for a particular class prior to the class meeting for that session.

2. In addition, students will be asked to identify, bring to the class, and review material relating to class topics as well as their own area(s) of intellectual interest. Participate in class discussion actively.

3. Submit assignments on time.
3-1 3 questions in-class participation
3-2 A written term paper of publishable quality that will be due on
4/23.
3-3 10 pages in length excluding reference. The student will be asked to formally present their paper to the class as a basis for discussion and feedback. In addiction, each student will be asked to write a belif (i.e. one to three pages) formal review and crique of two other student papers. 
預期每週課前或/與課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
備註: 每週四13:30-14:00 
指定閱讀
1. Hepworth, D. H., Rooney, R. h., Rooney, G. D., & Strom-Gottfried, K. (2016). Direct social work practice: Theory and skills (10th ed.). Boston, MA Cengage Learning
2. Fortune, A. E., McCallion, P., & Briar-Lawson, K. (2010). Social work practice research for the twenty-first century. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
3. James W. Drisko, Melissa D. Grady (2012). Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Social Work. New York : Springer, c2012
 
參考書目
● Krieger, N. (2001). Theories for social epidemiology in the 21st century: An
ecosocial perspective. International Journal of Epidemiology, 30(4), 668–677.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/30.4.668
● Nurius, P. S., Prince, D. M., & Rocha, A. (2015a). Cumulative Disadvantage
and
Youth Well-Being: A Multi-domain Examination with Life Course Implications.
Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 32(6), 567–576.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-015-0396-2. 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
 
  1. 本校尚無訂定 A+ 比例上限。
  2. 本校採用等第制評定成績,學生成績評量辦法中的百分制分數區間與單科成績對照表僅供參考,授課教師可依等第定義調整分數區間。詳見學習評量專區 (連結)。
 
