WEEK 7

COMPETENCY AND
PRACTICE BEHAVIORS
Tia Lowery

Competency 7
Apply knowledge of human behavior and
the social environment.

Practice Behavior 7.1

Utilize conceptual frameworks to guide the processes of assessment, intervention,
and evaluation.
How humans develop, their behaviors expressed across the life course, how the
environment a person lives in effects them, and how the different systems the
client interacts with effect them, these are all aspects of different conceptual
frameworks that social workers use when working with clients. By applying these a
social worker is able to provide adequate services to their clients.

Practice Behavior 7.2

Critique and apply knowledge to understand person and environment.
By applying theories of human behavior and interactions with the social
environment thorough assessments can be formed and successful interventions
can be implemented.