In 2020, the options for online meeting platforms are plentiful. As the world has adjusted to videoconferencing—whether it’s Zoom, Google, or Teams—the ability to conduct elections at an online meeting is a specialized application that requires the right set of features. As ASWB geared up for the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Delegate Assembly, the […]
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Tag: annual meeting, Elections, meetings, members, Roxroy Reid, volunteers
ASWB’s primary service to our members is development and administration of the licensing exams. In providing that service, ASWB is committed to developing and administering licensing exams that fairly measure minimum competence. Several member boards have recently received inquiries from deans and directors of social work programs in their state asking about availability of data […]
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Counsel’s column This month’s Counsel’s Column addresses a difficult and important topic for board members and staff of government-created and government-authorized social work boards. Dear Social Work Regulatory Board Members and Staff: Society as a whole, inclusive of the social work regulatory community, is under intense scrutiny and political pressures based upon a host of […]
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Tag: and inclusion, counsel's column, diversity, equity, New Board Member Training, Regulation
Early in 2020, it became clear that the COVID-19 pandemic would prevent the usual methods of carrying out many activities important to social work regulation. Governors and mayors in nearly every U.S. jurisdiction issued orders creating emergency provisions addressing such areas as license renewal dates, in-person supervision requirements, and continuing education requirements. Adjusting continuing education […]
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Survey says! Test-takers complete a short survey at the end of their licensing exam and have the opportunity to leave comments. Read some comments the ASWB exam administration staff received in October: “Thank you for taking COVID precautions.” “The practice exam was very helpful. I felt more confident in my test taking ability after I […]
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Tag: asides, Mary Jo Monahan, staff
ASWB President Harold Dean of Arkansas has appointed Kathy Outland, LCSW, of Oregon as director at large on the 2021 Board of Directors. Outland’s appointment fills a one-year vacancy created in November 2020 by the resignation of Kim Madsen of California. Madsen, former executive officer of the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, became ineligible to […]
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Roxroy Reid of New Mexico, Karine Levesque of New Brunswick, Ann-Marie Buchanan of Tennessee, Brenda Dennis of Oregon, Carla Moore of Louisiana, and Elizabeth Pope of North Carolina were elected to serve on the 2021 ASWB Board of Directors. Reid was elected president-elect, the first year of a four-year term. Levesque was elected secretary and […]
ASWB Director at Large Kim Madsen announced her resignation from the ASWB Board of Directors on November 19 for personal reasons. As per ASWB bylaws, the president will appoint someone to serve out the remainder of Madsen’s term of office after receiving input and approval from the Board. That term ends in November 2021. The […]