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Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Permanent social work license. Registration is renewed separately. Article 154 and Part 74 distinguish this license from the limited permit. Historic certified-social-worker transitions in §7707 and §74.8 were tied to September 1, 2004 and September 1, 2005, rather than a newly open issuance pathway. The historic R psychotherapy privilege is retained by existing holders but the Department no longer receives or processes applications; it is not a currently offered separate issuance route.

Licensing authority: New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, State Board for Social Work · Application information

Reregistration after six month child support related registration expiration
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application And Fees
Apply to renew registration and pay the applicable registration and continuing-education fees; a lapsed registration exceeding four months uses the Delayed Registration Application.
Child Support
Provide the Social Security number and sworn child-support statement required by General Obligations Law §3-503.
Child Support Correction
Submit the sworn certification required by §3-503 showing arrears resolved, an acceptable payment arrangement, a pending proceeding, or receipt of public assistance/SSI, as applicable.
Continuing Education
Complete 36 hours of acceptable continuing education per triennium, or a prorated one hour per month; meet the three-hour professional-boundaries requirement for periods beginning on or after April 1, 2023. The initial licensing triennium is exempt; the Department may grant an applicable adjustment or exemption.
Dual Licensure
An LCSW also registered as an LMSW in the same period need not complete more than 36 hours in total.
Existing License
Hold the existing New York license, which remains valid for life unless revoked, annulled or suspended.
Expired Registration
The six-month registration expired because the child-support requirements were not satisfied.
Fee
Pay the reregistration fee equal to the licensee’s registration fee.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Conditional registration to remedy a continuing education deficiency
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Additional Education
Agree to complete any additional continuing education the Department requires.
Department Discretion
Department may grant conditional registration when the required agreements are made.
Duration
At most one year; may not be renewed or extended.
Existing License
Existing New York license; attest to or admit continuing-education noncompliance.
Fees
Pay the ordinary registration fee plus an additional equal conditional-registration fee and the mandatory continuing-education fee.
Regular Education
Agree to one hour of acceptable continuing education per month during the conditional period.
Remedy
Agree to remedy the deficiency during the conditional period.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Licensure by endorsement of an experienced clinical social worker
ASWB Clinical Exam
Age
At least 21 years old.
Application
File Form 1 and arrange direct verification of education and other required records.
Character
Good moral character as determined by the Department.
Child Abuse Training
Complete New York-approved coursework or training in identification and reporting of child abuse, or receive the applicable Department-approved exemption.
Child Support
Provide the Social Security number and sworn child-support statement required by General Obligations Law §3-503.
Documentation
Forms 2 and 3 establish education and the original licensing basis; Forms 4E and 4F establish licensed experience. ASWB must directly verify a passing Clinical examination score.
Education
An MSW with clinical content that qualified the applicant for the initial clinical-social-work license.
Existing License
Clinical-social-work license in another state, country or territory; acceptable licensure and discipline status in every jurisdiction.
Fee
Pay the applicable licensure and first-registration fee; the implementing requirements currently quote $294.
Licensed Practice
At least 10 years of satisfactory clinical-social-work practice within the 15 years immediately preceding the application.
Prior Passing Score
The currently offered registered Clinical examination is involved even though it was passed before the endorsement application.
Regents Waiver
Education Law §6506(5) permits the Regents to waive education, experience or examination requirements when substantially met; any waiver requires an individual determination.
Supervised Experience
Supervised clinical-social-work and psychotherapy experience that qualified the applicant for initial licensure.
Unnamed Comparable Examination
The Department may accept an examination it determines comparable in content. The open comparable-examination slot is an applicant condition; the named ASWB examination remains the registered leaf.
Initial licensure by examination
ASWB Clinical Exam
Age
At least 21 years old.
Application
File Form 1 and arrange direct verification of education and other required records.
Character
Good moral character as determined by the Department.
Child Abuse Training
Complete New York-approved coursework or training in identification and reporting of child abuse, or receive the applicable Department-approved exemption.
Child Support
Provide the Social Security number and sworn child-support statement required by General Obligations Law §3-503.
Education
An acceptable MSW or equivalent, ordinarily two years/60 semester hours and a 900-hour practicum, with at least 12 semester hours of clinical coursework in diagnosis/assessment, treatment, and general/special populations. Deficient clinical content may be remedied through acceptable graduate coursework, not continuing education.
Exam Admission
The Department must approve the completed degree and application before ASWB registration; a clinical applicant must also have experience approved.
Fee
Pay the applicable licensure and first-registration fee; the implementing requirements currently quote $294.
Prior Passing Score
A passing score earned in another jurisdiction is accepted only when ASWB transfers it directly; the applicant need not sit again solely because the score predates the application.
Regents Waiver
Education Law §6506(5) permits the Regents to waive education, experience or examination requirements when substantially met; any waiver requires an individual determination.
Supervised Experience
At least 2,000 client-contact hours in diagnosis, psychotherapy and assessment-based treatment planning over at least 36 months and no more than six years after the MSW; at least 100 hours of clinical supervision distributed over the experience. The setting and supervisor must be acceptable to the Department; supervision is by an appropriately qualified LCSW, psychologist or psychiatrist. New York experience must be lawfully obtained as an LMSW, limited-permit holder or other individually accepted authorization.
