How to PASS The Masters/Clinical LMSW/LCSW Exams with Practice Questions with Phil

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5 жыл бұрын

Today I review 5 practice questions that cover various topics and I apply the SFAREAFI acronym as applicable.
The ASWB Clinical Exam, or the Association of Social Work Boards Clinical Exam, is a test that was made to determine whether or not an individual's level of knowledge of social work in a clinical setting is sufficient. You will have four hours to complete 170 multiple choice questions, including 20 pre-test questions, that test your knowledge in Human Behavior, Diversity Issues, Diagnosis and Assessment, Psychotherapy, Communication, Therapeutic Relationships, Professional Ethics, Clinical Supervision, Practice Evaluation, Service Delivery, and Clinical Practice and Management. To register, you must have at least a Master's degree from a social work program, and two years of clinical social work experience.
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@Nookiepudding 5 жыл бұрын

Passed LCSW last Saturday! Your videos were a big help. Thank you!

@MzLogicalVirgo 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats Phil! You deserve it. You pay forward and deserve this and more.

@robincuster9202 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this!! Congratulations on passing your own exam!!

@VintageCreationsLLC 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your accomplishment, very well deserved. Thank you for providing us with great information.

@latashaexyt7666 4 жыл бұрын

LOVE WHAT YOUR DOING AND YOUR ADVISE! TY!

@susanbishop2611 5 жыл бұрын

These video’s are so helpful. Seeing the reasoning behind “first” steps over others is giving me an idea of what is needed for the exam. The examples are also reminding me of things I had forgotten as well as things I haven’t ever learned.

@AF-gn6wk 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats My Guy!!! Great reasoning questions! More please!!! Keep up the good work bro!!! :)

@khrystaldupre4398 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats Phil!!!!!

@jasminehamilton694 4 жыл бұрын

Phil i am feeling so much better after watching your videos my anxiety has lowered TREMENDOUSLY I am feeling so much more confident please keep the videos coming because this very helpful.

@cherylmaloney8841 2 жыл бұрын

I know I am almost 3 years late, but congrats to you Phillip! I take my LSW exam next week and I just found your channel, it is so helpful. Thank you!

@cinnamongirl7519 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! I want you to know I passed my exam today with your help ✨👏🏽 thank you so much!

@erinhanson9294 Жыл бұрын

Your study groups are so helpful to me! Thank you breaking down the questions and motivating us all!

@PhilintheGaps Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you rocking with me 🤓 It is my pleasure to be able to serve🙏🏻

@lovebegann74 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats!!

@shirlmederlet5179 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video Phil

@didukes30 5 жыл бұрын

awesome thanks. Very Helpful... please keep this going

@danawerner4203 Жыл бұрын

This was really helpful with ethics training! Thanks!

@debbielacroix2036 4 жыл бұрын

I am really enjoying the videos a big help

@Tmoneysjdjdk 4 жыл бұрын

Passed my LGSW/LMSW exam today! Thanks Phil

@erikafountain4757 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations

@MeighanHylton 5 жыл бұрын

I found your videos very helpful as a study aide I think they were a big part of why I passed my exam yesterday so THANK YOU!

@Nece9988 5 жыл бұрын

I take mine this Thursday I'm so nervous I just wanted to ask you are the test questions the same like his meaning the same format cuz I've heard that is different set of questions nothing relatable to the practice books

@MeighanHylton 5 жыл бұрын

Nece9988 Well in my case I did have some that resembled the examples he gave, but there were a lot of variances, but his examples and explanations were really helpful even in other questions where the format wasn’t exactly the same all the questions won’t resemble these but the situational questions most likely will. I hope this helps good luck on your test and remember to breathe and stay calm.

@gladisabreu6404 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Phill, I just wanted to communicate that I just took my ASWB exam and passed! I honestly appreciate all your videos and podcast they really helped me a lot! Keep doing what you do !! Is really appreciated and I learned a lot 💕

@erikafountain4757 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations

@tracyrowe8069 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations!!!!!

