Happy Holidays from Pass the ASWB Exam! Here's a holiday-themed Eye on Ethics column about how to handle gifts from clients. It begins:Raise your hand...
Virtual Study Group
Check out PTAE's new Pinterest group board: ASWB Exam Prep. Write to join in, then post whatever you think will help people see a PASS result on the social work...
Social Work Exam Practice Gets Less Expensive
The spending that it takes to get to becoming a licensed social worker can be daunting, if not downright overwhelming at times. School + fees + more fees + not...
Mindfulness and the Social Work Exam
Mindfulness meditation may be something you're already recommending to your clients for all kinds of symptom relief. But are you practicing mindfulness yourself?...
ASWB Exam Prep in Pictures
A quick drawing of your attention to yet another way to prep for the ASWB exam. Need a break from practice tests and podcasts? Check out Pass the ASWB Exam on Pinterest....
LCSW Exam Prep
Once upon a time, you had to buy expensive packages full of CDs and books to hope to approach the LCSW exam with confidence. That's changed. Now, all you need is...
NASW Code of Ethics and the Social Work Exam
The NASW Code of Ethics is central to the social work licensing exam and should probably be central to your test prep. If you're the gambling and time-wasting type,...
LCSW and LMSW Exam Study Guides
As we've talked about in other posts, the feeling around here is that the age of the big, bound social work exam study guide has passed. The web has taken...
Breathing Through Social Work Exam Jitters
Test anxiety is, for many, a substantial impediment to harnessing the energy and focus needed to tackle the four-hour, 170 question ASWB licensing exam. Managing...
ASWB Exam Advice: Keep It Simple
Words of wisdom from a now-licensed social worker:"Somewhere it said not to study in the 24 hours right before taking the licensing exam. I ignored that. I ignored...
Free Social Work Exam Study Guide?
A recent post at SWTP focused on a quick, free way to get your Freud learned. The resource: AllPsych.com. Have you poked around there? What the site really...
Introduction to the Social Work Exam
Hi, I'm the social work licensing exam. Pleased to meet you. I'm so glad you're planning to take me. (I know you don't really have a choice if you want...
More Test Anxiety Help
Rare is the test-prepper who is able to meet the social work licensing exam with calm and equanimity. The exam is big and the stakes are high. A little bit of anxiety...
Social Work Exam Study Guides
Once upon a time, a set of big, bulky social work study guides was essential in preparing for the social work licensing exam. Nowadays, not so much. ...
Jean Piaget for Social Work Exam Preppers
Celebrate Jean Piaget's August 9th birthday by brushing up on his theories. Here are some links and a video to help you out:Article at Simply PsychologyStages at...
More Free Social Work Exam Questions
Over at Social Work Test Prep, a new way to get to a fresh batch of free social work exam questions: Create an account, go to the Bonus Exam page. There you're...
How to Pass the LICSW Exam
To become a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), you take the ASWB's clinical exam. That means the material on this site directed toward...
Pass the LSW Exam
The LSW is ASWB's bachelor's level exam--the route to becoming a Licensed Social Worker. The bachelor's examination is designed to be simpler than the LMSW (master's...
Social Work Exam Studying Goes Mobile
A big announcement over at Social Work Test Prep: they've gone mobile. You no longer have to be tethered to your computer to prepare for the social work licensing...
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Another from the Counselling Resources YouTube collection (the ad is theirs): Rather read? Here's REBT at Wikiped...
Pass the LGSW Exam
The LGSW is what some states call the license granted when social workers pass the intermediate level ASWB exam. Alabama, West Virginia, Maryland...you know...
Pass the LMSW Exam
Licensed Master Social Workers of the future, take heart. The LMSW exam is passable. It has been passed or will be passed by somebody within hours of your...
More ASWB Exam Practice
Just announced over at Social Work Test Prep, the launch of a second 170-question ASWB practice exam. Each question comes with thorough rationales and a "suggested...
Flash Cards for ASWB Exam Prep
Flash cards are a tried and true way to prepare for any exam. Studying flash cards is no substitute for running practice questions (like these!), but it can...
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Another ASWB exam-friendly pick from the CounsellingResource collection. Here's a quick tour of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. ...
Webinars as ASWB Exam Prep
You're already using Podcasts to help you get prepped for the ASWB exam. (You're not? Start here.) There's plenty more free exam prep disguised as other types...
More Tips for Passing the LCSW Exam
Trying pass the LCSW exam? Here are more how-tos to get it done. These are from a post on the Licensed Clicnical Social Worker Exam blog, 5 Tips for Passsing...
Tips for Passing the LCSW Exam
There are just a few posts on the LCSW Exam Prep Blog. One of them includes these handy seven tips for passing the LCSW exam. The list is below, details...
LCSW Exam Help
If you usually just block these things out as you web surf, please take a moment to note the collection of LCSW exam prep-friendly blogs listed on the sidebar. ...
Freud's Theory of Psychosexual Development
Continuing with the best, most ASWB-exam relevant, parts of the CounsellingResource collection, here's Freud's Theory of Psychosexual Development delivered...
Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
Another from the CounsellingResources collection, Erikson's Psychosocial Stages of Development: Here's the same info via Wikiped...
Five Stages of Grief
From the CounsellingResource YouTube channel, here's a quick primer on Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and the Five Stages of Gri...