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上課形式
作業繳交方式
考試形式
其他
由師生雙方議定
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
2/20  課程介紹
實證研究的重要性 
第2週
2/27  Topics/Activities: ● Ecosystems perspective ● Developmental Life-Course Perspective
Assigned Material(s):
●What is evidence-based practice and how it influences clinical practice Chap 1-
2
● Krieger, N. (2001). Theories for social epidemiology in the 21st century: An ecosocial perspective. International Journal of Epidemiology, 30(4), 668–677. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/30.4.668
● Titler, M.G. (2014). Overview of Evidence-based Practice and Translation Science. Nursing Clinics oof North America. 49(3). P.269-274
●Goulet, M., Clément, M.E., Helie, S., Villatte, A. (2020). Longitudinal Association Between Risk Profles, School Dropout Risk, and Substance Abuse in Adolescence Child & Youth Care Forum, 49:687–706 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-020-09550-9 
第3週
3/6  Topics/Activities: ● Critical Race Theory ● Feminist Theories
Assigned Material(s):
●What is evidence-based practice and how it influences clinical practice Chap 3
●Ford, C.L., & Airhihenbuwa, C.O. (2010). Critical race theory, race equity, and public health: Toward antiracism praxis. American Journal of Public Health, 100, (S1), S30-S35.
● Haight, W., Gibson, P. A., Kayama, M., Marshall, J. M., & Wilson, R. (2014). An ecological-systems inquiry into racial disproportionalities in out-of-school suspensions from youth, caregiver and educator perspectives. Children and Youth Services Review, 46, 128–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.08.003
● Howard, T. C., & Navarro, O. (2016). Critical Race Theory 20 Years Later. Urban Education, 51(3), 253–273. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085915622541 
第4週
3/20  Topics/Activities: ● Stress, risk, and resiliency (II)
Assigned Material(s)
● What is evidence-based practice and how it influences clinical practice
Chap 5
● Herrick, A. L, Stall, R., Goldhammer, H., Egan, J. E., Mayer, K. H. (2013). Resilience as a Research Framework and as a Cornerstone of Prevention Research for Gay and Bisexual Men: Theory and Evidence. AIDS Behav (2014) 18:1–9 DOI 10.1007/s10461-012-0384
● Ziervogel, G., Pelling, M., Cartwright, A., Chu, E., Deshpande, T., Harris, L., Hyams, K., Kaunda, J., Klaus, B., Michael, K., Pasquini, L., Pharoah, R., Rodina, L., Scott, D., & Zweig, P. (2017a). Inserting rights and justice into urban resilience: A focus on everyday risk. Environment and Urbanization, 29(1), 123–138. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247816686905
● Waller, M. A. (2001). Resilience in ecosystemic context: Evolution of the concept. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 71(3), 290–297.
● Wulff, K., Donato, D., & Lurie, N. (2015). What Is Health Resilience and How Can We Build It? Annual Review of Public Health, 36(1), 361–374. https://us.ctrinstitute.com/free-webinar/ 
第4週
3/13  Topics/Activities: ● Stress, risk, and resiliency (I)
Assigned Material(s)
 What is evidence-based practice and how it influences clinical practice Chap 4
 Ajandi, J. (2011). “SINGLE MOTHERS BY CHOICE”: DISRUPTING DOMINANT DISCOURSES OF THE FAMILY THROUGH SOCIAL JUSTICE ALTERNATIVES. International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies (2011) 3 & 4: 410-431
 Masten, A. S. (2018). Resilience Theory and Research on Children and Families: Past, Present, and Promise. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 10(1), 12–31. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12255
 Van Der Vegt, G. S., Essens, P., Wahlström, M., & George, G. (2015). Managing Risk and Resilience. Academy of Management Journal, 58(4), 971–980. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2015.4004 
第5週
3/27  Topics/Activities: ● Social support ● Social capital ● Social networks
Assigned Material(s):
● What is evidence-based practice and how it influences clinical practice Chap 6-7
● Giuntoli, G., Fisher, K. R., O’Shea, P., Purcal, C. Zmudzki, F., & Dwyer, O.
(2024). Social Participation of People with Chronic Mental Health Needs: Building Horizontal and Vertical Forms of Social Capital. Health & Social Care in the Community.https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/9975449
● Erbstein, N. (2013). Engaging underrepresented youth populations in community youth development: Tapping social capital as a critical resource. New Directions for Youth Development, 2013(138), 109–124. https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20061
● Patton, D. U., Brunton, D. W., Dixon, A., Miller, R. J., Leonard, P., & Hackman, R. (2017). Stop and frisk online: theorizing everyday racism in digital policing in the use of social media for identification of criminal conduct and associations. 
第6週
4/3  溫書假 
第7週
4/10  Topics/Activities: ● Where are we now? ● Community practice models and supports
Assigned Material(s):
● Strom, K. J., & Martin, A. D. (2013). Putting philosophy to work in the classroom: Using rhizomatics to deterritorialize neoliberal thought and practice. Studying Teacher Education, 9(3), 219-235.
● Blue Bird Jernigan, V., D’Amico, E. J., Duran, B., & Buchwald, D. (2018). Multilevel and Community-Level Interventions with Native Americans: Challenges and Opportunities. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-018-0916-3