@MsMincy1 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations!

@virginia4766 4 жыл бұрын

assuming that for number 2 he's already had contact with the authorities in regards to murder is kind of ridiculous. that's making a huge assumption, which we're not supposed to do.

@rachelbreger2169 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think it’s making an assumption because you have the information that he’s in a psychiatric hospital. If it said he was in an outpatient clinic, the answer would be different. Since he’s in an inpatient facility there is no duty to warn, plus we need more information regarding that situation anyway...hope that helps!!

@anawhite1574 Жыл бұрын

Super helpful

@JohnDuodeh 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@earlsouter4314 2 жыл бұрын

Got 3/5 this time on the last one I felt like she established a baseline for her anger, but you explained that we could get more information and then establish one.

@paulinapantoja1984 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations 🎊

@beverlyweathersby1208 Жыл бұрын

This was helpful; Question #1 I was going with just accepting the gift, but after Phil explained the reasoning I was able to understand the answer #c which is the better choice. asking the Client for the reasoning behind the gift

@mallorymareski4965 5 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your videos Phil! I am not understanding some of the logic behind the answers. Though your explanation for Q1 makes sense, I don't know if I entirely agree. Q2 though I cannot understand the answer. Typically, in any safety question you would need to report. It would be an assumptions that other's know this information already, correct? Though I sometimes have confidence answering your questions, other times I lack it because the understanding is so inconsistent across questions that it is disheartening to me trying to find a system/pattern to identify the correct answer. I hope this makes sense. Again, thanks for your time and these videos!

@maralinda32 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed how you calmly talk in this video. I had a hard time listening other videos when yelling sometimes while reading questions. Specifically when I had head phones on it hurt my ears

@sunflowerc9560 5 жыл бұрын

I'm actually a little confused with question # 1. I thought the answer would have been B because social workers in most situations should not accept gifts from clients. I feel informing the client why it is unethical to accept gift is more important than gathering information of the gift.

@dalilabaied7891 4 жыл бұрын

What helped me understand this was that in C, he does not DENY the gift, but just gathers nformation before accepting or denying the gift.... Which would be kind of a feelings choice (or assess I guess).

@kekarthurthebastard226 4 жыл бұрын

Dalila Baied i think the assess aspect is because you would be finding more about the set parameters of the clients cognitive process to conclude you where a candidate for the “honor of the coin”. As it is not yet a ethical issue outside common human norms or cultural customs.

@mannymunro6753 4 жыл бұрын

Sunflower C read the code of ethic several times, read it

@Butterfly-jt6cr 3 жыл бұрын

Agree it's unethical to receive gifts

@a1joryj 3 жыл бұрын

What??? I was taught to never, under ANY circumstances accept gifts from clients because it would violate the relationship or whatever, even after termination. So DO I or DONT I? Why are two official sources for the same subject telling me two completely different things???

@comments112592 3 жыл бұрын

Hey! I have my LMSW exam coming up in two weeks. I’m thinking of pushing it back because I don’t feel like I’m ready. I have the LMSW book by Dawn but I just don’t know where to start. Do you have any tips? Or which videos do I need to start watching of yours?

@nicolelynn4243 5 жыл бұрын

I have my test on Saturday and wish I would have found your videos before!

@nicolelynn4243 5 жыл бұрын

I PASSED! Glad that I came across your videos when I did because I had a lot of questions on my test where I used your method and it really helped.

@danielzea5302 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats! I take my test in a month

@nicolelynn4243 5 жыл бұрын

Daniel Zea thank you! And good luck to you!

@Veechanel 2 жыл бұрын

For question 3, why is it B and not A? I thought for court order we DO NOT tell the client and we just GIVE paperwork to the court? or in this case would B just be the "best" answer option? Help!

@lexi4christ108 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, does the acronyms SFAREAFI apply to the reasoning type of questions, in which asks

@alwaysliveloud2024 3 жыл бұрын

Question 5 answer B: how do you know it is the initial intake? It doesn't say in any part of the question this is an initial intake.