Unnamed Comparable Examination
The Department may accept an examination it determines comparable in content. The open comparable-examination slot is an applicant condition; the named ASWB examination remains the registered leaf.
Initial licensure for an applicant licensed elsewhere using standard requirements
ASWB Clinical Exam
Age
At least 21 years old.
Application
File Form 1 and arrange direct verification of education and other required records.
Character
Good moral character as determined by the Department.
Child Abuse Training
Complete New York-approved coursework or training in identification and reporting of child abuse, or receive the applicable Department-approved exemption.
Child Support
Provide the Social Security number and sworn child-support statement required by General Obligations Law §3-503.
Education
An acceptable MSW or equivalent, ordinarily two years/60 semester hours and a 900-hour practicum, with at least 12 semester hours of clinical coursework in diagnosis/assessment, treatment, and general/special populations. Deficient clinical content may be remedied through acceptable graduate coursework, not continuing education.
Exam Admission
The Department must approve the completed degree and application before ASWB registration; a clinical applicant must also have experience approved.
Existing License
Applicant is or has been licensed in another jurisdiction; arrange direct licensure and good-standing verification. This is New York initial licensure using the ordinary requirements, not an automatic reciprocal license.
Fee
Pay the applicable licensure and first-registration fee; the implementing requirements currently quote $294.
Prior Passing Score
A passing score earned in another jurisdiction is accepted only when ASWB transfers it directly; the applicant need not sit again solely because the score predates the application.
Regents Waiver
Education Law §6506(5) permits the Regents to waive education, experience or examination requirements when substantially met; any waiver requires an individual determination.
Supervised Experience
At least 2,000 client-contact hours in diagnosis, psychotherapy and assessment-based treatment planning over at least 36 months and no more than six years after the MSW; at least 100 hours of clinical supervision distributed over the experience. The setting and supervisor must be acceptable to the Department; supervision is by an appropriately qualified LCSW, psychologist or psychiatrist. New York experience must be lawfully obtained as an LMSW, limited-permit holder or other individually accepted authorization.
Unnamed Comparable Examination
The Department may accept an examination it determines comparable in content. The open comparable-examination slot is an applicant condition; the named ASWB examination remains the registered leaf.
Reactivation after a registration lapse with continuous lawful practice elsewhere
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application And Fees
Apply to renew registration and pay the applicable registration and continuing-education fees; a lapsed registration exceeding four months uses the Delayed Registration Application.
Child Support
Provide the Social Security number and sworn child-support statement required by General Obligations Law §3-503.
Continuing Education
Complete 36 hours of acceptable continuing education per triennium, or a prorated one hour per month; meet the three-hour professional-boundaries requirement for periods beginning on or after April 1, 2023. The initial licensing triennium is exempt; the Department may grant an applicable adjustment or exemption.
Dual Licensure
An LCSW also registered as an LMSW in the same period need not complete more than 36 hours in total.
Existing License
Hold the existing New York license, which remains valid for life unless revoked, annulled or suspended.
Lapse
New York registration lapsed; resume practice only after the Department issues the registration certificate.
Lapse Education
One hour per month of lapsed registration, up to 36 hours, completed during the new period or, at the applicant’s option, within the 36 months before it through its end; complete the regular continuing education for the new period.
Last Period Education
Satisfy the continuing-education requirement applicable to the last registered period.
Outside Practice
Lawfully practiced continuously in another jurisdiction throughout the lapse.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reactivation after a registration lapse without continuous lawful practice elsewhere
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application And Fees
Apply to renew registration and pay the applicable registration and continuing-education fees; a lapsed registration exceeding four months uses the Delayed Registration Application.
Child Support
Provide the Social Security number and sworn child-support statement required by General Obligations Law §3-503.
Continuing Education
Complete 36 hours of acceptable continuing education per triennium, or a prorated one hour per month; meet the three-hour professional-boundaries requirement for periods beginning on or after April 1, 2023. The initial licensing triennium is exempt; the Department may grant an applicable adjustment or exemption.
Dual Licensure
An LCSW also registered as an LMSW in the same period need not complete more than 36 hours in total.
Existing License
Hold the existing New York license, which remains valid for life unless revoked, annulled or suspended.
Lapse
New York registration lapsed; resume practice only after the Department issues the registration certificate.
Lapse Education
One hour per month of lapsed registration, up to 36 hours, completed in the 12 months before the new registration; then at least 12 hours in each successive 12-month period until the next registration date.
Last Period Education
Satisfy the continuing-education requirement applicable to the last registered period.
Outside Practice
Did not lawfully practice continuously in another jurisdiction throughout the lapse.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Initial licensure with an individual Regents waiver request
ASWB Clinical Exam
Additional Proficiency Assessment
8 NYCRR §24.7 permits a Department-satisfactory proficiency examination when current fitness is in substantial doubt; it does not name a currently offered examination.
Age
At least 21 years old.
Application
File Form 1 and arrange direct verification of education and other required records.
Character
Good moral character as determined by the Department.
Child Abuse Training
Complete New York-approved coursework or training in identification and reporting of child abuse, or receive the applicable Department-approved exemption.
Child Support
Provide the Social Security number and sworn child-support statement required by General Obligations Law §3-503.
