Fall 2025 SOWK 486w Week 15 - Evaluation and Termination

A presentation at Heritage University in December 2025 by Jacob Campbell and is tagged with Heritage University, BASW Program, SOWK 486w

Magnifying glass icon highlighting bold text: 'Evaluation & Termination' with subtitle 'The Ending of the Professional Relationship.' Footer: Jacob Campbell, PhD LICSW, Heritage University, SOWK 486w, Fall 2025.

**Object:** Presentation slide**Action:** Lists agenda and objectives**Context:** For Week 15’s social work course; mentions evaluation, termination, professional resilience, and related strategies.---### Text:**Agenda - Plan for Week 15:**- Evaluation- The evaluation process- Termination- Professional resilience**Learning Objectives:**- Explain the importance of evaluation in social work and identify key barriers and facilitators.- Discuss termination phase tasks and strategies for sustaining client progress.- Reflect on personal and professional growth through self-evaluation.- Identify strategies for building resilience and self-care in social work.---*Evaluation Termination*, Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., LCSW at Heritage University in SOWK 486w for Fall 2025.

Slide text: 'Why Perform Evaluations: Underlying Rational.' Bullet points— 'Increase Effectiveness, Understand client system experiences, Build professional knowledge base.' Footer: 'Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LCSW at Heritage University in SOWK 488w for Fall 2025.'

A diagram shows a central blue figure with yellow arrows pointing to four obstacles labeled 'Clinician Vulnerability,' 'Not Routine,' 'Effort by Agency,' and 'Skills & Training,' against a gray background. Additional text: 'External Factors and Obstacles in Evaluation,' 'Time Consuming,' 'Evaluation Termination,' 'Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University in SOWK 486v for Fall 2025,' and '(Hepworth et al., 2017).'

A presentation slide titled 'External Factors and Obstacles in Evaluation' features a central blue figure with orange arrows listing obstacles like 'Skills & Training' and terms 'Effort,' 'Effects,' 'Effectiveness,' and 'Efficiency' on the right. Additional text at the bottom: 'Evaluation Termination Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University in SOWK 486w for Fall 2025.' 'Hepworth et al., 2017.'

A presentation slide displays a list of five sequential steps in rectangular boxes: 'Define problem,' 'Evaluate methods,' 'Choose best approach,' 'Carry out research,' and 'Evaluate results.' Title: 'Evaluation Process: The Same Planned Change Process.' Additional text mentions Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., Heritage University, and a course for Fall 2025. References Hepworth et al., 2017.

Slide details types of evaluations in social work. Formative Evaluations: Assess efforts solving client problems and gather data during intervention.Summative Evaluations: Conducted after the change process.Baseline: Measures behavior frequency, intensity, duration.Attributed to Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., Heritage University, course SOWK 486w, Fall 2025.

Two diagrams illustrate evaluation terms: a target represents 'Validity,' with text explaining it measures intended aspects. Arrows emphasize 'Reliability,' explaining consistency over time. Title: 'Terms Associated with Evaluations.'

Target illustration presents 'Validity' and 'Reliability' concepts, with text explaining face, predictive, and concurrent validity details. The academic slide, titled 'Terms Associated with Evaluations,' is part of a course by Jacob Campbell.

Text-based slide titled 'Terms Associated with Evaluations.' It includes definitions and concepts like validity, reliability, independent variable, dependent variable, and generalizability. Visuals include arrows and a target. Author: Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., Heritage University.

Graph displaying a single subject design with a red line chart tracking progress from week 1 to week 10, showing a dip and rise across phases A and B. Text explains the research design method.

Slide displaying text titled 'Other Single System Designs,' listing Goal Attainment Scaling, Task Achievement Scaling, Client Satisfaction, and Target Problem Scaling on a blue background. Context: Presentation slide, footer references Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., Heritage University, Fall 2025, Hepworth et al., 2017.

