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 study link" to free information on the web to help you out if you're having trouble with--or need more information about--a particular content area. 

 

Since the web does most of the heavy lifting, additional content-wise (no big books to tote around), the savings gets passed along to you.  A quick poke around the pricing pages on other sites makes that clear very quickly.  Want to sample SWTP for free before making a purchase? Here's a 10-question sample test.  Enjoy.

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 be a nice way to supplement your studying.

Making your own flash cards is probably the best way to go. Writing stuff down can help get it jammed into your mind. But if you'd like to lay back and click through to the work of others, here are some places to find flash cards for the social work licensing exam that are already out there.

• ProProfs
• Flashcard Machine
• Quizlet
• Social Work Exam Review

Remember, just because it's on the internet--or on a flash card--doesn't mean it's necessarily the best information...or even true. Use your social work sense to weed out the unhelpful, the irrelevant, the overdetailed, and the time-wasting.  Avoid overstuffing. 

Good luck!

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 of info all around the web. A great example: all the social work/psych webinars just waiting to fill your brain with the very stuff that may show up on ASWB test questions.

DorleeM over at Social Work Career Development has been kind enough to gather bunches of potentially helpful webinars, month by month. Don't worry that the dates on many have passed--search for archives or upcoming events.

A word of caution: Focus your listening on  social work fundamentals rather than cutting edge--possibly more alluring--topics. Given a choice of CBT vs. EMDR, say, know that it's CBT that's going to show up again and again on the exam. 

Find something especially useful, come back and let us all know via comments.  Happy hunting!

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 the Exam.  Here are the bullets. You can find details on the page:

1. Think about the way you study best and do that more often.
2. The exam doesn't care how you practice social work.
3. The exam measures your ability to remember data.
4. The exam is not always "right."
5. You have already passed.

Don't want to click through?  You can sort of glean the basic message from the bullets:  Study well; think textbook social work, not real-world social work; look for the best answer offered, which not necessarily always the answer you'd come up with; memorize the memorizable stuff (the DSM, the Code of Ethics...); and don't be too hard on yourself, you've got your hours, it's just a matter of time till you're licensed.  All sound wisdom.  Good luck!