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Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

Independent clinical social-work license permitting autonomous clinical practice; ordinary initial applicants require the ASWB Clinical examination.

Licensing authority: Rhode Island Department of Health, Board of Social Work Examiners · Application information

Transition of a legacy certified title
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Other Criteria
Fulfill all other licensure criteria under Chapter 5-39.1; § 5-39.1-3(c) exempts these legacy title holders from examination.
Prior Title
Hold the legacy certified independent social worker title.
Scope
This is the statutory transition for holders of the former certified title, not a new certification offered to applicants without that status.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Restoration to good standing following discipline
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Discretion
Restoration is discretionary; satisfy the applicable disciplinary order and Board hearing determination.
Hearing
Following a hearing, the Board must be satisfied that renewed practice is in the public interest and recommend restoration to the Director.
Prior License
Previously held the corresponding Rhode Island independent clinical social worker license, subject to discipline.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Licensure by endorsement
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the Department's sworn application, valid identification and citizenship or lawful-entry documentation; official education transcripts must be sent directly by the school.
Application Fee
Nonrefundable $70 application fee; the application is valid for one year from receipt.
Board Experience Demand
The application requests supervised-practice verification for LICSW applicants; a verifying endorsement jurisdiction may supply it instead of separate supervised-practice forms.
Board Score Demand
The August 13, 2026 application states: If you are applying for Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) Only - Exam Score/Certification sent directly from the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) (Telephone 1-888-579-3926) (NOTE: Successful comple- tion of the ASWB examination IS required to obtain a license to practice as an independent social worker in the state of Rhode Island). Its interstate-verification instruction also states: If you have ever been licensed in another state, license verification(s) must be sent directly from the state(s) in which you hold or have held a license. (Interstate Verification Form included in this application can be used for that purpose) The Verification Form from the State of original licensure must include test scores for independent clinical social worker only, of the ASWB examination (or test scores may be sent directly from ASWB). If test scores are provided, you do not need to contact the ASWB to request the test scores. In addition to test scores, if the Supervised Practice Prerequisite is provided by the Endorsement State(s), then you are not required to submit the Supervised Practice Forms. These implementing score demands are retained as applicant conditions because § 5-39.1-8(c)(5) expressly supplies comparable licensure as the statutory alternative to § 5-39.1-8(c)(1)-(4).
Comparable Credential
Hold a comparable license, certification or registration from Rhode Island or another United States state or territory imposing substantially similar qualifications; the Board determines comparability.
Competence
No judicial declaration of mental incompetence, or a subsequent court determination of competence.
Disclosures
Disclose criminal charges and convictions, professional discipline, pending charges and license denials; furnish complete details for affirmative responses.
Felony History
No felony conviction unless the Board waives it upon satisfactory evidence that the conviction does not impair safe practice; the applicant bears the burden of proof.
License Verification
Verification from every jurisdiction in which a license is or was held must be sent directly to the Board.
Military Expedition
The application offers expedited processing to active-duty members, reservists, their spouses, and honorably discharged veterans upon the specified military-status documentation; expedition does not itself alter the ordinary route's examinations.
Minimum Age
At least 21 years old; R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-39.1-8(d)(1).
Practice Before Issuance
An endorsement applicant may not practice clinical social work in Rhode Island until a Rhode Island license is issued.
Professional Sanctions
No NASW ethics sanction or other state-board sanction unless waived on satisfactory evidence that it does not impair safe practice; the applicant bears the burden.
Public Trust
The applicant must merit the public trust to the Board's satisfaction.
Residency Status
United States citizenship or proof of other legal resident status.
Substance Use
Freedom from controlled-substance or alcohol use that impairs safe practice, with the applicant bearing the burden.
Tax Compliance
The application requires attestation that all applicable Rhode Island tax returns have been filed and taxes owed have been paid.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Initial licensure by examination
ASWB Clinical Exam
Application
Submit the Department's sworn application, valid identification and citizenship or lawful-entry documentation; official education transcripts must be sent directly by the school.
Application Fee
Nonrefundable $70 application fee; the application is valid for one year from receipt.
Clinical License
Hold a licensed clinical social-worker license under Chapter 5-39.1.
Competence
No judicial declaration of mental incompetence, or a subsequent court determination of competence.
Continuing Education
30 hours in the preceding 24 months, including at least three in cross-cultural practice addressing oppression and three in professional ethics; 22 contact hours and up to eight non-contact hours.
Disclosures
Disclose criminal charges and convictions, professional discipline, pending charges and license denials; furnish complete details for affirmative responses.
Education
Doctorate in clinical social work from a duly accredited college or university, or master's degree from a Council on Social Work Education-accredited school of social work.
Felony History
No felony conviction unless the Board waives it upon satisfactory evidence that the conviction does not impair safe practice; the applicant bears the burden of proof.
License Verification
Verification from every jurisdiction in which a license is or was held must be sent directly to the Board.
Military Expedition
The application offers expedited processing to active-duty members, reservists, their spouses, and honorably discharged veterans upon the specified military-status documentation; expedition does not itself alter the ordinary route's examinations.
Minimum Age
At least 21 years old; R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-39.1-8(d)(1).
