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Mar

How'd It Go? How's It Going?

March 12, 2009

Have you taken the social work exam using these or any other resources? How'd it go? What helped? What didn't? What do you suggest to the next wave of hopefuls? Haven't gotten there yet? How's it going? How are you studying?

Mar

Mental Health Concepts

March 8, 2009

This one (thanks II, Susan!) looks to be available only through iTunes. It's Dr. David Cecil's "Mental Health Concepts." Includes Powerpoint slides (please ignore these if listening while driving). UPDATE: Resource gone.

Mar

Psych at Berkeley

March 8, 2009

A reader (thanks, Susan!) points out a load of psych courses from Cal Berkeley are available as podcasts via iTunes U. Psych 140--Developmental Psych--is the suggested starting point. More psych podcasts listed at About.com [now Very Well Mind] here.

Mar

Teen Reporting CA

March 6, 2009 | knowledge

LCSW bound (meaning licensed in California)? You need to know this stuff. Here, for everyone else USA, are the reporting numbers and websites nationwide. ALWAYS REPORTABLE:• Under 18 (14-17 years)1.

knowledge

Mar

68 Flash Cards and Counting...

March 4, 2009 | flash cards

Sixty-eight flash cards and counting... Card-front examples: Piaget's stages (ages) Flight of Ideas (MSE) Pica (DSM) Reaction Formation Paradoxical Interventions. You get the idea.

flash cards

Mar

The Perfect Social Worker

March 1, 2009 | exam day | tips and tricks

Just finished my 800th online test question (that's four of the five exams). Doing okay--not as well as I'd like--not yet test-ready. [Sigh.] On some questions, seems it's all too easy to get dragged into answers by personal experience--

exam day | tips and tricks

Mar

Delusions of...

March 1, 2009 | knowledge | quiz

knowledge | quiz

Mar

Defense Mechanisms

March 1, 2009 | extra knowledge

Encountered while making flash cards--hadn't seen this elsewhere, but seems helpful (and wouldn't fit on a card)--Vaillant's Levels of Defense Mechanisms: Level I - psychotic defences (i.e. psychotic denial, delusional projection) Level II -

extra knowledge

Feb

Safety First

February 25, 2009 | tips and tricks

Here's another oft-repeated rule of thumb that bears repeating: What the board is testing for is basic competence. That means that if you become licensed, they want to be sure you will do no harm. How do they test for this?

tips and tricks

Feb

Testing: MMPI

February 22, 2009 | extra knowledge

Questions I keep missing on the practice tests: stuff about psych testing. Never learned it at school, don't use it at work. Have to go from scratch. Does this mean anything to you?

extra knowledge

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