DSW Core Expertise And Skills

The SWEAP Standardized Clinical Practice Curriculum Instrument measures how well a program’s specialized practice curriculum prepares students with the knowledge necessary for competent clinical social work practice.  Responsive to 2022 EPAS, the instrument consists of multiple-choice questions that evaluate student knowledge across all nine (9) competency areas, focusing on content related to clinical social work practice. MSW program faculty and administrators are responsible for reviewing the instrument to ensure that the items relate to the way in which their own program has extended and enhanced the CSWE EPAS social work competencies in their particular area(s) of specialized practice.

***Please Note*** The SWEAP Curriculum Instrument individualized reports are not intended for use as grading tools. Neither students, nor programs, will know which questions any particular student scored correctly or incorrectly, since individual reports are aggregated to the competency level.  Additionally, a test bank is used for each instrument ordered.  We don’t want students to have incentives to tell each other the questions and the answers they selected and we don’t want programs “teaching to the test” as both scenarios would negate the point of  curriculum assessment. The SWEAP Curriculum Instrument was designed for, and is best used for, program assessment, but the individualized scores from pre to post social work program can help students see their own personal growth.