Other Board Approved Examination
Rule § 7.4.3(A)(5)(b) also permits such other examination as the Board considers acceptable; the unidentified alternative is an applicant condition.
Professional Sanctions
No NASW ethics sanction or other state-board sanction unless waived on satisfactory evidence that it does not impair safe practice; the applicant bears the burden.
Public Trust
The applicant must merit the public trust to the Board's satisfaction.
Reexamination
Re-examination requires the examination-service fee and vendor interval; after three failures a formal Board meeting is required and any Board-prescribed coursework or training must be completed before retesting.
Residency Status
United States citizenship or proof of other legal resident status.
Score Delivery
ASWB Clinical results must be sent directly by ASWB, or provided by the original licensing jurisdiction.
Substance Use
Freedom from controlled-substance or alcohol use that impairs safe practice, with the applicant bearing the burden.
Supervised Experience
3,000 post-master's clinical-practice hours in the 24-to-72-month period immediately preceding application, including 1,500 direct-client hours. Experience must be appropriately licensed where required. Supervision: at least two hours every two weeks and one hour per 20 direct-client hours; at least 75% individual contact, groups of no more than ten, and no supervisor with the prohibited familial, household, employment or romantic relationship.
Supervision Proof
Provide supervised-practice statements sent directly to the Board in sealed envelopes.
Tax Compliance
The application requires attestation that all applicable Rhode Island tax returns have been filed and taxes owed have been paid.
Testing Accommodations
Requests for ADA testing accommodations and other examination-process issues are directed to the Board.
Reinstatement after failure to renew
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Accepted Providers
Coursework accepted, presented or approved by NASW or its chapters, other state social-work boards, ASWB, recognized social-work professional organizations, or CSWE-accredited MSW schools.
Continuing Education
30 hours in the preceding 24 months, including at least three in cross-cultural practice addressing oppression and three in professional ethics; 22 contact hours and up to eight non-contact hours.
Continuing Education Attestation
Sign a statement attesting that the most recent two-year licensure cycle's continuing-education requirements have been met.
Fees
Pay the current renewal fee and additional reinstatement fee.
Hardship
The Board may extend the continuing-education deadline for hardship or other extenuating circumstances.
Initial Cycle Exemption
Licensees initially licensed after the May 1 renewal date are exempt from continuing-education requirements until the next renewal cycle.
Lapse
The corresponding license lapsed by failure to renew on or before May 1 of the next odd year.
Practice Restriction
Do not practice clinical social work or use the protected title while the license is lapsed.
Records
Retain course descriptions, proof of attendance or completion for four years; records are subject to random Board audit.
Supervision Credit
Up to six hours per renewal period for supervising a bachelor's or master's social-work student for a full academic year; with prior Board agreement, six hours per year supervising an impaired or disciplined practitioner.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Licensure through military member or spouse recognition
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Board Ordinary Application Instructions
The Department uses its social-worker application; ordinary education, supervision and ASWB score fields appear there. Section 5-88-1 applies notwithstanding other law and directs recognized licensure on its own stated conditions; those ordinary-application fields remain matters to address with the Board.
Criminal Record
No disqualifying criminal record as the Board determines in accordance with § 28-5.1-14.
Decision
The Board must issue a written decision within 60 days of receiving the application.
Documentation
Submit the completed professional application, military-status documentation, change-of-station orders, proof of good standing, and Rhode Island Attorney General criminal-background check unless already required by the initial application.
Equivalency
The Board determines whether the other jurisdiction's licensing requirements are substantially equivalent; equivalent military education, training or experience must be considered under § 5-88-6.
Fees
Pay all applicable Rhode Island fees.
Geographical Scope
The recognized license is valid only in Rhode Island and does not itself create interstate compact or reciprocity eligibility.
Good Standing
The other jurisdiction's board must hold the applicant in good standing.
Military Status
Be a United States armed-forces member or that member's spouse, with qualifying change-of-station or transfer orders to Rhode Island; a spouse must have left employment to accompany the member.
Pending Cases
No pending other-jurisdiction board complaint, allegation or investigation relating to unprofessional conduct or an alleged crime.
Qualifying License
Hold a professional license or certification in another United States state for at least one year, for the corresponding social-work practice.
Revocation
No other jurisdiction's board has revoked an occupational license for negligence or intentional misconduct.
Surrender
No surrender of an occupational license for negligence or intentional misconduct.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Biennial renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Accepted Providers
Coursework accepted, presented or approved by NASW or its chapters, other state social-work boards, ASWB, recognized social-work professional organizations, or CSWE-accredited MSW schools.
Application
Submit the renewal application and renewal fee on or before May 1 of each odd-numbered year; attest to continuing-education completion. Renewal is effective May 2 and expires May 1 of the following odd-numbered year.
Continuing Education
30 hours in the preceding 24 months, including at least three in cross-cultural practice addressing oppression and three in professional ethics; 22 contact hours and up to eight non-contact hours.
Existing License
Hold the corresponding Rhode Island independent clinical social worker license.
Hardship
The Board may extend the continuing-education deadline for hardship or other extenuating circumstances.
Initial Cycle Exemption
Licensees initially licensed after the May 1 renewal date are exempt from continuing-education requirements until the next renewal cycle.
Records
Retain course descriptions, proof of attendance or completion for four years; records are subject to random Board audit.
Supervision Credit
Up to six hours per renewal period for supervising a bachelor's or master's social-work student for a full academic year; with prior Board agreement, six hours per year supervising an impaired or disciplined practitioner.

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