How do you pass the LMSW exam? Here's one, good, thorough answer from Nicole Clark on her blog. The post is called, fittingly enough, "
Ask Nicole: How Did You Pass the LMSW Exam on Your First Try?" Here are the bullet points--do's and don'ts--which echo much of what we've been saying here. Our quick reaction/summary follows each:
- Do know the NASW Code of Ethics (yes!)
- Do take practice exams (she likes SWTP)
- Do figure out how you like to retain information (she used a brainwave app)
- Do take study breaks (research says so)
- Do a trial run (if you've got the time and some anxiety to burn off, can help)
- Do find ways to relieve stress (please do!)
- Do know your acronyms (she means FAREAFI and AASPIRINS--sometimes helpful, sometimes not)
- Don’t tell (many) people you’re taking the exam (good idea to reduce felt pressure)
- Don’t pull out your class books (depends upon the class books, though, doesn't it? what about a textbooky textbook like Hepworth, Rooney, and Larson?)
- Don’t answer exam questions based on what you’d do at your agency (yes! be the ideal, in-a-vacuum, textbook social worker)
All of the above applies to the LCSW exam and other ASWB exams, of course. More details within the post. Have at it!
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