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This chapter illustrates how the EBP practice decision-making process is undertaken in work with Sally, a 12-year-old biracial girl whose adoptive parents and adoption social worker are concerned about her lack of turning to her parents for nurture when upset and her indiscriminate interactions with other adults. Sally also has both a potential medical issue and a history of serious neglect. Issues of assessment are addressed, and the six steps of the EBP process are each explored in detail. How EBP is done in practice is examined fully as it applies to the specifics of Sally’s, and her parents’, needs and strengths.
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Drisko, J.W., Grady, M.D. (2019). Sally: A 12-Year-Old Who May Have Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder. In: Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Social Work. Essential Clinical Social Work Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15224-6_13
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