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From PsychCentral, 7 Tips for Coping with Finals. ’Cause what’s the social work exam if not a big, big final? The bullets: 1. Schedule your time to focus on studying. 2. Don’t blow off sleep. 3. Shut down social networking and gaming. 4. Don’t blow off eating. 5. Try rewriting or summarizing your notes & chapters. [...] Trying to pass the exam? Here’s a researched-based how-to from PsyBlog. Eleven bullets (described on the site):
Transcendental Meditation May Improve Academic Performance (PsychCentral): Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, “below basic” and “far below basic,” the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a slight gain. Anxious about the exam? So’s just about everyone else. Here’s a 14-page info/worksheet set designed to help. You’ll be brushing up on CBT while you’re at it. Enjoy. Write SWTP to begin work toward passing the social work exam. Get help with managing test anxiety, time management, and various test preparation strategies. More details on the Tutoring Services page. Looking to form a study group? Post in comments below: Where are you? What are you looking for? Be sure to put a best way to contact you in your comment. (Putting your email in the email form doesn’t make it show up in comments–you have to write it again!) Good luck all. Sleep your way toward social work licensure. From the New York Times: It turns out that toddlers are not the only ones who do better after an afternoon nap. New research has found that young adults who slept for 90 minutes after lunch raised their learning power, their memory apparently primed to absorb new [...] From my inbox: a free NASW course, “How do I obtain a LCSW in California?” is available here. Description: This course is designed to assist social workers in understanding the overall licensing process, i.e. the basic requirements and timeframes for obtaining a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license in California. California’s licensing process has [...] Here’s what’s coming ’round the mountain. Posting today at dsmv.org, a new draft of the DSM. Don’t worry, it’s not on the test till it’s out of draft and between shiny covers. But, FYI, here’s a little bit of what’s new: * The recommendation of new categories for learning disorders and a [...] Welcome, glad you found the site. The mission here: To help get you through the social work licensing exam process. Among the many features, some favorites: • A page of links to Free Practice Tests (from AATBS, BTA, Gerry Grossman, and the like). • Help getting through the exam from [...] |
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