Education
An acceptable MSW or equivalent, ordinarily two years/60 semester hours and a 900-hour practicum, with at least 12 semester hours of clinical coursework in diagnosis/assessment, treatment, and general/special populations. Deficient clinical content may be remedied through acceptable graduate coursework, not continuing education.
Exam Admission
The Department must approve the completed degree and application before ASWB registration; a clinical applicant must also have experience approved.
Fee
Pay the applicable licensure and first-registration fee; the implementing requirements currently quote $294.
Prior Passing Score
A passing score earned in another jurisdiction is accepted only when ASWB transfers it directly; the applicant need not sit again solely because the score predates the application.
Regents Waiver
Education Law §6506(5) permits the Regents to waive education, experience or examination requirements when substantially met; any waiver requires an individual determination.
Supervised Experience
At least 2,000 client-contact hours in diagnosis, psychotherapy and assessment-based treatment planning over at least 36 months and no more than six years after the MSW; at least 100 hours of clinical supervision distributed over the experience. The setting and supervisor must be acceptable to the Department; supervision is by an appropriately qualified LCSW, psychologist or psychiatrist. New York experience must be lawfully obtained as an LMSW, limited-permit holder or other individually accepted authorization.
Unnamed Comparable Examination
The Department may accept an examination it determines comparable in content. The open comparable-examination slot is an applicant condition; the named ASWB examination remains the registered leaf.
Waiver Applicant
The applicant seeks an individual waiver on the ground the education, experience or examination requirement has been substantially met; the Board of Regents decides the request.
Renewal of professional registration
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application And Fees
Apply to renew registration and pay the applicable registration and continuing-education fees; a lapsed registration exceeding four months uses the Delayed Registration Application.
Child Support
Provide the Social Security number and sworn child-support statement required by General Obligations Law §3-503.
Continuing Education
Complete 36 hours of acceptable continuing education per triennium, or a prorated one hour per month; meet the three-hour professional-boundaries requirement for periods beginning on or after April 1, 2023. The initial licensing triennium is exempt; the Department may grant an applicable adjustment or exemption.
Dual Licensure
An LCSW also registered as an LMSW in the same period need not complete more than 36 hours in total.
Existing License
Hold the existing New York license, which remains valid for life unless revoked, annulled or suspended.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Licensed Master Social Worker

Permanent social work license. Registration is renewed separately. Article 154 and Part 74 distinguish this license from the limited permit. Historic certified-social-worker transitions in §7707 and §74.8 were tied to September 1, 2004 and September 1, 2005, rather than a newly open issuance pathway.

Licensing authority: New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, State Board for Social Work · Application information

Reregistration after six month child support related registration expiration
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application And Fees
Apply to renew registration and pay the applicable registration and continuing-education fees; a lapsed registration exceeding four months uses the Delayed Registration Application.
Child Support
Provide the Social Security number and sworn child-support statement required by General Obligations Law §3-503.
Child Support Correction
Submit the sworn certification required by §3-503 showing arrears resolved, an acceptable payment arrangement, a pending proceeding, or receipt of public assistance/SSI, as applicable.
Continuing Education
Complete 36 hours of acceptable continuing education per triennium, or a prorated one hour per month; meet the three-hour professional-boundaries requirement for periods beginning on or after April 1, 2023. The initial licensing triennium is exempt; the Department may grant an applicable adjustment or exemption.
Dual Licensure
An LCSW also registered as an LMSW in the same period need not complete more than 36 hours in total.
Existing License
Hold the existing New York license, which remains valid for life unless revoked, annulled or suspended.
Expired Registration
The six-month registration expired because the child-support requirements were not satisfied.
Fee
Pay the reregistration fee equal to the licensee’s registration fee.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Conditional registration to remedy a continuing education deficiency
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Additional Education
Agree to complete any additional continuing education the Department requires.
Department Discretion
Department may grant conditional registration when the required agreements are made.
Duration
At most one year; may not be renewed or extended.
Existing License
Existing New York license; attest to or admit continuing-education noncompliance.
Fees
Pay the ordinary registration fee plus an additional equal conditional-registration fee and the mandatory continuing-education fee.
Regular Education
Agree to one hour of acceptable continuing education per month during the conditional period.
Remedy
Agree to remedy the deficiency during the conditional period.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Initial licensure by examination
ASWB Masters Exam
Age
At least 21 years old.
Application
File Form 1 and arrange direct verification of education and other required records.
Character
Good moral character as determined by the Department.
Child Abuse Training
Complete New York-approved coursework or training in identification and reporting of child abuse, or receive the applicable Department-approved exemption.
Child Support
Provide the Social Security number and sworn child-support statement required by General Obligations Law §3-503.
Education
A Department-registered, CSWE-accredited or substantially equivalent MSW or equivalent degree; equivalent graduate education includes two years/60 semester hours, no more than half advanced-standing credit, required curricular content and a 900-hour field practicum. No experience requirement for LMSW licensure.
Exam Admission
The Department must approve the completed degree and application before ASWB registration; a clinical applicant must also have experience approved.
Fee
Pay the applicable licensure and first-registration fee; the implementing requirements currently quote $294.
Prior Passing Score
A passing score earned in another jurisdiction is accepted only when ASWB transfers it directly; the applicant need not sit again solely because the score predates the application.
