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Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Clinical social work credential requiring social work and jurisprudence examinations for initial licensure.

Licensing authority: Colorado State Board of Social Work Examiners · Application information

Licensure by endorsement through occupational credential portability
Age
At least 21 years of age.
Application
Submit the prescribed application and nonrefundable fee; disclose name changes and general and criminal history; complete the Healthcare Professions Profile.
Application Expiration
The 2025 adopted rule keeps an application active for one year; a new application must meet then-current requirements unless the Board extends it for good cause.
Clinical Experience
For LCSW, show qualifying supervised practice or active clinical practice under Rule 1.12(C)(1)(a)(3); active practice means at least 20 hours weekly averaged over practice.
Education
A qualifying CSWE-approved or equivalent graduate social work degree is required.
Examination Alternatives
Rule 1.12(C)(1)(a)(2), effective May 15, 2025, allows the appropriate examination if required for the license level; two years of active practice; or, if the original jurisdiction required no written exam, independent practice for five of the last ten years without discipline. Another jurisdiction’s own examination is applicant evidence, not a Colorado examination leaf.
Jurisprudence Score Validity
The Board-linked examination bulletin says a passing result expires one year after the Results Report; submit an unexpired report.
Prior License
Hold a current unrestricted social work credential in good standing, or qualifying military occupational specialty; submit verification from all jurisdictions and report discipline, injunctions, malpractice matters, and criminal history.
Substantial Equivalence
Meet the portability statute’s substantial-equivalence or one-year comparable-license conditions, subject to the Board’s statutory grounds to refuse issuance.
Initial licensure with foreign education
Age
At least 21 years of age.
Application
Submit the prescribed application and nonrefundable fee; disclose name changes and general and criminal history; complete the Healthcare Professions Profile.
Application Expiration
The 2025 adopted rule keeps an application active for one year; a new application must meet then-current requirements unless the Board extends it for good cause.
Education
A master’s or doctoral degree from a qualifying graduate school of social work.
Experience
C.R.S. 12-245-404(2)(c), amended effective August 12, 2026, requires at least two years and at least 3,000 hours of supervised clinical social work. The obtained Board rule 1.14(C)(4) still states 3,360 hours including 1,680 clinical hours; it requires 96 supervision hours, including at least 48 individual in-person or telesupervision hours. Applicants should see the Board’s stated implementation alongside the statute.
Experience Status
Qualifying practice must be under the registration, licensure, listing, or exempt-facility circumstances the Board permits before hours accumulate.
Foreign Education
Foreign-trained applicants must submit education to the credentialing agency for an equivalency evaluation; the Board determines equivalence to CSWE education. The Licensing Guide directs applicants to obtain a course-by-course evaluation for a foreign degree.
Jurisprudence Score Validity
The Board-linked examination bulletin says a passing result expires one year after the Results Report; submit an unexpired report.
Score Age
The rule generally accepts required licensing-examination results within five years; the bulletin gives jurisprudence results a separate one-year validity.
Supervisor
Supervision must be by an LCSW or another person of equivalent experience determined by the Board; document hours and obtain supervisor attestations.
Transfer existing license to inactive status
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Apply in the Board-prescribed form to place the license inactive.
Practice
Do not perform acts restricted to active licensure; Board disciplinary jurisdiction remains.
Renewal
Inactive licensees need not fulfill continuing competency for renewal while inactive.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2025-05-15.