Slide showing discussion prompt questions on a red background. Title: 'Semester Self-Evaluation: Small Group Discussion.' Questions include learning reflections, impact on future work, performance evaluation, and potential changes. Footer: 'Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., LCSW at Heritage University in SOWK 486y for Fall 2025.'

Text on a blue slide encourages: 'Take Time to Complete Course Evaluations.' A website sidebar lists quick links, highlighted by a red arrow pointing to active surveys. This image relates to Heritage University.Text includes: - 'Quick Links' - 'You have 4 active surveys.'- 'Welcome to My Heritage'- 'Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University in SOWK 486w for Fall 2025'

Slide lists evaluation designs for programs against a light blue background. Text includes:- 'Needs Assessment'- 'Evaluability Assessment'- 'Process Analysis'- 'Program Outcome Analysis'- 'Continuous Quality Assurance Evaluations'- 'Program Monitoring'Footer: 'Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LCSW at Heritage University in SOWK 486w for Fall 2025' and citation '(Hepworth et al., 2017).'

A presentation slide illustrates a program evaluation process using research-based methods. It features a silhouette for expert review, a microscope, a telescope, and books. Text: 'Observation, Interviews, Reviewing Artifacts,' 'Individual surveys, Facilitated team assessment.' Context: Educational evaluation for classrooms serving students with EBD.

A presentation slide lists tasks for termination. Actions include deciding when, evaluating achievement, maintaining objectives, resolving emotional reactions, and making referrals, set against a blurred background. Text: 'Task of Termination: What Needs to Happen Before you Finish,' and 'Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW; Hepworth et al., 2017.'

A yellow header states, 'Reactions to Termination: What Factors Affect Client and Clinician.' Below, factors such as 'Time' and 'Emotional Content' appear between arrows labeled 'Decreased Intensity' and 'Increased Intensity.'

A presentation slide titled 'Stabilization of Change: What We Should Be Doing' lists strategies such as building confidence, using multiple settings, follow-up, reducing setbacks, and teaching problem-solving.

Slide displaying 'The Professional Resilience Paradigm' in bold text, listing six strategies for professional resilience: valuing self, positive contacts, breaks, pacing, validation, and networking. Credited to Jacob Campbell and Fink-Samnick.

Slide titled 'The Professional Resilience Paradigm' lists strategies: present with presence, laugh daily, take deep breaths, develop grounding list, stop for 10, control and shift activities. Appears in a presentation by Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., for Fall 2025 at Heritage University.

Title: 'The Professional Resilience Paradigm.' Actions: Lists strategies like creative visualization, de-connecting to reconnect, releasing frustration, exercising, turning off professional switch, and thinking of Teflon. Context: Blue background, presentation slide. Text references Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., and SOWK 488w for Fall 2025, and cites (Fink-Samnick, 2009).

Slide with turquoise background titled 'The Professional Resilience Paradigm' lists two bullet points: 'Revision honestly and regularly' and 'Share professional resilience with health and human services professionals everywhere.' Footer notes include Jacob Campbell’s details and a reference.

Dr. Jacob Campbell

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Description

You have made it to the end of this class, as week 15 is our final session. Evaluation and the ending of the helping relationship is a an essential aspect of social work and direct practice with clients. Students will read Hepworth et al. (2023) which reviews methods for evaluating case progress, describes various factors that affect the termination process, identifies relevant tasks for both social workers and clients, and discusses skills essential to effectively managing termination. I’ve shared a podcast episode about engaging in Feedback Informed Treatment, which uses evaluation throughout the helping process. During class will also be reflecting on professional resilience. The agenda for the class session includes:

Evaluation
The evaluation process
Termination
Professional resilience

Learning objectives this week include

Explain the importance of evaluation in social work and identify the key barriers and facilitators of effective evaluation practices.
Discuss the process and tasks involved in the termination phase of the helping process and strategies for sustaining client progress.
Reflect on their personal and professional growth through self-evaluation activities.
Identify strategies for building professional resilience and integrating self-care into ongoing social work practice.