Incorporated in the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (Council on Social Work Education, 2015) graduates of accredited social work programs should be able to:

A. maintain the status quo in a society.
B. adopt helping processes that involve prescription, direction, or coercion.
C. use the same set of social work skills with all people and in all contexts.
D. engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice.


ANS: D
PG: 11–12
Feedback: Incorporated in the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (Council on Social Work Education, 2015) graduates of accredited social work programs should be able to engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice. The EPAS competencies and the knowledge and values, and the practice behaviors that explicate them, provide a fundamental standard for social work professionals.

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