Initial licensure by examination
Age
At least 21 years of age.
Application
Submit the prescribed application and nonrefundable fee; disclose name changes and general and criminal history; complete the Healthcare Professions Profile.
Application Expiration
The 2025 adopted rule keeps an application active for one year; a new application must meet then-current requirements unless the Board extends it for good cause.
Education
A master’s or doctoral degree from a qualifying graduate school of social work.
Experience
C.R.S. 12-245-404(2)(c), amended effective August 12, 2026, requires at least two years and at least 3,000 hours of supervised clinical social work. The obtained Board rule 1.14(C)(4) still states 3,360 hours including 1,680 clinical hours; it requires 96 supervision hours, including at least 48 individual in-person or telesupervision hours. Applicants should see the Board’s stated implementation alongside the statute.
Experience Status
Qualifying practice must be under the registration, licensure, listing, or exempt-facility circumstances the Board permits before hours accumulate.
Jurisprudence Score Validity
The Board-linked examination bulletin says a passing result expires one year after the Results Report; submit an unexpired report.
Score Age
The rule generally accepts required licensing-examination results within five years; the bulletin gives jurisprudence results a separate one-year validity.
Supervisor
Supervision must be by an LCSW or another person of equivalent experience determined by the Board; document hours and obtain supervisor attestations.
Six year military family licensure by portability
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Board Instruction
The lower-ranked Board rule still states: "D. Jurisprudence Examination. Each applicant for both licensure and candidate registration shall pass a Board-developed jurisprudence examination."; its ordinary endorsement provisions also describe examination evidence if required for the license level. These do not add an examination to the statute’s specific military-family entitlement.
Duration And Fee
Six years from issuance, renewable; the regulator waives the single-state application fee.
Eligible Applicant
A relocated military spouse, gold star spouse, dependent, or spouse/dependent of another qualified servicemember covered by C.R.S. 12-20-202(3)(f), with an active credential in good standing elsewhere.
Issuance
The statute grants issuance on proof of the qualifying active credential and good standing, subject to its compact and good-standing exceptions.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2025-05-15.

Reactivation after inactivity exceeding two years
Application
Submit application, fee, disclosures and practice history.
Competence
Complete the CPC reactivation requirements. In addition to jurisprudence, offer related work experience, the identified national exam, ten extra PDH per inactive year or portion, or another Board-approved method; these options may excuse sitting a national examination.
Examination Evidence
The 08/2025 form identifies Masters for LSW and Clinical for LCSW; its attached checklist identifies Clinical for both and specifies passage within the last two years. The form itself says examination since inactivation. These same-rank discrepancies are retained for applicants.
Inactivity
The Colorado license has been inactive for more than two years.
Reactivation after inactivity of no more than two years
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit reactivation application and fee; make good-standing, disciplinary, malpractice and complaint certifications.
Competence
Complete 40 PDH within the two years before the application, unless an applicable exemption or deem status applies.
Inactivity
The Colorado license has been inactive for no more than two years.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2025-05-15.

Reinstatement after lapse exceeding two years
Application
Submit the reinstatement application, fee, disclosures, practice history and Healthcare Professions Profile.
Competence Alternative
In addition to jurisprudence, the Board accepts documented related work experience, the identified national examination, ten additional PDH for each expired year or portion, or another Board-approved method. These applicant alternatives may excuse sitting a national examination.
Continuing Competence
Meet ordinary CPC requirements in the prior two years or an applicable exemption/deemed-compliance option.
Hardship
C.R.S. 12-20-202(2)(c)(III) permits the regulator to waive reinstatement requirements for hardship while considering public protection.
Lapse
The Colorado license has been expired for more than two years.
Result Window
The checklist asks for national examination passage within the last two years; submit a current jurisprudence report.
Reinstatement after lapse of no more than two years
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the reinstatement application and fee; detail practice since expiry, disclosures, and Healthcare Professions Profile.
Competence
Meet the CPC requirements in the preceding two years, or an applicable exemption/deemed-compliance option.
Disciplinary Review
Supply certifications of good standing and disclose injunctions, discipline and malpractice; the Board may decline issuance for pending discipline or unresolved complaints.
Lapse
The Colorado license expired beyond the 60-day grace period but no more than two years ago.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2025-05-15.

Routine active license renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing Competence
Complete the Board CPC program, generally 40 Professional Development Hours per cycle, or establish qualifying deem status or military exemption.
Exam Boundary
Routine renewal does not include the additional examination criteria for a license expired or inactive more than two years.
Existing Credential
Hold the corresponding Colorado license and renew it; late renewal within the 60-day grace period requires a delinquency fee.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2025-05-15.

