Social Work Masters Exam Guide: A Comprehensive Study Guide - Softcover

Apgar, Dawn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826185622 ISBN 13: 9780826185624

Verlag: Springer Publishing Co Inc, 2020

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You've put too much time and work into your Social Work education and career to risk your ASWB exam prep to just any bargain study guide. Plan to pass your 2023/2024 LMSW Masters Licensing Exam on the first attempt with Dawn Apgar's premium, best-selling PRINT + ONLINE Social Work Licensing Masters Exam Guide.

Investing in exam prep is investing in your future. Reasons to choose our #1 rated ASWB test prep:

• Praised by colleagues and beloved by her students, renowned educator and social work licensing expert, Dr. Dawn Apgar, is credited with helping thousands of social workers pass their licensing exams.
• Her in-depth knowledge and precise test-taking strategies have earned her “lifesaver” accolades from social workers everywhere.
• FREE online access to ExamPrepConnect, the all-in-one study platform that guides you through the current ASWB exam prep content with tools, tests, and expert tips.
• A self-assessment and personalized study plan based on your exam date.
• Join an online study community through live and on-demand lessons and private discussion groups with Dr. Apgar.

Updated to reflect the most recent ASWB Exam outlines, Dr. Apgar's comprehensive Social Work Licensing Masters Exam Guide leads you through the four social work domains with a concise review of the concepts, methods, and principles you'll need to know and apply to pass the exam.

In the guide, you’ll learn about the content areas, competencies, and KSAs that are the basis for exam questions and how to:

• Avoid common test-taking mistakes and recognize qualifying words in question structure.
• Accurately identify the knowledge areas and KSAs behind each exam question.
• Apply your knowledge appropriately to the three types of questions you’ll encounter on the exam.
• Deconstruct and analyze questions by identifying the stem,key, and distractors.
• Eliminate answers and select the only correct answer among similar answers.

Exam Guide Features:

• How to Use This Guide — An all-new chapter focused on how the book's content structure links to the ASWB exam outline to help you study more efficiently.
• Examination Overview — Expanded discussion and analysis of the exam content based on the most recent ASWB outlines.
• Practical study tips — New content focused on essential strategies for success, how to deal with test anxiety, and how to maximize content retention based on learning styles.
• Critical test-taking strategies for analyzing ASWB-style questions and finding the only correct answer.
• Updated content on race, ethnicity and culture, and macro practice
• Self-Assessment Test to help identify areas of strength and weakness
• Practice Test — Includes a 170-question full practice test mirroring the actual exam with detailed explanations of correct answers.

The book comes with online access to ExamPrepConnect, to help you plan a customized study plan based on your specific exam date. Ways you can use ExamPrepConnect to plan to pass:

• Join live and on-demand lessons and private discussion boards with Dr. Apgar and others who are studying the same material for additional support and review.
• Get anywhere access to all the high-quality content from the guide across all your devices.
• Follow a personalized study plan based on your exam date.
• Take notes, highlight key terms, and bookmark content. Then review your notes and return to marked material from your personal dashboard.
• Track your scores, confidence, and strengths and weaknesses as you progress through the material. Know what you know and what you still need to review.
• Review your answers to practice questions in real-time, use the answer eliminator option, and read detailed rationales.
• Take both full-length practice tests digitally to simulate the test-taking environment.
• Try the game center to test your knowledge and compete with peers. 

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Dawn Apgar, PhD, LSW, ACSW, has helped thousands of social workers across the country pass the ASWB examinations associated with all levels of licensure. In recent years, she has consulted in numerous states to assist with establishing licensure test preparation programs.

Dr. Apgar has done research on licensure funded by the American Foundation for Research and Consumer Education in Social Work Regulation and was chairperson of her state's social work licensing board. She is a past President of the New Jersey Chapter of NASW and has been on its National Board of Directors. In 2014, the Chapter presented her with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Apgar has taught in both undergraduate and graduate social work programs and has extensive direct practice, policy, and management experience in the social work field.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Co Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0826185622
• ISBN 13: 9780826185624
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 436
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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