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CASA Case Study

Guidelines and Steps for Case Study Assignment
This case can be an individual, family, group, community, organization/management, program, or policy-related project. For many of you, it will be something you are working on in your practicum organization, but it can be something you are working on elsewhere, or worked on in the past.

I have worked with foster children as a Guardian Ad litem volunteer with CASA. CASA—Court Appointed Special Advocate. So the case study should concentrate on this arena.

This assignment must be APA style; double space, all around 1” margins, 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, and at least 10 APA (5th ed.) scholarly DIRECT QUOTES.

Points to be cover in 8 pgs:
• Background and context for the case
• Assessment and preliminary planning
• Brief description of the components of the case—stakeholders, where it is, what it does, with whom does it work, your role(s)
• Brief description of the case, and why you are interested in it/assigned to it
• Key issues and elements of the case (including relevant literature/evidence)
• Who are key players in the case (including yourself- a social work intern).
• Preliminary assessment of facilitators and inhibitors for change
• Use relevant assessment tools
• More in-depth analysis of system components (e.g., size, boundaries, assets, struggles)
• How relevant people and components perceive the situation.
• History of work on/ways have handled the goal/issue.
• Major strengths/assets/resources. Problems, barriers that need attention.
• Social justice issues/goals, how gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, economic class, disability, age, and other identities and group statuses impact
• Ethics and value issues relevant
• What different community components, and types and levels of practice methods are potentially relevant
• Tentative goals, objectives. Questions still need to answer/explore.