Upgrade from an active Colorado LSW
Age
At least 21 years of age.
Application
Submit the prescribed application and nonrefundable fee; disclose name changes and general and criminal history; complete the Healthcare Professions Profile.
Application Expiration
The 2025 adopted rule keeps an application active for one year; a new application must meet then-current requirements unless the Board extends it for good cause.
Education
A master’s or doctoral degree from a qualifying graduate school of social work.
Existing Credential
Hold a current, active Colorado LSW in good standing.
Experience
C.R.S. 12-245-404(2)(c), amended effective August 12, 2026, requires at least two years and at least 3,000 hours of supervised clinical social work. The obtained Board rule 1.14(C)(4) still states 3,360 hours including 1,680 clinical hours; it requires 96 supervision hours, including at least 48 individual in-person or telesupervision hours. Applicants should see the Board’s stated implementation alongside the statute.
Experience Status
Qualifying practice must be under the registration, licensure, listing, or exempt-facility circumstances the Board permits before hours accumulate.
Jurisprudence Score Validity
The Board-linked examination bulletin says a passing result expires one year after the Results Report; submit an unexpired report.
Score Age
The rule generally accepts required licensing-examination results within five years; the bulletin gives jurisprudence results a separate one-year validity.
Supervisor
Supervision must be by an LCSW or another person of equivalent experience determined by the Board; document hours and obtain supervisor attestations.
Upgrade Score Exception
Rule 1.14’s examination-results provision allows an LSW upgrading to LCSW to be exempt from the five-year national-result limit if the appropriate LCSW examination has been passed. The bulletin permits use of an unexpired jurisprudence passing report for additional applications.

Licensed Social Worker

Licensing authority: Colorado State Board of Social Work Examiners · Application information

Licensure by endorsement through occupational credential portability
Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Examination
Age
At least 21 years of age.
Application
Submit the prescribed application and nonrefundable fee; disclose name changes and general and criminal history; complete the Healthcare Professions Profile.
Application Expiration
The 2025 adopted rule keeps an application active for one year; a new application must meet then-current requirements unless the Board extends it for good cause.
Clinical Experience
For LCSW, show qualifying supervised practice or active clinical practice under Rule 1.12(C)(1)(a)(3); active practice means at least 20 hours weekly averaged over practice.
Education
A qualifying CSWE-approved or equivalent graduate social work degree is required.
Examination Alternatives
Rule 1.12(C)(1)(a)(2), effective May 15, 2025, allows the appropriate examination if required for the license level; two years of active practice; or, if the original jurisdiction required no written exam, independent practice for five of the last ten years without discipline. Another jurisdiction’s own examination is applicant evidence, not a Colorado examination leaf.
Jurisprudence Score Validity
The Board-linked examination bulletin says a passing result expires one year after the Results Report; submit an unexpired report.
Prior License
Hold a current unrestricted social work credential in good standing, or qualifying military occupational specialty; submit verification from all jurisdictions and report discipline, injunctions, malpractice matters, and criminal history.
Substantial Equivalence
Meet the portability statute’s substantial-equivalence or one-year comparable-license conditions, subject to the Board’s statutory grounds to refuse issuance.
Initial licensure with foreign education
Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Examination
Age
At least 21 years of age.
Application
Submit the prescribed application and nonrefundable fee; disclose name changes and general and criminal history; complete the Healthcare Professions Profile.
Application Expiration
The 2025 adopted rule keeps an application active for one year; a new application must meet then-current requirements unless the Board extends it for good cause.
Compact
The guide’s ASWB statement for a prospective multistate license does not add ASWB to the single-state initial LSW route.
Education
A master’s degree from a qualifying graduate school of social work.
Foreign Education
Foreign-trained applicants must submit education to the credentialing agency for an equivalency evaluation; the Board determines equivalence to CSWE education. The Licensing Guide directs applicants to obtain a course-by-course evaluation for a foreign degree.
Jurisprudence Score Validity
The Board-linked examination bulletin says a passing result expires one year after the Results Report; submit an unexpired report.
National Exam Statement
Initial LSW issuance is governed by C.R.S. 12-245-404(1), which requires jurisprudence. The Board Licensing Guide states: "The ASWB exam is no longer required to become a Licensed Social Worker (LSW)." The older Colorado ASWB preapproval page nevertheless states: "Effective July 1, 2022, the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies will accept only the ASWB Masters Examination for individuals applying to become a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) in Colorado."; the latter does not override the controlling statute.
Transfer existing license to inactive status
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Apply in the Board-prescribed form to place the license inactive.
Practice
Do not perform acts restricted to active licensure; Board disciplinary jurisdiction remains.
Renewal
Inactive licensees need not fulfill continuing competency for renewal while inactive.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2025-05-15.