● Castillo, E. G., Ijadi-Maghsoodi, R., Shadravan, S., Moore, E., Mensah, M. O., Docherty, M., & Morton, I. (2019). Community Interventions to Promote Mental Health and Social Equity. Current Psychiatry Reports, 21(5), 35.
● Granovetter, M.S. (1973). The strength of weak ties. American Journal of Sociology, 78 (6), 1360-1380.
● Neal, Z. (2015). Making Big Communities Small: Using Network Science to Understand the Ecological and Behavioral Requirements for Community Social Capital. American Journal of Community Psychology, 55(3–4), 369–380. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-015-9720-4 
第9週
4/17  RCT (4/17) Guest Speaker
Topics/Activities (I): ● Structural level ● Stigma ● Cross-cultural
Assigned Material(s):
● Phelan, J. C., & Link, B. G. (2015). Is Racism a Fundamental Cause of Inequalities in Health? Annual Review of Sociology, 41(1), 311–330.
● Reskin, B. (2012). The Race Discrimination System. Annual Review of Sociology, 38(1), 17–35. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-071811-145508
● Hatcher, A. M., Darbes, L., Kwena, Z., Musoke, P. L., Rogers, A. J., Owino, G., Helova, A., Anderson, J. L., Oyaro, P., Bukusi, E., Turan, J. M. (2020). Pathways for HIV Prevention Behaviors Following a Home Based Couples Intervention for Pregnant Women and Male Partners in Kenya
AIDS and Behavior, 24:2091–2100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02774-4 
第10週
4/24  Topics/Activities (II): ● Structural level ● Stigma ● Cross-cultural
Assigned Material(s):
● What is evidence-based practice and how it influences clinical practice Chap 8
● White Hughto, J. M., Reisner, S. L., & Pachankis, J. E. (2015). Transgender stigma and health: A critical review of stigma determinants, mechanisms, and interventions. Social Science & Medicine, 147, 222–231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.010
● Williams, K. D., & Nida, S. A. (2011). Ostracism. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20(2), 71–75.
● Berkel1, C., O’Hara2, K., Eddy, J. M., Rhodes, C. A., Blake, A., Thomas, N.,
Hita, L., Herrera, D., Wheeler, A.C., & Wolchik, S. (2023). The Prospective
Effects of Caregiver Parenting on Behavioral Health Outcomes for Children with Incarcerated Parents: a Family Resilience Perspective. Prevention Science 24:1198–1208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-023-01571
*Mid-term Paper discussion (2-3 students): To examine and evaluate the evidence-based methods of intervention and research on their effectiveness, and to apply to specific problems in social work practice. 
第11週
5/1  Topics/Activities: ● Nano-level systems
Assigned Material(s):
● What is evidence-based practice and how it influences clinical practice Chap 9-10
● Salvatore, J., &Shelton, J. N. (2007). Cognitive costs of exposure to
racial prejudice. Psychological Science, 18(9), 810-815.
● Guerrini, C. J., Robinson, J. O., Petersen, D., & McGuire, A. L. (2018). Should police have access to genetic genealogy databases? Capturing the Golden State Killer and other criminals using a controversial new forensic technique. PLoS Biology, 16(10), e2006906.
● Decety, J. & Cowell, J. M. (2015). Empathy, justice, and moral behavior. AJOB Neuroscience, 6(3), 3-14.
*Mid-term Paper discussion (2-3 students): To examine and evaluate the evidence-based methods of intervention and research on their effectiveness, and to apply to specific problems in social work practice. 
第12週
5/8  Guest Speaking
Topics/Activities: ● Queer theories/thinking ● Intersectionality ● Radical perspectives
Assigned Material(s):
● Weiss, M. D. (2006). Mainstreaming kink: The politics of BDSM representation in US popular media. Journal of Homosexuality, 50(2-3), 103-132.
● Few-Demo, A. L., Humble, Á. M., Curran, M. A., & Lloyd, S. A. (2016). Queer Theory, Intersectionality, and LGBT-Parent Families: Transformative Critical Pedagogy in Family Theory. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 8(1), 74–94. 
第13週
5/15  Topics/Activities: ● Chaos Theory ● Non-linear dynamics ●
Limitations of reductive thinking/approaches ● Emergent phenomena
Assigned Material(s):
● What is evidence-based practice and how it influences clinical practice Chap 17
● Penelopia, L. & Isabel, L. (2022). Advances in social work practice: Understanding uncertainty and unpredictability of complex non-linear situations. Journal of Social Work. Vol. 22 (1): 130-149.
● Chandler, J., Rycroft-Malone, J., Hawkes, C., & Noyes, J. (2016). Application of simplified Complexity Theory concepts for healthcare social systems to explain the implementation of evidence into practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72(2), 461–480.
● Schwartz, S. J., Lilienfeld, S. O., Meca, A., & Sauvigné, K. C. (2016). The role of neuroscience within psychology: A call for inclusiveness over exclusiveness. American Psychologist, 71(1), 52. 
第14週
5/22  ● Hall, R. (2008). The evolution of social work practice: implications for the
generalist approach. International Journal of Social Welfare, 17(4), 390–395.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2397.2008.00558.x
● Dawson, C., Julku, H., Pihlajamäki, M., Kaakinen, J. K., Schooler, J. W. & Simola, J. (2024). Evidence-based scientific thinking and decision-making in everyday life. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications.9:50 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-024-00578-2 
第15週
5/29  Guest 講評 口頭報告 
第16週
6/5  期末考週