Research Proposal Worksheet

Review the Week Four Journal Entry question.

Identify the need within your agency that your supervisor would like you to research. You will create a research proposal based on this need using the worksheet below.

Complete the parts below during the week they are assigned.

Include references for each part in the References section at the end of the worksheet.

Part One: Introduction

1. General Background for the Study (Broad objective of the research study)

What permenancy plans may effects the outcomes in youth in group and residential care?

2. Purpose of the Study (Specific objective of research study - problem statement)

Compared outcomes of youth in treatment foster care and those of youth in group care. Group care youth were more likely to be favorably discharged, more likely to return home, and less likely to experience subsequent placement in the first 6 months after discharge.