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Jun

14

Navigating SWTP

June 14, 2023 | meta

Need help getting around the site? Here's a series of quick videos answering basic questions. We'll add to these over time. If you have specific questions, you'd like to see addressed here, please let us know!

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May

13

Navigating the SWTP Blog

May 13, 2023 | meta

Social Work Test Prep started as a blog in 2009--a recording of one person's ASWB exam prep, sharing difficult concepts and online resources--helping other social workers pass the licensing exam.

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Apr

03

Say Hello to the New SWTP!

April 3, 2023 | meta

This morning we launched a new, faster, better, upgraded SWTP. What you might notice at first: it looks pretty much exactly the same.

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Jun

03

SWTP Exam #4 Has Launched!

June 3, 2014 | meta

We're extremely excited to announce that we've just added a fourth practice exam to the site. That means SWTP now offers over 650 practice questions, rationales, and suggested study links.

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Sep

25

SWTP Takes Off

September 25, 2013 | meta

Social Work Test Prep may look the same, but under the hood there've been big changes. The site is faster and more efficient now than ever! Just surf around and see.

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Nov

19

Free SWTP Practice Exam Winner

November 19, 2012 | meta

Congratulations to Jeanette, winner of a free SWTP practice exam! Jeanette was among the dozens of you who filled out the recent user survey. Thanks to everyone who participated.

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Oct

18

Practice Tests Improve Memory

October 18, 2010 | meta

So says a recent study. "Taking practice tests - particularly ones that involve attempting to recall something from memory - can drastically increase the likelihood that you'll be able to remember that information again later," Rawson said.

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Oct

30

New Look, New Location

October 30, 2009 | meta

Welcome to Social Work Test Prep.com. Used to be The Social Work Test Prep Blog, over at blogspot. No longer. Now: New look, new location. But same material, with everything prettier and hopefully easier to find.

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Oct

12

New Blog: Where the Client Is

October 12, 2009 | meta

This just up: Where the Client Is. Continuing the blog-as-you-go tradition of these pages, the new site will follow the figuring out of just what to do with a newly acquired LCSW.

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Sep

26

Licensed!

September 26, 2009 | meta

The BBS said "allow 30 days." It took less than a week. Tested Monday, licensed Friday! How to celebrate when you get licesned? Some ideas (good for any big milestone): Throw a party: Gather your friends and family for a celebration.

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Sep

26

"Extra Knowledge"

September 26, 2009 | meta

Had concerns that some posts might be creating unnecessary anxiety in test preppers by labeling as "knowledge" some obscure, deep cut social work facts, giving the impression that the test is impossible.

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Sep

23

How to Get Your LCSW

September 23, 2009 | meta | misc | tips and tricks

...in a bunch of not-necessarily-easy--but doable--steps. I remember as I was first looking into the profession, nothing spelled out this process in a way that made much sense. Degree--which? Internships--what? Study--how? Hopefully this will help.

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Feb

18

Revolution

February 18, 2009 | meta

Join the Social Work Test Prep revolution! @ facebook @ instagram @ twitter @ pinterest See you there. This post first went up when SWTP was just beginning--a blogspot-

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Jan

30

Overload

January 30, 2009 | meta | quiz | misc

Just read a bunch about delirium, dementia, amnesia, substance abuse, so taking a blogging break. It's a habit I'm trying to catch: blog-as-study-break rather than blog-as-procrastination-tool. Or tools--

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Jan

18

The Social Work Exam Prep Blog

January 18, 2009 | meta | misc

Now I tell me. Using Google's keyword tool, it becomes clear that I may have misnamed this blog (assuming I've been putting it together to be read and used and not just to divert my own test--I mean, exam--anxiety).

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