Regents Waiver
Education Law §6506(5) permits the Regents to waive education, experience or examination requirements when substantially met; any waiver requires an individual determination.
Unnamed Comparable Examination
The Department may accept an examination it determines comparable in content. The open comparable-examination slot is an applicant condition; the named ASWB examination remains the registered leaf.
Initial licensure for an applicant licensed elsewhere using standard requirements
ASWB Masters Exam
Age
At least 21 years old.
Application
File Form 1 and arrange direct verification of education and other required records.
Character
Good moral character as determined by the Department.
Child Abuse Training
Complete New York-approved coursework or training in identification and reporting of child abuse, or receive the applicable Department-approved exemption.
Child Support
Provide the Social Security number and sworn child-support statement required by General Obligations Law §3-503.
Education
A Department-registered, CSWE-accredited or substantially equivalent MSW or equivalent degree; equivalent graduate education includes two years/60 semester hours, no more than half advanced-standing credit, required curricular content and a 900-hour field practicum. No experience requirement for LMSW licensure.
Exam Admission
The Department must approve the completed degree and application before ASWB registration; a clinical applicant must also have experience approved.
Existing License
Applicant is or has been licensed in another jurisdiction; arrange direct licensure and good-standing verification. This is New York initial licensure using the ordinary requirements, not an automatic reciprocal license.
Fee
Pay the applicable licensure and first-registration fee; the implementing requirements currently quote $294.
Prior Passing Score
A passing score earned in another jurisdiction is accepted only when ASWB transfers it directly; the applicant need not sit again solely because the score predates the application.
Regents Waiver
Education Law §6506(5) permits the Regents to waive education, experience or examination requirements when substantially met; any waiver requires an individual determination.
Unnamed Comparable Examination
The Department may accept an examination it determines comparable in content. The open comparable-examination slot is an applicant condition; the named ASWB examination remains the registered leaf.
Reactivation after a registration lapse with continuous lawful practice elsewhere
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application And Fees
Apply to renew registration and pay the applicable registration and continuing-education fees; a lapsed registration exceeding four months uses the Delayed Registration Application.
Child Support
Provide the Social Security number and sworn child-support statement required by General Obligations Law §3-503.
Continuing Education
Complete 36 hours of acceptable continuing education per triennium, or a prorated one hour per month; meet the three-hour professional-boundaries requirement for periods beginning on or after April 1, 2023. The initial licensing triennium is exempt; the Department may grant an applicable adjustment or exemption.
Dual Licensure
An LCSW also registered as an LMSW in the same period need not complete more than 36 hours in total.
Existing License
Hold the existing New York license, which remains valid for life unless revoked, annulled or suspended.
Lapse
New York registration lapsed; resume practice only after the Department issues the registration certificate.
Lapse Education
One hour per month of lapsed registration, up to 36 hours, completed during the new period or, at the applicant’s option, within the 36 months before it through its end; complete the regular continuing education for the new period.
Last Period Education
Satisfy the continuing-education requirement applicable to the last registered period.
Outside Practice
Lawfully practiced continuously in another jurisdiction throughout the lapse.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reactivation after a registration lapse without continuous lawful practice elsewhere
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application And Fees
Apply to renew registration and pay the applicable registration and continuing-education fees; a lapsed registration exceeding four months uses the Delayed Registration Application.
Child Support
Provide the Social Security number and sworn child-support statement required by General Obligations Law §3-503.
Continuing Education
Complete 36 hours of acceptable continuing education per triennium, or a prorated one hour per month; meet the three-hour professional-boundaries requirement for periods beginning on or after April 1, 2023. The initial licensing triennium is exempt; the Department may grant an applicable adjustment or exemption.
Dual Licensure
An LCSW also registered as an LMSW in the same period need not complete more than 36 hours in total.
Existing License
Hold the existing New York license, which remains valid for life unless revoked, annulled or suspended.
Lapse
New York registration lapsed; resume practice only after the Department issues the registration certificate.
Lapse Education
One hour per month of lapsed registration, up to 36 hours, completed in the 12 months before the new registration; then at least 12 hours in each successive 12-month period until the next registration date.
Last Period Education
Satisfy the continuing-education requirement applicable to the last registered period.
Outside Practice
Did not lawfully practice continuously in another jurisdiction throughout the lapse.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Initial licensure with an individual Regents waiver request
ASWB Masters Exam
Additional Proficiency Assessment
8 NYCRR §24.7 permits a Department-satisfactory proficiency examination when current fitness is in substantial doubt; it does not name a currently offered examination.
Age
At least 21 years old.
Application
File Form 1 and arrange direct verification of education and other required records.
Character
Good moral character as determined by the Department.
Child Abuse Training
Complete New York-approved coursework or training in identification and reporting of child abuse, or receive the applicable Department-approved exemption.
Child Support
Provide the Social Security number and sworn child-support statement required by General Obligations Law §3-503.
Education
A Department-registered, CSWE-accredited or substantially equivalent MSW or equivalent degree; equivalent graduate education includes two years/60 semester hours, no more than half advanced-standing credit, required curricular content and a 900-hour field practicum. No experience requirement for LMSW licensure.
