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Week 11 6361 Assessing Policy: Toward Evidence-Based Policy
Please note that this is an MSW course. Please check Grammar and use some of the resources I have provided 
Readings
Day 1
• Jansson, B. S. (2018). Becoming an effective policy
advocate: From policy practice to social justice. (7th ed.).
Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning Series.
o Chapter 14, “Assessing Policy: Toward Evidence-Based
Policy During Task 8” (pp. 484–497)
• Midgley, J., & Livermore, M. M. (Eds.) (2008). The
handbook of social policy (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage Publications.
o Chapter 33, “The Future of Social Policy” (pp. 557–569)
(PDF)
• Community Toolbox. (2016). Chapter 8 Section 6: Obtaining
feedback from constituents: What change is feasible?
Retrieved from http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-ofcontents/
structure/strategic-planning/obtain-constituentfeedback/
main
• Community Toolbox. (2016). 12. Evaluating the Initiative.
Retrieved from http://ctb.ku.edu/en/evaluating-initiative
• TEDx Talks. (2016, May 12). Problem-oriented policing: Where
social work meets law enforcement: Derrick Jackson. [Video
file]. Retrieved
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK8glFZuQw8
Day 2
• English, D. J., Brummel, S., & Martens, P. (2009). Fatherhood
in the child welfare system: Evaluation of a pilot project to
improve father involvement. Journal of Public Child Welfare,
3(3), 213–234. Doi:10.1080/15548730903129764.
• Swank, E. W. (2012). Predictors of political activism among
social work students. Journal of Social Work Education,
48(2), 245–266. doi:10.5175/JSWE.2012.200900111.
Policies and the Influence of Values
Please note that this is an MSW course. Please check Grammar and use some of the resources I have provided 
Discussion 1
a response to Jansson’s assertion that evaluating
specific policies are strongly influenced by values with respect to the
case of the evaluation of special services. How do the values of
evaluation conflict adhere to social work values? What practices
would you use to defend the feasibility of and effectiveness of your
evidence-based policy?

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