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From my inbox–email from a social work classmate reencountered at AATBS’s vignette workshop: I STILL have not taken mine yet as I have been busy with my new [job]. So, I read that the HARD questions are not as hard as the actual exam? That is sooo comforting because [...] For those who’ve cleared the first-exam hurdle and are a mere 40 vignette questions away from an LCSW, more free practice awaits: AATBS CasemasterBBS Exam Study GuideBerkeley Training AssociatesGerry GrossmanGerry Grossman (MFT)
Last question of the bunch: barriers to treatment.In your first meeting with Kevin, 47, he tells you that he’s been “feeling funny” lately, having trouble getting up in the morning, sleeping “too much.” Kevin says he has “occasionally” used crack cocaine in the past, but says “I haven’t hit the pipe in a week.” Kevin [...] A law and ethics question. My answer and explanation are in comments. On the exam (or at least on practice questions I’ve seen), questions may ask exclusively about law or ethics. Different answers, so heads up. In your first meeting with Kevin, 47, he tells you that he’s been “feeling funny” lately, having trouble getting up [...] Next question. (The first is here.) Worth noting: Groups of answers aren’t in any particular order. Your task is to rate each item and choose the answer group that best answers the question. AATBS advocates using 2s, 1s, and 0s to mark each part of an answer (2s are good answers, 1s okay, 0s bad). [...] Some test materials for the vignette exam suggest writing questions yourself to get a behind-the-scenes view of the process. So I did. Here’s the first of several questions for the following exhibit. Who knows what the test really looks like?–this is based on samples from AATBS and the BBS. Not studying [...] Though it wasn’t stressed in written exam prep materials, some suggest knowing a little something about Virginia Satir for the vignette. So…go know it! @ wikipedia
This came up running vignette practice questions. What exactly is an Identity Problem in the DSM? An answer: Identity Problems are characterized by severe distress and uncertainty about issues related to identity, such as long-term goals, career choice, friendship patterns, sexual orientation and behavior, moral values, and group loyalties. The debilitating feature of Identity Problem is [...] Okay, so maybe this one is simpler. Harder, but simpler. AATBS suggests reading their not-so-thick vignette strategies book then running the practice exams over and over again. After you’ve learned how to properly fold your piece of scratch paper and field the 40 questions quickly enough to finish them in 2 hours, [...] |
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