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The Role of a School Social Worker: LCSW & MFT Exam Prep

By Bethany Vanderbilt on October 31, 2012

One of the most important strategies you can use when you take your social work exam or MFT exam is to be aware of the ROLE that the therapist is in -- is the therapist providing therapy? Working in a hospital? Providing case management? This week's topic is School Social Work, which we can extend

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Qualitative Research: Studying for the LMSW Exam

By Emily Pellegrino on October 26, 2012

I must admit that this week's topic was always one I struggled with while in graduate school. However, it's one that's really important, and something that you will see on the LMSW exam. Research studies inform our professional practice and it is important to know the up-to-date research so that we

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Changes to LCSW and MFT Exams in California: BBS Update

By Amanda Rowan on October 24, 2012

Changes to LCSW and MFT Exams in California are coming in 2016. Please note that this information has been updated at the following blog: LCSW and MFT Exam Changes Won't Happen until 2016. Think our straightforward, sensible approach could help you PASS your social work or MFT exam? If you're

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The Importance of Group Treatment: LCSW & MFT Exam Prep

By Bethany Vanderbilt on October 24, 2012

We're leaving the land of logistics and headed back into what will probably feel like more familiar (and interesting) territory to most of us -- the different roles that a social worker or therapist can occupy. It's important when you're studying for and taking your LCSW exam or MFT exam that you

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Passing the California MFT Exam: A success story

By Amanda Rowan on October 22, 2012

The best part of my job coaching people for the California MFT Exam is receiving the emails from people in the afterglow of their success. I just got this one a few days ago and felt compelled to share it through our blog because Wendy Labov-Dunne does such a wonderful job articulating her

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LMSW Exam Prep: Understanding Prevention

By Emily Pellegrino on October 19, 2012

What do you need to know about prevention when preparing for the LMSW exam? This week's LMSW exam prep term, prevention, is an important one and great to know while you're studying. Prevention plays a large role in social work by working to prevent problems that affect the lives of many of our

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Why is Privilege Important to Know for the LCSW & MFT Exam?

By Bethany Vanderbilt on October 17, 2012

If you're preparing for the LCSW or LMSW social work exams or the MFT exam, what exactly do you need to know about privilege? Like most of our topics, this one is bound to come up, not only on the social work exam, but in real life -- and it's important to understand what privilege is in the legal

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How to Understand Outreach: LMSW Exam Prep

By Emily Pellegrino on October 11, 2012

One of the things that I've always loved about social work is that there are so many different roles we can perform in this field. For the LMSW exam it's important to know the essential functions and responsibilities of these various roles. One of the roles that may show up on the LMSW exam is that

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Passing the MFT Exam: A TDC Success Story

By Amanda Rowan on October 10, 2012

Here at the Therapist Development Center, nothing makes us happier than hearing about our clients' success. For those of you gearing up to take you MFT exams, we want to share with you some of the inspiring feedback from those who have gone before you. Our goal in doing this is to take some of the

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What Do You Know About Insurance? LCSW & MFT Exam Prep

By Bethany Vanderbilt on October 10, 2012

On the surface, insurance doesn't always sound like an exciting topic...it conjures up images of salespeople and paperwork and endless phone calls during which actually reaching a human being seems like a holy miracle. But if you're preparing for the LCSW exam or MFT exam, there are concepts related

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ASWB Exam Success Story: Passing the LCSW Exam

By Amanda Rowan on October 5, 2012

We know that it can be stressful and daunting preparing to pass the ASWB exam. That's why we've decided to share success stories so that you can see that PASSING is not as difficult as you may think when you use the TDC Study System. "I had almost given up hope after failing the ASWB LCSW exam for

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LMSW Exam Prep: Understanding Negative Reinforcement

By Emily Pellegrino on October 5, 2012

This week's LMSW exam prep topic is one that I've found is easy to confuse: negative reinforcement. We have B.F. Skinner to thanks for this term as he was the researcher who developed operant conditioning. Operant conditioning is a form of learning where a person's behavior is modified through both

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