This blog post provides a comprehensive overview of issues related to case recording. It has examples of different types of case notes.
Case notes. (2022, May 5). The Social Work Graduate.
Miller, E., & Barrie, K. (2020). Narrative recording as relational practice in social services: A case study from a Scottish career support organization. British Journal of Social Work, 54 (4), 995-1212. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcz100 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=cat01034a&AN=nu.EBC1108383&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=natuniv
Also known as progress notes, these chapters discuss case notes as a form of professional writing for social workers and situates this process in social work practice. Read Chapters 15 and 16 on progress notes.
Weisman, D. & Zornado, J. (2013). Professional writing for social work practice. Springer Publisher. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=cat01034a&AN=nu.EBC1108383&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=natuniv
This source focuses on the role of facts that can be supported with evidence versus opinion in writing case notes. It is helpful to for thinking about how to differentiate these two types of information.
OER Commons. (2015). Writing good case notes: Differentiate fact & evidence from assessment & opinion [Interactive Video]. https://www.oercommons.org/courses/writing-good-case-notes-differentiate-fact-evidence-from-assessment-opinion/view
This is a video of a professor who studies social work writing discussing case notes.
Cui, L. (2022, January 1). Building academic writing skills. https://harpercollege.pressbooks.pub/academic-writing-skills/ Read the following units:
Unit 3- Characteristics of Good Paragraphs
Unit 8- Three common errors in sentence structure and punctuation
Unit 19- Word Order
Shaw, R. (Moderator). (2014, February 7). Dr. Vershawn A. Young [Television Series Episode].
https://www.pbs.org/video/connections-dr-vershawn-young/ Watch Season 9, Episode 20.
American Psychological Association. (2023). APA style. https://apastyle.apa.org/ To access reference information, follow the link to the APA style home page.
Academic Success Center (ASC). (2023). APA style key resource: Academic writer. https://resources.nu.edu/APAStyle Academic Writer, the program created and maintained by APA and available through the Academic Success Center, has a reference function that is generally reliable.
American Psychological Association (APA). (2023). Creating an APA style reference list guide. https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/creating-reference-list.pdf This document from the APA style website provides basic information about creating a reference list.
American Psychological Association. (2023). In-text citations. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations This links directly to the APA style website information about in-text citations.
Assignment 4: Write a Case Note
Serena Interview
This is a hypothetical staged client first interview. The client, Serena, is a single mother who is struggling financially and has a history of substance abuse.
The hypothetical client in this staged interview is an adolescent male. The clinician is talking with the client about safer sex practices. While this is labeled as an example of motivational interviewing, you are only required to listen to the conversation and include what you learn from the interaction in your assignment.
Fraley, J. (2014). Effective motivational interviewing approach with a teen [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/F-zT2tj53NY