Initial licensure
Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Examination
Age
At least 21 years of age.
Application
Submit the prescribed application and nonrefundable fee; disclose name changes and general and criminal history; complete the Healthcare Professions Profile.
Application Expiration
The 2025 adopted rule keeps an application active for one year; a new application must meet then-current requirements unless the Board extends it for good cause.
Compact
The guide’s ASWB statement for a prospective multistate license does not add ASWB to the single-state initial LSW route.
Education
A master’s degree from a qualifying graduate school of social work.
Jurisprudence Score Validity
The Board-linked examination bulletin says a passing result expires one year after the Results Report; submit an unexpired report.
National Exam Statement
Initial LSW issuance is governed by C.R.S. 12-245-404(1), which requires jurisprudence. The Board Licensing Guide states: "The ASWB exam is no longer required to become a Licensed Social Worker (LSW)." The older Colorado ASWB preapproval page nevertheless states: "Effective July 1, 2022, the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies will accept only the ASWB Masters Examination for individuals applying to become a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) in Colorado."; the latter does not override the controlling statute.
Six year military family licensure by portability
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Board Instruction
The lower-ranked Board rule still states: "D. Jurisprudence Examination. Each applicant for both licensure and candidate registration shall pass a Board-developed jurisprudence examination."; its ordinary endorsement provisions also describe examination evidence if required for the license level. These do not add an examination to the statute’s specific military-family entitlement.
Duration And Fee
Six years from issuance, renewable; the regulator waives the single-state application fee.
Eligible Applicant
A relocated military spouse, gold star spouse, dependent, or spouse/dependent of another qualified servicemember covered by C.R.S. 12-20-202(3)(f), with an active credential in good standing elsewhere.
Issuance
The statute grants issuance on proof of the qualifying active credential and good standing, subject to its compact and good-standing exceptions.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2025-05-15.

Reactivation after inactivity exceeding two years

All of the following:

Application
Submit application, fee, disclosures and practice history.
Competence
Complete the CPC reactivation requirements. In addition to jurisprudence, offer related work experience, the identified national exam, ten extra PDH per inactive year or portion, or another Board-approved method; these options may excuse sitting a national examination.
Examination Evidence
The 08/2025 form identifies Masters for LSW and Clinical for LCSW; its attached checklist identifies Clinical for both and specifies passage within the last two years. The form itself says examination since inactivation. These same-rank discrepancies are retained for applicants.
Inactivity
The Colorado license has been inactive for more than two years.
Reactivation after inactivity of no more than two years
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit reactivation application and fee; make good-standing, disciplinary, malpractice and complaint certifications.
Competence
Complete 40 PDH within the two years before the application, unless an applicable exemption or deem status applies.
Inactivity
The Colorado license has been inactive for no more than two years.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2025-05-15.

Reinstatement after lapse exceeding two years

All of the following:

Application
Submit the reinstatement application, fee, disclosures, practice history and Healthcare Professions Profile.
Competence Alternative
In addition to jurisprudence, the Board accepts documented related work experience, the identified national examination, ten additional PDH for each expired year or portion, or another Board-approved method. These applicant alternatives may excuse sitting a national examination.
Conflicting National Level
The specific LSW checklist names "Social Work: Master Level". The joint Licensing Guide instead names "Social Work: Clinical Level" for LCSW/LSW reinstatement. Both currently offered named examinations are retained as alternatives; the applicant must confirm which evidence the Board accepts for the LSW.
Continuing Competence
Meet ordinary CPC requirements in the prior two years or an applicable exemption/deemed-compliance option.
Hardship
C.R.S. 12-20-202(2)(c)(III) permits the regulator to waive reinstatement requirements for hardship while considering public protection.
Lapse
The Colorado license has been expired for more than two years.
Result Window
The checklist asks for national examination passage within the last two years; submit a current jurisprudence report.
Reinstatement after lapse of no more than two years
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the reinstatement application and fee; detail practice since expiry, disclosures, and Healthcare Professions Profile.
Competence
Meet the CPC requirements in the preceding two years, or an applicable exemption/deemed-compliance option.
Disciplinary Review
Supply certifications of good standing and disclose injunctions, discipline and malpractice; the Board may decline issuance for pending discipline or unresolved complaints.
Lapse
The Colorado license expired beyond the 60-day grace period but no more than two years ago.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2025-05-15.