NASW Code of Ethics: Ethical Responsibilities to the Broader Society
From the NASW Code of Ethics, last but not least: Social Workers' Ethical Responsibilities to the Broader Society.6.01 Social Welfare 6.02 Public Participation...
NASW Code of Ethics: Ethical Responsibilities to the Social Work Profession
Just two items in this next Code of Ethics section, Ethical Responsibilities to the Social Work Profession. 5.01 Integrity of the Profession 5.02 Evaluation...
NASW Code of Ethics: Ethical Responsibilities as Professionals
Our Code of Ethics survey continues with Ethical Responsibilities as Professionals. 4.01 Competence 4.02 Discrimination 4.03 Private Conduct 4.04 Dishonesty,...
NASW Code of Ethics: Ethical Responsibilities in Practice Settings
Next up in the Code of Ethics, Social Workers' Ethical Responsibilities in Practice Settings. Here they are:3.01 Supervision and Consultation 3.02 Education...
NASW Code of Ethics: Ethical Responsibilities to Colleagues
Continuing through the Code of Ethics, up next: Ethical Responsibilities to Colleagues.2.01 Respect 2.02 Confidentiality: Colleagues 2.03 Interdisciplinary Collaboration...
NASW Code of Ethics: Ethical Responsibilities to Clients
More guided study through the Code of Ethics. If you have this stuff down, much of the exam will come lots easier! Here's section one of the Ethical...
KSA of the Day: Value Issues
Here's the final KSA of the Day: VALUE ISSUES. How to prepare? The NASW Code of Ethics identifies six core values for social workers (links below go...
KSA of the Day: Confidentiality and Its Limits
Here's the KSA of the Day with the shortest list of bullets: CONFIDENTIALITY AND ITS LIMITS. Don't be tricked--this material will come up on the exam--more...
KSA of the Day: Ethical Issues
Next section of the exam is Professional Ethics and Values--18% of the current exam. The first KSA of the Day from the section: ETHICAL ISSUES. You...
KSA of the Day: Consultation and Interdisciplinary Collaboration
KSA of the Day: CONSULTATION AND INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION. Will you be tested on this? Yes--chances are. The ASWB naturally wants to assess whether...
KSA of the Day: Management of Cases
KSA of the Day: MANAGEMENT OF CASES. Some topics and potentially helpful links: Case recording for practice evaluation or supervision (pdf); The...
KSA of the Day: The Intervention Process
Here's a long one--a really long one. KSA of the Day: THE INTERVENTION PROCESS. Some helpful links for this section: Crisis intervention/treatment...
KSA of the Day: Therapeutic Relationship
Next up, the next section, which accounts for a quarter of the exam: Psychotherapy, Clinical Interventions, and Case Management. The first KSA of the...
ASWB Clinical Exam Content Outline
Removed at the request of the ASWB. Find the complete outline at aswb.o...
An exam prepper's guide to the Social Work Podcast
SWTP recently posted about podcasts that are helpful for social work exam prep. The post suggests searching the Social Work Podcast archives to find...
KSA of the Day: Treatment Planning
Clinical KSA of the Day: TREATMENT PLANNING. A painless way to master this content area--give a listen to the treatment planning episode of The Social Work...
KSA of the Day: Assessment and Diagnosis
KSA of the Day: ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS. A pretty straightforward section--facts, facts, facts. Here, some links to help you gather them: ...
Pass the ASWB Exam on the Web
Connect with Pass the ASWB Exam! Friend and follow us on the web:FacebookTwitterPinterestReposts from the site plus other helpful social work exam...
KSA of the Day: Information Gathering
Now, section II: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment Planning, which makes up 26% of the ASWB Clinical Exam. KSA of the Day: INFORMATION GATHERING.Some help...
KSA of the Day: Addictions
KSA of the Day: ADDICTIONS. How best to prepare for answering questions about addiction? Do a little social work! Which you've already done. ...
KSA of the Day: Effects of Diversity
Clinical KSA of the Day: EFFECTS OF DIVERSITY. Here's a source to get exam-ready on the topic: The NASW's Diversity and Equality pa...
KSA of the Day: Human Behavior in the Environment
Clinical KSA of the Day: HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THE ENVIRONMENT. Some links: The Person in Environment (PIE) theory; Psychological defense...
KSA of the Day: Human Development in the Life Cycle
KSA of the day (from the clinical section of the ASWB Content Outline @ aswb.org). Reading this can bring on a wave of anxiety. But it seems harder...
Pass the LCSW Exam
Still haven't seen a good explanation of all the different social work titles and how they came to be. Here are some posts dedicated to those aiming to become...
Family Therapy and the ASWB Exam
There's lots to know about family therapy in order to do it well. It order to test about family therapy, you need to know lots less. Here are some helpful...
Attachment Theory
To celebrate John Bowlby's birthday (February 26th), why not take a moment to review Attachment Theory? Here's some help on the web: Simply Psycholgy WikipediaAbout.comAnd...
Getting familiar with the Mental Status Exam
If you've done intakes in a social work setting, great--it's as if you've been studying for the exam while you worked. Lots of ASWB exam items cover the very questions...
You too can manage your ASWB exam anxiety
Worried about taking a 170-question, 4-hour exam? Of course you are. At least a little. Here are some resources for managing test anxiety via...
Maybe the ASWB exam is easier than you think
A provocative post--How to Prepare for the LCSW Exam--points to a different, potentially anxiety-reducing approach to the test: Skip the questions! ...
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