@meredithcarney 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for helping me pass 🙌🏻

@marshapolanco6963 5 жыл бұрын

I love and appreciate this content. I’m interested in the study group.

@PhilintheGaps 5 жыл бұрын

Send me an email at berda24@gmail.com for information

@pembrooke18 5 жыл бұрын

@@PhilintheGaps I have sent you two email from my Yahoo account....but no replies.

@asills423 Жыл бұрын

Do you still do tutoring for the LMSW

@fitz3127 5 жыл бұрын

Is there a sentence or something that is already well known that can help remember the SFAREAFI acronym??

@brookeferguson9339 3 жыл бұрын

I came up with one because it was hard for me to remember the letters in order. It goes: (S)ome (F)olks (A)re (R)arely (E)ver (A)ctually (F)unny (I)n my opinion. I couldn't figure out just one word for the letter I so I just know that it stops at the letter I.

@glennkakely1999 3 жыл бұрын

are we able to write this acronym (SFAREAFI) on our exam materials they provide (paper or white board)?

@mariciathompson1637 3 жыл бұрын

I know this is late but you can write whatever you want on that whiteboard. Did you ever take your exam?

@glennkakely1999 3 жыл бұрын

@@mariciathompson1637 hey. Yes I did. I passed with a 118 back in February. I credit these videos for my success! My preliminary test which I established 40 days prior to my exam date and in order to establish a baseline resulted in a 74.

@NaturallyTuddy 5 жыл бұрын

what does the acronym stand for?

@TheCutiepie2004 4 жыл бұрын

Safety Feelings Assess Refer Educate Advocate Faciliste Intervene He also has a video about it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mLCfibFjt8eah6c.html Hope this helps

@td5720 2 жыл бұрын

how can i print this

@laurielawrence316 5 жыл бұрын

Is there an order that i should watch your videos?

@PhilintheGaps 5 жыл бұрын

There is no order to them, besides my little life updates.

@bivianacoyomani515 Жыл бұрын

Ouufff got the last two wrong. :(

@Hi-di6fd 5 жыл бұрын

#1 would actually be B. You would be breaking confidential information or that you are working with a client to another person with out a consent to release information. Any other answer would be wrong. Never take a gift to give to another person or client on behalf that Client. This is an ethics question not a reasoning question. This is why the ASWB should not be a source to determine if someone is capable of providing LCSW treatment. Multiple people create the questions and multiple people have different opinions, therefor what is right for one question will be wrong for another question. This test needs to be banned. The sad thing is Social workers now tuck there tails between there legs and do what they are told, rather that advocating for ourselves. You can see this by the 100s of jobs for Masters and doctorate level degrees making salaries below fast food high-school kids. We need to advocate! Teachers have done it, Fast food workers have done it, Why cant we? when this is the basis of our whole career!?

@PhilintheGaps 5 жыл бұрын

I am a little confused by your comment, as #1 is stating that the social worker would decline the gift and ask THE CLIENT behind the meaning of the gift. Therefore, the social worker would not be asking anyone, other than the client about the gift. As social workers, we would not be able to accept any gifts that put a client in a vulnerable spot, and/or that can be viewed as the social worker benefiting from a client in some way. I will agree with you on the fact that this exam requires analysis of clinical situations, which can cause disagreement around answers to them. However, I do not agree that this exam should be banned, since it provides a standard for ethical practice, and gauges a social worker's ability to critically think during a clinical situation. The absence of an exam would allow for any and everyone to practice in our field. As for the salary comment, I am not sure how well versed you are in the current social work advocacy efforts, but multiple social workers, in conjunction with the NASW are advocating currently for salary wage increases. This effort is under the Elevate campaign. I can only speak for myself, but I did not enter this field to make $$, so my salary does not bother me. Again, I am not sure where these comments have come from, but I do appreciate you sharing them. I just do not feel this video will provide much advertisement for your views.