Routine active license renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing Competence
Complete the Board CPC program, generally 40 Professional Development Hours per cycle, or establish qualifying deem status or military exemption.
Exam Boundary
Routine renewal does not include the additional examination criteria for a license expired or inactive more than two years.
Existing Credential
Hold the corresponding Colorado license and renew it; late renewal within the 60-day grace period requires a delinquency fee.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2025-05-15.

Provisional Social Worker

Provisional license tied to supervised employment in a qualifying residential child care facility.

Licensing authority: Colorado State Board of Social Work Examiners · Application information

Initial provisional license for residential child care practice
Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Examination
Application
Submit the provisional application, fee and supervisor details.
Education
Complete the qualifying postgraduate social work degree.
Employment
Work in a qualifying residential child care facility under a licensee’s supervision; identify the supervising licensee in the application.
Jurisprudence Application
The statute 12-245-208 defines the provisional education and employment conditions. The Board Licensing Guide’s "All applicants" jurisprudence-report instruction and Rule 1.12(D)’s each-applicant instruction are read as covering this licensure form.
Termination
The license terminates 30 days after qualifying employment or supervision ends unless proof of a qualifying replacement is submitted; report supervision changes within 30 days.
Reinstatement after lapse exceeding two years
Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Examination
Application
Submit the reinstatement application, fee and required disclosures.
Competence Alternative
The registration-inclusive 2025 Rule 1.13(A) is read with the retained more-than-two-year jurisprudence provision. Supply work experience, extra professional development, or another Board-approved competency showing. The rule’s examination at the appropriate license level does not identify a separate national examination for candidate or provisional status and is recorded as a condition.
Lapse
The license or candidate registration has been expired for more than two years.
Provisional Eligibility
For provisional status, maintain qualifying residential child care employment and licensee supervision.
Reinstatement after lapse of no more than two years
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Additional Conditions
Meet applicable continuing-competence and Board disciplinary review requirements; a provisional applicant must still satisfy qualifying employment and supervision conditions.
Application
Submit the reinstatement application and fee, practice history, general and criminal-history disclosures and Healthcare Professions Profile.
Lapse
The credential expired beyond the renewal grace period but no more than two years ago.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2025-05-15.

Routine renewal of provisional license
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Candidate Development
Maintain qualifying residential child care employment and supervision; apply and pay the renewal fee.
Exam Boundary
Renewal continues the credential; the statute and implemented renewal rules do not require the initial examination to be repeated.
Existing Credential
Renew the existing credential; the statutory renewal and grace-period provisions apply.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2025-05-15.

Clinical Social Worker Candidate

Registration as a Clinical Social Worker Candidate.

Licensing authority: Colorado State Board of Social Work Examiners · Application information

Initial candidate registration
Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Examination
Age
At least 21 years of age.
Application
Submit the prescribed application and nonrefundable fee; disclose name changes and general and criminal history; complete the Healthcare Professions Profile.
Application Expiration
The 2025 adopted rule keeps an application active for one year; a new application must meet then-current requirements unless the Board extends it for good cause.
Education
A qualifying master’s or doctoral social work degree, including CSWE candidacy programs under Rule 1.24; notify the Board if accreditation is not achieved.
Jurisprudence Score Validity
The Board-linked examination bulletin says a passing result expires one year after the Results Report; submit an unexpired report.
Practice
Registration supports supervised clinical experience; complete LCSW experience and examinations before moving to full clinical licensure.
Term
Candidate registration expires after three years if LCSW requirements have not been met; renewal and reinstatement provisions apply.
Reinstatement after lapse exceeding two years
Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Examination
Application
Submit the reinstatement application, fee and required disclosures.
Competence Alternative
The registration-inclusive 2025 Rule 1.13(A) is read with the retained more-than-two-year jurisprudence provision. Supply work experience, extra professional development, or another Board-approved competency showing. The rule’s examination at the appropriate license level does not identify a separate national examination for candidate or provisional status and is recorded as a condition.
Lapse
The license or candidate registration has been expired for more than two years.
Provisional Eligibility
For provisional status, maintain qualifying residential child care employment and licensee supervision.
Reinstatement after lapse of no more than two years
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Additional Conditions
Meet applicable continuing-competence and Board disciplinary review requirements; a provisional applicant must still satisfy qualifying employment and supervision conditions.
Application
Submit the reinstatement application and fee, practice history, general and criminal-history disclosures and Healthcare Professions Profile.
Lapse
The credential expired beyond the renewal grace period but no more than two years ago.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2025-05-15.