Exam Admission
The Department must approve the completed degree and application before ASWB registration; a clinical applicant must also have experience approved.
Fee
Pay the applicable licensure and first-registration fee; the implementing requirements currently quote $294.
Prior Passing Score
A passing score earned in another jurisdiction is accepted only when ASWB transfers it directly; the applicant need not sit again solely because the score predates the application.
Regents Waiver
Education Law §6506(5) permits the Regents to waive education, experience or examination requirements when substantially met; any waiver requires an individual determination.
Unnamed Comparable Examination
The Department may accept an examination it determines comparable in content. The open comparable-examination slot is an applicant condition; the named ASWB examination remains the registered leaf.
Waiver Applicant
The applicant seeks an individual waiver on the ground the education, experience or examination requirement has been substantially met; the Board of Regents decides the request.
Renewal of professional registration
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application And Fees
Apply to renew registration and pay the applicable registration and continuing-education fees; a lapsed registration exceeding four months uses the Delayed Registration Application.
Child Support
Provide the Social Security number and sworn child-support statement required by General Obligations Law §3-503.
Continuing Education
Complete 36 hours of acceptable continuing education per triennium, or a prorated one hour per month; meet the three-hour professional-boundaries requirement for periods beginning on or after April 1, 2023. The initial licensing triennium is exempt; the Department may grant an applicable adjustment or exemption.
Dual Licensure
An LCSW also registered as an LMSW in the same period need not complete more than 36 hours in total.
Existing License
Hold the existing New York license, which remains valid for life unless revoked, annulled or suspended.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

ASWB Clinical Exam

Provider
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB); administered on computer at Pearson test centers
Format
Computer-based multiple-choice examination (three- and four-option questions) in two 61-question sections, each with a two-hour time limit; scored and pretest questions are mixed together; results reported as pass/fail
Exam questions
122 multiple-choice questions: 110 scored and 12 unscored pretest questions
Time limit
4 hours (two sections, each with a two-hour time limit)
Passing score
Pass/fail; the number of correct answers required varies by exam form and generally ranges from 66 to 78 of the 110 scored questions
Exam fee
US$260 exam registration fee
Examination outline
  • I. VALUES AND ETHICS (36%) (36%)
    • IA. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES — Legal and ethical issues regarding confidentiality, including limitations of confidentiality (e.g., HIPAA, PHI, privacy)
    • IA. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES — Legal and ethical issues related to the practice of social work, including responsibility to clients/client systems, colleagues, the profession, and society
    • IA. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES — Identifying and resolving ethical dilemmas
    • IA. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES — Principles and processes of obtaining informed consent
    • IA. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES — Professional values and principles (e.g., competence, social justice, integrity, dignity and worth of the person)
    • IA. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES — Burnout, secondary trauma, and compassion fatigue
    • IA. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES — Social worker self-care principles
    • IA. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES — Importance of professional development activities to improve practice and maintain current professional knowledge (e.g., in-service training, licensing requirements, reviews of literature, workshops, on-going supervision, consultation)
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Protecting and enhancing client/client system self-determination (e.g., medication, medical treatment, counseling, placement, right to refuse services)
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Professional boundaries in the social worker-client/client system relationship (e.g., power differences, influence, privilege, conflicts of interest, self-disclosure, dual relationships)
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Legal and ethical issues regarding mandatory reporting (e.g., abuse, threat of harm, impaired professionals, duty to warn)
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Legal and ethical issues regarding documentation (e.g., maintaining client records)
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Responsible billing practices (e.g., managed care, insurance reimbursement, incident to billing)
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Legal and ethical issues related to death and dying
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Ethical issues in supervision and management
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Impact of governmental policies on service delivery (e.g., local, state, federal legislation and policy)
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Legal and ethical issues regarding termination
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Ethical issues related to electronic practice
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Research ethics (e.g., institutional review boards, use of human subjects, informed consent)
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Anti-oppressive and anti-racist approaches
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Social, racial, environmental, and economic justice principles
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Impact of culture, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, and intersectionality on behaviors, attitudes, and identity formation
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Accessibility including language, physical, and cultural access (e.g., translation and interpretation, neurodiversity, American Sign Language)
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Power differential and racial privilege (e.g., internalized racial and ethnic inferiority and superiority)
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Privilege and bias and their impact on client/client systems (e.g., implicit bias, microaggressions)
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Cultural impacts of exploitation across marginalized communities (e.g., financial, immigration status, trafficking, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women)
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Social justice, truth and reconciliation, and restorative practices related to clients/client systems from historically oppressed and marginalized communities
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Impact of globalization, immigration, and refugee or immigration status on clients/client systems and service delivery
  • II. ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING (32% — the heading in the Clinical content outline prints no percentage; page 6 of the guidebook states the Clinical examination will have 32 percent of the questions testing Assessment and Planning) (32%)
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Indicators and impact of trauma, stressors, violence, and crises on individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities (e.g., intergenerational, historical, and complex)
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Family dynamics and functioning and the effects on individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Dynamics of interpersonal relationships and relationship development (e.g., family, couples, groups, polyamory)
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Indicators, dynamics, and impact of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse and neglect on individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Indicators of mental and emotional illness throughout the lifespan
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Co-occurring disorders and conditions
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Biopsychosocial assessment model and related components and factors
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Indicators and impact of addiction and substance use and abuse on individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Impact of poverty on individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities (e.g., social determinants of health)
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Factors influencing self- and body-image (e.g., culture, race, religion/spirituality, age, ability, trauma, gender, sexuality, size)
