Social Work Exam Prep Reviews
I wanted to first inform you that I am finally an LCSW!!! I had used AATBS and Gerry Grossman for the second part of the vignette and studied really hard, but failed in 2011. I only missed it by 1 point, but I finished barely on time and half the time I felt like I was guessing. When I heard about your program I decided to try it out especially since I knew 2 other people who reported you had helped them tremendously. After I listened to your first workshop the test made sense. I was shocked. I practiced all your techniques, I realized that AATBS makes you assume things and therefore I failed my exam the first time. But I took the exam on 2/24/11 and not only did I pass, I finished in 90 minutes!! I am not joking. I was wondering if it was that simple, and I was going to review my answers at the end for fear that I had answered prematurely, but as I read a few questions I realized it made sense and that I had followed your instructions. And I passed!!! I am so thankful to you. I am telling all my friends about you. Truly, this is huge for me and I am so happy. Thank you and keep up the great job!!
I am telling everyone I know in Palm Springs to do your teleconferences. After the first workshop I realized what I had been doing wrong the first 3 times I took the exam. I finally passed today and even though the test was hard, I actually felt like I was passing it because I knew what to look for this time. Keep up the good work!
I got more benefit out of 5 hours with the TDC than I did from any 5 days or 5 weeks of other materials. Others pile on reams of materials that aren’t on the test, and provide online tests that we are guaranteed to fail, intimidating us into paying for weeks or months of their services to prepare for a test that we’re never going to see. Your materials and seminar were so succinct and so to the point for the type of questions we were actually going to face! Sincerely, Amanda, your company’s approach to this exam was such a breath of fresh air for me! As you & I (& others) agree, other offerings are encyclopedic with information that overwhelms and intimidates and yet isn’t needed for the exam. There are probably more points lost due to that distraction than there are gained from studying the available information. The TDC’s concise review of the 50 top areas, thinking strategies and mock exam, on the other hand, reassured me, calmed my mind and brought me back into focus on the things that really mattered.
I highly recommend working with the TDC if you are taking your BBS Licensure exam. I didn't pass my exam the first time and was feeling dejected. By chance, I found the TDC and worked with them to find new study techniques and figure out where my personal deficits were. With the TDC’s help, I passed my exam and have been working as an LCSW for the past two years.
I gained my Master of Social Work degree in 2001. Since that time I have wanted to return to San Diego, CA. I put it off due to California's policy of having their own exam process versus accepting the results of the national exam I passed in 2001. I had heard how difficult the California exams were and avoided taking them to the point of moving to Arizona instead of San Diego, in 2010.
I found the Therapist Development Center workshops via the TDC website (google search) and voila! Success! The workshops were focused on teaching strategy versus memorization (I KNEW I could not and did not WANT to use memorization!). The workshops were not overly long and they were NOT overly expensive! The TDC is a great teacher, getting to the heart of teaching concepts and strategies that instill confidence and bring out one's personal competence.
Before I even ordered or paid for a workshop they quickly returned a phone call and in the first conversation shared a point that was instrumental in helping me pass both California exams, on the first try.
I highly recommend the TDC workshops! Don't hesitate!