Routine renewal of candidate registration
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Candidate Development
For a second or subsequent candidate renewal, complete the Board-required continuing professional development and educational hours; the 2025 rule states 60 PDH at the second subsequent renewal cycles.
Exam Boundary
Renewal continues the credential; the statute and implemented renewal rules do not require the initial examination to be repeated.
Existing Credential
Renew the existing credential; the statutory renewal and grace-period provisions apply.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2025-05-15.

Registered Provider — Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Telehealth)

Out-of-state clinical social work telehealth registration under C.R.S. 12-30-124.

Licensing authority: Colorado State Board of Social Work Examiners · Application information

Initial out of state telehealth provider registration
Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Examination
Discipline
Meet the statute’s five-year disciplinary-history condition, including its Colorado-law exception.
Emergency Protocol
Comply with Colorado practice standards, disclosures, notification requirements, and the statutory written emergency protocol.
Existing License
Hold an active unencumbered corresponding social work credential elsewhere with educational and supervisory standards equivalent to or above the comparable Colorado credential.
Financial Responsibility
Maintain the financial responsibility required by the regulator.
Practice Limit
Provide telehealth only; no Colorado office or in-person care under this registration.
Registered Agent
Designate an agent for service of process in Colorado.

Licensed Social Worker Telehealth Licensure

Out-of-state telehealth registration under C.R.S. 12-30-124; it authorizes telehealth services and is an alternative to a Colorado practice license.

Licensing authority: Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) · Application information

Initial out of state telehealth provider registration
Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Examination
Discipline
Meet the statute’s five-year disciplinary-history condition, including its Colorado-law exception.
Emergency Protocol
Comply with Colorado practice standards, disclosures, notification requirements, and the statutory written emergency protocol.
Existing License
Hold an active unencumbered corresponding social work credential elsewhere with educational and supervisory standards equivalent to or above the comparable Colorado credential.
Financial Responsibility
Maintain the financial responsibility required by the regulator.
Practice Limit
Provide telehealth only; no Colorado office or in-person care under this registration.
Registered Agent
Designate an agent for service of process in Colorado.

Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence Examination

Provider
ISO-Quality Testing, Inc.
Format
Online, open-book, multiple-choice, one-best-answer test
Exam questions
45
Passing score
500 on a 200–800 scaled-score range
Examination outline
  • I. GENERAL MENTAL HEALTH STATUTES (27%)
    • Part 1. Legislative Declaration
    • Part 2-General Provisions
    • Definitions
    • Scope of Practice
    • Mandatory Disclosures
    • Limitation on Authority
    • Minimum Standards for Testing
  • II. CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVILEGE (13%)
    • Disclosure of Confidential Communications
    • Duty to Report Violation
    • Who May Not Testify Without Consent
  • III. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES/VIOLATIONS (16%)
    • Prohibited Activities
    • Violated/Attempted to Violate Provision or Rule
    • Acting or Failing to Act with Generally Accepted Standards of Care
    • Discipline by Another Jurisdiction
  • IV. BOARD RULES (19%)
    • Board Powers/Duties
    • Licensee/Registrant/Certificate Holder Responsibilities
    • Information Required to Report
    • Client Records
    • Confidential Agreement to Limit Practice
  • V. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES (15%)
    • Involuntary Commitment
    • Injunctive Proceedings
    • Duty to Warn
    • Child: Duty to Report Abuse, Neglect
    • At-Risk Persons: Duty to Report Abuse/Exploitation
  • VI. DISCIPLINARY PROVISIONS/PROCEEDINGS (10%)
    • Disciplinary Provisions
    • Proceedings and Actions
    • Unauthorized Practice
    • Referral to Peer Health Assistance Program
Examination sources

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

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