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Vignette: It Begins

One down, one to go.  So…getting started.  Looks like I’ll do AATBS again.  Worked for the first and no one’s warned me against it.  They suggest 60 days to study.  I’m going to try to get it done in six weeks. First things first:  Here’s the BBS Clinical Vignette Candidate Handbook.  I’ve also added [...]

More Free Practice Questions

Another 10 free practice questions live here in the now-old 2007 California BBS Candidate Handbook. Compared to the prep-course questions I’ve seen, these are pretty much gimmes. Here’s hoping they’re more like the actual exam. Also in the handbook, an exhaustive list of everything you’re supposed to know for the exam. Here’s a small [...]

Practice Giving

Dr. Hutch over at socialworkexam.com has launched a new earn-scholarship-money-for-someone-while-running-test-questions thing along the lines of that earn-rice-for-hungry-people-while-running-vocabulary-questions thing (Free Rice). Do good while you learn more about how to do good. Nice notion.

 

Still More Free Social Work Exam Practice

@ quizlet:

http://quizlet.com/search/lcsw/ http://quizlet.com/search/social%2520work/

 

Another 10 Practice Questions

Another ten practice questions here. Scroll slowly–the answers sit right below the questions.

Question: Attachment

According to Bowlby’s Attachment Theory, what are the four types of attachment in children? A) secure, insecure, anxious, and avoidant B) secure, anxious-preoccupied, dismissive-avoidant, and fearful-avoidant C) secure, anxious-preoccupied, dismissive, and disorganized D) secure, anxious-ambivalent, anxious-avoidant, and disorganized TSWTPB’s answer in [...]

Flash Cards

Courtesy of somebody using proprofs.com:

Question: Hamster

Your client is a hamster who reports being unable to tolerate when other people are messier than he is. The hamster reports being a “perfectionist” and getting anxious and angry when things do not go his way. Your best initial diagnosis for this client would be: A) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

B) Generalized Anxiety Disorder

C) [...]

Practice

Conventional wisdom says that passing the social work licensing exam is equal parts learning the material and learning the exam. Since I haven’t heard any unconventional wisdom on this question, I’m going with the chestnut.

You can study all you want. You also have to practice. That’s why these companies charge big bucks–they’ve got [...]