The Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) Curricular Guide Series serves as a supplemental guide for programs and educators on relevant topics in social work. Each resource is produced by a task force of national content experts. Users can select from and access the suggested resources for each of the nine social work competencies. Resources include full descriptions of in-class exercises and assignments.
Individuals may download free PDF versions of the EPAS curricular guides. Printed guides are also available for purchase. Visit the CSWE Press online bookstore, email [email protected], or call 877-751-5053 to order a copy.
Specialized Practice Curricular Guide for Military and Veteran Social Work is Now Available!
This is the first specialized curricular guide for the 2022 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standard (EPAS) competencies. In 2018, CSWE published a curricular guide to reflect the 2015 EPAS and a deeper understanding as a profession and a nation, that systems were unprepared to support the complex consequences of war and reconstruction efforts. The 2022 EPAS Specialized Practice Curricular Guide for Military and Veteran Social Work is the next edition, seeking to impart the knowledge built from research, practice, and advocacy, to inform competencies for social work students, educators, and practitioners engaging in military and veteran social work. This text details the significant contributions of social workers to the development of interventions, programs, and policies that support veterans, service members, military families, and those who have been affected by war.
Individuals may download free a PDF version of the 2022 Military and Veteran Social Work EPAS curricular guide. Printed guides are also available for purchase. Visit the CSWE Press online bookstore, email [email protected], or call 877-751-5053 to order a copy.
Recently, CSWE’s Vice President of Education, Dr. Megan Fujita, and project lead of the guide Dr. Stephanie Felder, Traumatic Brain Injury Special Projects Lead and CAPT United States Public Health Service, discussed the current state of military and social work practice, while outlining the most pivotal updates in this guide. Watch the full conversation here.
Specialized Curricular Guide on Service User Involvement in Social Work Education
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is excited to announce the new Specialized Curricular Guide on Service User Involvement in Social Work Education. This specialized curricular guide will present a unique opportunity for volunteers to expand their professional horizons.
The term ‘Service User’ that will be used in this Guide refers to those individuals with lived experiential knowledge of social work, including having received services or support from a social worker, who will contribute to the educational experience of social work students based on this lived experience of social work.
The guide will serve as a supplemental resource for accredited social work programs and educators on planning and implementing service user involvement across the nine social work competencies adopted in the 2022 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS). The guide will be produced by a task force of national content experts. CSWE invite you to participate as a member of a international task force. Task force participants may include: CSWE members, social work professionals and/or interdisciplinary professionals.
By participating on this task force, you will be a part of an international effort to increase competence and expertise related to delivering a service user involved focus on social work education, field practicum, and social work. Your energy, expertise, and commitment will be central to extending and enhancing the nine social work competencies.
Applications for the Curricular Guide on Service User Involvement has now closed.
Revised Macro Specialization Curricular Guide Based on 2022 EPAS Now in Production
CSWE and the Special Commission to Advance Macro Social Work are pleased to announce our partnership to produce the second Specialized Practice Curricular Guide for Macro Social Work Practice.
Based on the 2022 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS), the forthcoming curricular guide will be updated and revised by fall 2025. As with the first curricular guide, this publication reflects the collaboration of the Special Commission with the Association for Community Organization and Social Action, the Network for Social Work Management, and Influencing Social Policy.
With this revision, we hope to again provide a highly informative, timely, and innovative publication to assist in building a robust macro curriculum balanced with micro/clinical content. This edition should be particularly important to MSW programs with an advanced generalist curriculum while also being useful for BSW programs.
2022 EPAS Curricular Guides
Please see below for our new 2022 EPAS Curricular Guides. Please check back for updates on new curricular guides that are under development.
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The Specialized Practice Curricular Guide for Military and Veteran Social Work is the first specialized curricular guide for the 2022 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standard (EPAS) competencies. In 2018, CSWE published a curricular guide to reflect the 2015 EPAS and a deeper understanding as a profession and a nation, that systems were unprepared to support the complex consequences of war and reconstruction efforts. The 2022 EPAS Specialized Practice Curricular Guide for Military and Veteran Social Work is the next edition, seeking to impart the knowledge built from research, practice, and advocacy, to inform competencies for social work students, educators, and practitioners engaging in military and veteran social work. Through extended and enhanced competencies in military and veteran social work, this text reflects the way in which social workers make significant contributions to the development of interventions, programs, and policies that support veterans, service members, military families, and those who have been affected by war. This curricular guide is designed to help programs and educators by providing suggested resources for each of the 2022 EPAS competencies. The resources provide educators with suggested readings and media, materials to facilitate discussion, and ideas for class and field assignments that educate students on social work’s role in war and conflict, and understand their lasting impact on individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations. The Specialized Practice Curricular Guide for Military and Veteran Social Work was developed through the generous support of the Cohen Veterans Network and the Council on Social Work Education. |
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Curricular Resources
Shorter than the EPAS Curricular Guides, Curricular Resources are created by affinity groups. Curricular Resources are specialized content documents that may be used as a supplement in the classroom or in practice.
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The Curricular Resource on Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) was developed through a national workforce development initiative to integrate adolescent SBIRT education into social work curriculum through a partnership between CSWE and the NORC at the University of Chicago. Screening, brief ntervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) is a comprehensive, integrated, public health approach to the delivery of screening and early intervention for substance use. This resource maps SBIRT education to the nine social work competencies outlined in the 2015 EPAS. Using a competency-based approach, this guide infuses SBIRT content into undergraduate and graduate social work curricula. The development of this guide was supported by funding from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. |
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The Curricular Resource on Issues of Disability and Disability-Competent Care provides a foundation for integrating disability content into social work courses. It outlines how content on disability aligns with each of the nine 2015 EPAS Social Work competencies and provides specific classroom resources for social work educators. |