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Defense mechanisms and their effects on behavior and relationships
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Characteristics of perpetrators of abuse, neglect, and exploitation
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Impact of out-of-home placement (e.g., hospitalization, foster care, residential care, criminal justice system) on clients/client systems
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Impact of caregiving on families
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Indicators, dynamics, and impact of exploitation across the lifespan (e.g., financial, immigration status, trafficking)
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Typical and atypical physical, cognitive, emotional, and sexual development throughout the lifespan
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Effects of physical and mental ability throughout the lifespan
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Impact of aging on the individual and family systems
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Racial, ethnic, cultural, and spiritual/faith development throughout the lifespan
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Factors of out-of-home displacement (e.g., homelessness, immigration, and refugee status) on clients/client systems
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — The influence and impact of technology, including social media, on client/client-systems (personal and professional)
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Impact of urbanization, globalization, environmental hazards, and climate change on individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Client/client system competence, self-determination, and self-monitoring techniques (e.g., financial decisions, treatment decisions, emancipation, age of consent, permanency planning)
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods of assessing risk of harm to self and others
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Principles and techniques of interviewing (e.g., supporting, clarifying, confronting, validating, feedback, reflecting, language differences, use of interpreters)
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods of involving clients/client systems in problem identification, problem solving, and intervention planning
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Indicators of and methods of assessing motivation, barriers, and readiness for change
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods for assessing resilience and coping abilities
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods, techniques, and instruments for assessing client/client system strengths, resources, needs, and challenges
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods for obtaining sensitive and/or confidential information (e.g., substance use, sexual abuse)
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods of assessing clients’/client systems’ communication skills
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in assessment and common indicators of mental health and brain-related conditions
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Components and function of the mental status examination
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods of incorporating information from records and evaluations (e.g., employment, medical, psychological, school)
    • IIC. ASSESSMENT PRACTICES — Assessing the availability of and determining appropriate community resources
    • IIC. ASSESSMENT PRACTICES — Factors and processes used in goal planning, treatment planning, triage, and service plans
    • IIC. ASSESSMENT PRACTICES — Criteria used in the selection of intervention/treatment modalities (e.g., client/client system abilities, developmental level, culture, life stage)
    • IIC. ASSESSMENT PRACTICES — Cultural considerations in the creation of an intervention plan
    • IIC. ASSESSMENT PRACTICES — Use and side effects of common prescription, over-the-counter, and alternative medications
    • IIC. ASSESSMENT PRACTICES — Indicators of client/client system readiness for termination
  • III. INTERVENTION AND PRACTICE (32%) (32%)
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — Strengths-based and empowerment strategies and interventions
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — Principles and techniques for building and maintaining a helping relationship (e.g., acceptance, empathy, rapport)
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — Interdisciplinary and intra-disciplinary team collaboration (e.g., co-therapy, care conference, IEP)
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — The social worker’s role in the problem-solving process
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — End of life practice (e.g., continuity of care, hospice, palliative care, stages of death and dying)
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — Parenting capacities and skill building
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — Policies, procedures, regulations, and legislation and their impact on social work practice and service delivery
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — Developing formal documents (e.g., grants, proposals, reports, evaluations)
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods and approaches for providing trauma-informed care for various types of trauma (e.g., complex, vicarious)
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Verbal and nonverbal communication (e.g., body language, congruence, feedback)
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Principles of active listening and observation
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Limit and boundary setting techniques
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Crisis intervention and treatment approaches
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Emotional regulation techniques
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Evidence-based practices (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness based stress reduction, motivational interviewing, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing)
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods of teaching coping and other self-care skills to clients
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Stress management techniques
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Practice with clients experiencing loss, separation, and grief
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods for engaging and motivating voluntary and involuntary clients/client systems
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Harm reduction techniques
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Approaches to and methods of advocacy for needed services and resources
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Psychoeducation methods
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Contracting and goal-setting techniques (e.g., partializing, measurable objectives)
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Problem-solving models and approaches
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Techniques and methods for addiction intervention
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Case management techniques (e.g., case recording, documentation, case presentation)
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Conflict resolution methods
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Anger management techniques
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Family therapy models, interventions, and approaches
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Discharge, aftercare, wrap-around services, and follow-up
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Group work techniques and approaches (e.g., developing and managing group processes and cohesion)
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Establishing service networks or community resources
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Assertiveness training techniques
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Role modeling techniques
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Couples interventions and treatment approaches
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Role play techniques
    • IIIC. PRACTICE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH — Techniques for evaluating progress and effectiveness of intervention, treatment, and service plans
    • IIIC. PRACTICE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH — Methods of establishing program objectives and outcomes
    • IIIC. PRACTICE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH — Program evaluation and related impact on services
    • IIIC. PRACTICE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH — Methods of evaluating agency programs (e.g., needs assessment, formative/summative assessment, cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit analysis, outcomes assessment)
