ASWB welcomed a 20-member delegation of social workers from Hangzhou City, China, September 13, at its headquarters in Culpeper, Virginia. The delegation was interested in learning about social work practice in the United States, the supervision of social workers, and how social work is regulated in the United States. At center, Mr. Huamin Cheng, deputy […]

The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) supports “Occupational Licensing Board Antitrust Damages Relief and Reform Act of 2018 (H.R. 6515)” introduced by Representative Mike Conaway (R-TX) to help ensure that state regulatory boards, board members, and staff members of regulatory boards are not personally at risk for legal damages resulting from their public service. […]

ASWB joins with the Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards in remembering John F. “Jack” Atkinson, who for many years was ASWB’s attorney before passing the responsibility on to his son Dale. Jack founded FARB with the mission to advance excellence in regulation of the professions in the interest of public protection, and he served […]

From 2015 to 2016, the Association of Social Work Boards conducted its sixth analysis of the practice of social work to update the content and weighting of the blueprints for the social work licensure exams. The practice analysis is critical for  ensuring that the content of each exam is relevant to current professional practice and […]

At the Association of Social Work Boards Annual Meeting of the Delegate Assembly, Timothy Martel Brown (TX) accepted the president’s gavel from M. Jenise Comer (MO). The passing of the gavel, which happened Saturday, November 18, 2017, marks the transition from one president to another for the association’s Board of Directors. Comer had served as […]