Week 7 Assignment: Integrating Theory Into Professional PracticeDue: Sun Nov 23, 2025 11:59pm11/23/2025Ungraded, 250 Possible Points250 Points PossibleAttemptIn ProgressNEXT UP: Submit AssignmentAssig

Week 7 Assignment: Integrating Theory Into Professional PracticeDue: Sun Nov 23, 2025 11:59pm11/23/2025Ungraded, 250 Possible Points250 Points PossibleAttemptIn ProgressNEXT UP: Submit AssignmentAssignment Overview

In the Week 3 and Week 5 assignments, you analyzed chosen theories, evaluated them within the context of your chosen character, as well as explored ways to apply them to interventions and assessment. Now, it is time to put it all together.

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following CSWE EPAS competencies and behaviors:

• CSWE EPAS Competency 4: Engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice.
  • C4.GP.B: Identify ethical, culturally informed, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive strategies that address inherent biases for use in quantitative and qualitative research methods to advance the purposes of social work.
    • Related assignment criterion:
      • Explain key components of a chosen human behavior theory to apply to the assessment, intervention, and evaluation of a chosen case study.
• CSWE EPAS Competency 6: Engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.​
  • C6.GP.A: Apply knowledge of human behavior and person-in-environment, as well as interprofessional conceptual frameworks, to engage with clients and constituencies.
    • Related assignment criteria:
      • Explain the value of chosen theories within the context of personal social work practice.
• CSWE EPAS Competency 7: Assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.​
  • C7.GP.A: Apply theories of human behavior and person-in-environment, as well as other culturally responsive and interprofessional conceptual frameworks, when assessing clients and constituencies.
    • Related assignment criteria:
      • Assess the chosen character from a developmental and person-in-environment perspectives.
• CSWE EPAS Competency 8: Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
  • ​C8.GP.B: Incorporate culturally responsive methods to negotiate, mediate, and advocate with and on behalf of clients and constituencies.
    • ​Related assignment criteria:
      • Describe an intervention based on a selected human behavior theory that is applicable and relevant to a chosen character.
• CSWE EPAS Competency 9: Evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
  • ​C9.GP.A: Select and use culturally responsive methods for evaluation of outcomes.
    • ​Related assignment criteria:
      • Evaluate a chosen human behavior theory within the context of a chosen character and case study.

Assignment Description

For this assignment, you will draw on the work you did in previous assignments and integrate all you have learned into a clear and concise application of your chosen developmental and human behavior theories to your chosen character and case study, which you have used in the Weeks 3 and 5 assignments. You should also review any feedback you received on your previous assignments and incorporate relevant feedback into your approach for developing this assignment. As with all assignments, it is vital to support the application of your chosen theory with scholarly research in the Capella library. The Social Work Masters Library Research GuideLinks to an external site. can help with that.

Assignment Instructions

To begin this assignment, make sure you once again introduce your chosen character from your chosen case study. Additionally, describe the presenting problem you have been focusing on over the course of your previous assignments.

Make sure that you are introducing your chosen character and provide an explanation of their presenting problem from your chosen case study.

The bullet points below correspond to grading criteria in the scoring guide. You may also want to read the rubric to better understand the performance levels that relate to each grading criterion. For this assignment, complete the following:

• Explain key components of a chosen human behavior theory to apply to the assessment, intervention, and evaluation of the chosen case study.
  • Choose a  human behavior theory. Examples include psychoanalytic, behavioral, cognitive, person-centered, feminist, et cetera.
  • Explain why the theory is selected for your chosen case study by describing at least one implication of the theory as it relates to human behavior and development.
  • Make sure you cite appropriate and relevant scholarly and professional resources to support your explanation.
• Assess the chosen character from a developmental and person-in-environment perspectives.
  • Explain at least one theory about childhood development that applies to the case. Examples of developmental theories include Piaget, Vygotsky, Erikson, et cetera.
  • Apply a person-in-environment perspective.
    • What systems provide the client support?
    • What systems may be hindering the client?
      • Systems to consider include family, friends, work, social services, politics, religion, goods and services, and educational systems.
  • Include your chosen character’s intersectionality in your assessment.
  • Assess your chosen character’s strengths and limitations.
• Develop an intervention based on a selected human behavior theory that is relevant to a chosen character.
  • Note the relevance of the intervention to your chosen character from your chosen case study.
  • Discuss two short-term and two long-term goals for the client by applying systems theory to contextualize the appropriateness of your chosen intervention.
  • Consider the diversity in the intervention plan.
  • Make sure you cite appropriate and relevant scholarly and professional resources to support your intervention.
• Evaluate a chosen human behavior theory within the context of a chosen character and case study.
  • Evaluate the strengths and limitations of the human behavior theory you selected.
    • Compare this to another human behavior theory and note your rationale for choosing the theory you did.
  • Evaluate the cultural competence of the human behavior theory.
  • Evaluate your chosen theory’s relevance to your chosen character within the context of the case study.
• Explain the value of chosen theories within the context of personal social work practice.
  • Note how the theories you evaluated in this assignment guide social work practice when engaging with individuals and families.
• Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession.

Additional Requirements

The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting. Visit the Writing CenterLinks to an external site. for help with APA.
• Number of resources: A minimum of five scholarly sources. Most literature cited should be current, with publication dates within the past five years.
• Length of paper: A minimum of six typed, double-spaced, typed pages.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
• Due date: The assignment must be submitted to your instructor in the courseroom by the end of this week.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:

• Competency 1: Identify ethical, culturally informed, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive strategies that address inherent biases for use in quantitative and qualitative research methods to advance the purposes of social work. (C4.GP.B)
  • Explain key components of a chosen human behavior theory to apply to the assessment, intervention, and evaluation of a chosen case study. (C4.GP.B)
• Competency 2: Apply knowledge of human behavior and person-in-environment, as well as interprofessional conceptual frameworks, to engage with clients and constituencies. (C6.GP.A)
  • Explain the value of chosen theories within the context of personal social work practice. (C6.GP.A)
• Competency 3: Apply theories of human behavior and person-in-environment, as well as other culturally responsive and interprofessional conceptual frameworks, when assessing clients and constituencies. (C7.GP.A)
  • Assess a chosen character from a developmental and person-in-environment perspectives. (C7.GP.A)
• Competency 4: Incorporate culturally responsive methods to negotiate, mediate, and advocate with and on behalf of clients and constituencies. (C8.GP.B)
  • Describes an intervention based on a selected human behavior theory that is applicable and relevant to a chosen character. (C8.GP.B)
• Competency 5: Select and use culturally responsive methods for evaluation of outcomes. (C9.GP.A)
  • Evaluate a chosen human behavior theory within the context of a chosen character and case study. (C9.GP.A)
• Competency 6: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession.
  • Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession.