About the Author:
Harold Briggs (PhD, AM, University of Chicago) is professor in the School of Social Work at Portland State University. Professor Briggs has practice experience in performance management in human services, community integration of clients with developmental disabilities, child welfare, and family support in children's mental health. He teaches in the areas of community based programs, program management, and research. His research interests include performance management in human services, community integration of clients with developmental disabilities, child welfare, and family support in children's mental health.
Tina Rzepnicki (PhD, AM, University of Chicago) is a distinguished scholar of social work practice. She is the David and Mary Winton Green Professor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago, the director of the Center for Social Work Practice, and principal investigator of the Program Practices Investigation Project with the Office of Inspector General of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. In addition, Professor Rzepnicki recently piloted the application of root cause analysis to errors in decision making in human services, particularly errors that result in severe injury or death of a child. Widely published in the area of child welfare and social work clinical practice, she has co-authored four books.
Review:
"Using Evidence in Social Work Practice is a first-rate textbook. It introduces students to the notion of evidence in social work practice, and it links evidence-based practice to the traditions of critical thinking and scientific methods in social work. The text is a welcome addition to the
social work literature."
--Meredith Hanson, Fordham University
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