Thanks to some epic State contracting, I am now required to get a social work license to maintain my job. I already have a graduate-level degree and license, but in the field of psychology. Apparently, the State has decided, however, that businesses with said contract must have my position filled by social workers. Since they don’t care what level the license is, and since my degrees aren’t in social work, I am going for the BSW level, which allows you to have a non-sw degree.
And I am freaking the hell out. :eek: Waaaay worse than for my “real” license exam.
The NASW changed their BSW exam this year. Has anyone taken it? What was it like?
I have perused exam prep sites and found terrifying things like this:
“If a person can not pass emotionally from oral to anal stage, because of what factor is the emotional development “stuck”?
A. The person didn’t received the needed affection
B. The cathexis was not strong enough
C. The person has experienced too much pain
D. The fixation was not intense enough”
That’s not even grammatically correct! And the answers are TOTALLY wrong. Is this the kind of cracked-out stuff I should expect? Because it terrifies me. Please tell me the real test is better written.
I’m sorry I can’t help you (I’m a recent MSW who is stalling on the licensure process), but if that B.S. completely groundless developmental stages shit is seriously a question on the BSW exam I am spitting mad. :mad: I’m not a fan of NASW and this doesn’t really help. To me it’s just another hoop to jump through so I can get on with the work I actually care about.
Usually when you take the MSW exam, you can order a booklet to study the needed material. I imagine there is something similar for the BSW, but you must be registered to take the test before you have access to the study guide. There are also exam prep courses, for a fee, but my colleagues have found them very helpful.
I got the guide, and this “question” was one from a prep course, :smack: , which is why it is so deeply terrifying. I bought materials from another prep course, and it was also a series of WTF questions. :smack: I reviewed the NASW materials and bibliography, and thus began hunting down and reading the textbooks they say they use as sources. It is about as fun as a sharp stick in the eye.
