title: Assessing the National School Social Work Practice Model: Findings from the Second National School Social Work Survey.
abstract: The Second National School Social Work Survey in 2014 aimed to update knowledge of school social work practice by examining how practitioner characteristics, practice context, and practice choices have evolved since the last national survey in 2008. This second survey was also developed to assess how the new national school social work practice model created by the School Social Work Association of America aligns with early 21st century school social work practice realities. The second survey was conducted from February through April 2014 (3,769 total responses were collected) and represents the largest sample of American school social workers surveyed in two decades. Data from the Second National School Social Work Survey showed a field that still has not fully responded to calls to implement evidence-informed and data-driven practices. This article notes the need to better integrate pre- and postservice training in data-driven practices and provides recommendations for ways to overcome barriers that school social workers report facing.
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Klemp
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: Stephanie Cosner
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Berzin
mesh_terms: D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States