    • IIIC. PRACTICE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH — Basic and applied research design and methods, data collection and analysis methods, and methods to assess reliability and validity in social work research (e.g., objective, subjective, qualitative, quantitative)
    • IIIC. PRACTICE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH — Quality assurance (e.g., program reviews and audits by external sources)
    • IIID. SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION — Supervisee’s role in supervision (e.g., identifying learning needs, self-assessment, prioritizing)
    • IIID. SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION — Supervision and consultation models and techniques (e.g., individual, peer, group, case recording)
    • IIID. SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION — Transference and countertransference within supervisory relationships
    • IIID. SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION — Methods for creating, implementing, and evaluating policies and procedures that minimize risk for individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
    • IIID. SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION — Organizational development, structure, and functioning (e.g., policies, procedures)
    • IIID. SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION — Fiscal management and resource allocation techniques
Examination sources

ASWB Masters Exam

Provider
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB); administered on computer at Pearson test centers
Format
Computer-based multiple-choice examination (three- and four-option questions) in two 61-question sections, each with a two-hour time limit; scored and pretest questions are mixed together; results reported as pass/fail
Exam questions
122 multiple-choice questions: 110 scored and 12 unscored pretest questions
Time limit
4 hours (two sections, each with a two-hour time limit)
Passing score
Pass/fail; the number of correct answers required varies by exam form and generally ranges from 66 to 78 of the 110 scored questions
Exam fee
US$230 exam registration fee
Examination outline
  • I. VALUES AND ETHICS (35%) (35%)
    • IA. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES — Principles and processes of obtaining informed consent
    • IA. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES — Legal and ethical issues regarding confidentiality, including limitations of confidentiality (e.g., HIPAA, PHI, privacy)
    • IA. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES — Legal and ethical issues related to the practice of social work, including responsibility to clients/client systems, colleagues, the profession, and society
    • IA. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES — Identifying and resolving ethical dilemmas
    • IA. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES — Professional values and principles (e.g., competence, social justice, integrity, dignity and worth of the person)
    • IA. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES — Burnout, secondary trauma, and compassion fatigue
    • IA. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES — Social worker self-care principles
    • IA. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES — Importance of professional development activities to improve practice and maintain current professional knowledge (e.g., in-service training, licensing requirements, reviews of literature, workshops, on-going supervision, consultation)
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Professional boundaries in the social worker-client/client system relationship (e.g., power differences, influence, privilege, conflicts of interest, self-disclosure, dual relationships)
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Protecting and enhancing client/client system self-determination (e.g., medication, medical treatment, counseling, placement, right to refuse services)
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Legal and ethical issues regarding mandatory reporting (e.g., abuse, threat of harm, impaired professionals, duty to warn)
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Legal and ethical issues regarding documentation (e.g., maintaining client records)
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Impact of governmental policies on service delivery (e.g., local, state, federal legislation and policy)
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Legal and ethical issues related to death and dying
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Ethical issues in supervision and management
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Responsible billing practices (e.g., managed care, insurance reimbursement, incident to billing)
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Ethical issues related to electronic practice
    • IB. ETHICAL SERVICE DELIVERY — Legal and ethical issues regarding termination
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Anti-oppressive and anti-racist approaches
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Social, racial, environmental, and economic justice principles
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Impact of culture, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, and intersectionality on behaviors, attitudes, and identity formation
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Accessibility including language, physical, and cultural access (e.g., translation and interpretation, neurodiversity, American Sign Language)
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Privilege and bias and their impact on client/client systems (e.g., implicit bias, microaggressions)
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Power differential and racial privilege (e.g., internalized racial and ethnic inferiority and superiority)
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Cultural impacts of exploitation across marginalized communities (e.g., financial, immigration status, trafficking, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women)
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Social justice, truth and reconciliation, and restorative practices related to clients/client systems from historically oppressed and marginalized communities
    • IC. DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE — Impact of globalization, immigration, and refugee or immigration status on clients/client systems and service delivery
  • II. ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING (33%) (33%)
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Indicators and impact of trauma, stressors, violence, and crises on individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities (e.g., intergenerational, historical, and complex)
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Family dynamics and functioning and the effects on individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Impact of poverty on individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities (e.g., social determinants of health)
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Dynamics of interpersonal relationships and relationship development (e.g., family, couples, groups, polyamory)
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Indicators, dynamics, and impact of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse and neglect on individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Indicators of mental and emotional illness throughout the lifespan
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Impact of out-of-home placement (e.g., hospitalization, foster care, residential care, criminal justice system) on clients/client systems
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Impact of caregiving on families
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Indicators and impact of addiction and substance use and abuse on individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Co-occurring disorders and conditions
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Biopsychosocial assessment model and related components and factors
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Characteristics of perpetrators of abuse, neglect, and exploitation
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Indicators, dynamics, and impact of exploitation across the lifespan (e.g., financial, immigration status, trafficking)
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Defense mechanisms and their effects on behavior and relationships
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Effects of physical and mental ability throughout the lifespan
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Factors of out-of-home displacement (e.g., homelessness, immigration, and refugee status) on clients/client systems
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Impact of aging on the individual and family systems
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Factors influencing self- and body-image (e.g., culture, race, religion/spirituality, age, ability, trauma, gender, sexuality, size)
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Racial, ethnic, cultural, and spiritual/faith development throughout the lifespan
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Typical and atypical physical, cognitive, emotional, and sexual development throughout the lifespan
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — The influence and impact of technology, including social media, on client/client-systems (personal and professional)
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Impact of urbanization, globalization, environmental hazards, and climate change on individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
    • IIA. ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS — Client/client system competence, self-determination, and self-monitoring techniques (e.g., financial decisions, treatment decisions, emancipation, age of consent, permanency planning)
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Principles and techniques of interviewing (e.g., supporting, clarifying, confronting, validating, feedback, reflecting, language differences, use of interpreters)
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods of assessing risk of harm to self and others
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods of involving clients/client systems in problem identification, problem solving, and intervention planning
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods, techniques, and instruments for assessing client/client system strengths, resources, needs, and challenges
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods for obtaining sensitive and/or confidential information (e.g., substance use, sexual abuse)
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods for assessing resilience and coping abilities
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Indicators of and methods of assessing motivation, barriers, and readiness for change
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods of assessing clients’/client systems’ communication skills
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods of incorporating information from records and evaluations (e.g., employment, medical, psychological, school)
    • IIB. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Components and function of the mental status examination
    • IIC. ASSESSMENT PRACTICES — Assessing the availability of and determining appropriate community resources
    • IIC. ASSESSMENT PRACTICES — Cultural considerations in the creation of an intervention plan
    • IIC. ASSESSMENT PRACTICES — Factors and processes used in goal planning, treatment planning, triage, and service plans
    • IIC. ASSESSMENT PRACTICES — Criteria used in the selection of intervention/treatment modalities (e.g., client/client system abilities, developmental level, culture, life stage)
    • IIC. ASSESSMENT PRACTICES — Use and side effects of common prescription, over-the-counter, and alternative medications
    • IIC. ASSESSMENT PRACTICES — Indicators of client/client system readiness for termination
  • III. INTERVENTION AND PRACTICE (32%) (32%)
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — Strengths-based and empowerment strategies and interventions
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — Principles and techniques for building and maintaining a helping relationship (e.g., acceptance, empathy, rapport)
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — The social worker’s role in the problem-solving process
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — Interdisciplinary and intra-disciplinary team collaboration (e.g., co-therapy, care conference, IEP)
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — End of life practice (e.g., continuity of care, hospice, palliative care, stages of death and dying)
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — Parenting capacities and skill building
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — Policies, procedures, regulations, and legislation and their impact on social work practice and service delivery
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — Permanency planning (e.g., child welfare)
    • IIIA. PRACTICE CONCEPTS — Community organizing, development, and mobilizing community participation
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Limit and boundary setting techniques
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Verbal and nonverbal communication (e.g., body language, congruence, feedback)
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods and approaches for providing trauma-informed care for various types of trauma (e.g., complex, vicarious)
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Principles of active listening and observation
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Crisis intervention and treatment approaches
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Emotional regulation techniques
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Approaches to and methods of advocacy for needed services and resources
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods of teaching coping and other self-care skills to clients
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Practice with clients experiencing loss, separation, and grief
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Methods for engaging and motivating voluntary and involuntary clients/client systems
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Case management techniques (e.g., case recording, documentation, case presentation)
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Evidence-based practices (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness based stress reduction, motivational interviewing, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing)
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Stress management techniques
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Harm reduction techniques
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Contracting and goal-setting techniques (e.g., partializing, measurable objectives)
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Problem-solving models and approaches
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Discharge, aftercare, wrap-around services, and follow-up
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Conflict resolution methods
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Establishing service networks or community resources
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Techniques and methods for addiction intervention
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Psychoeducation methods
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Anger management techniques
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Group work techniques and approaches (e.g., developing and managing group processes and cohesion)
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Family therapy models, interventions, and approaches
    • IIIB. INTERVENTION METHODS AND TECHNIQUES — Social change and social planning methods
    • IIIC. PRACTICE. EVALUATION AND RESEARCH — Techniques for evaluating progress and effectiveness of intervention, treatment, and service plans
    • IIIC. PRACTICE. EVALUATION AND RESEARCH — Methods, techniques, and instruments used to evaluate social work practice
    • IIIC. PRACTICE. EVALUATION AND RESEARCH — Methods of evaluating agency programs (e.g., needs assessment, formative/summative assessment, cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit analysis, outcomes assessment)
    • IIIC. PRACTICE. EVALUATION AND RESEARCH — Basic and applied research design and methods, data collection and analysis methods, and methods to assess reliability and validity in social work research (e.g., objective, subjective, qualitative, quantitative)
    • IIID. SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION — Supervisee’s role in supervision (e.g., identifying learning needs, self-assessment, prioritizing)
    • IIID. SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION — Methods for creating, implementing, and evaluating policies and procedures for safe, inclusive, and a healthy work environment
    • IIID. SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION — Methods for creating, implementing, and evaluating policies and procedures that minimize risk for individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
    • IIID. SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION — Supervision and consultation models and techniques (e.g., individual, peer, group, case recording)
    • IIID. SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION — Transference and countertransference within supervisory relationships
Examination sources