Member boards have a role in achieving the strategic framework—ASWB staff are ready to assist Exemptions allow social work practice to occur without requiring the practitioner to be licensed. Generally, exemptions are based on practice setting. During early legislative wrangling to get licensing laws on the books, exemptions were often viewed as a politically necessary […]
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ASWB’s Exam Committee is the largest committee in the association. At multiple in-person meetings each year, committee members review dozens of exam questions to approve their use as unscored items on the licensing exams. But Exam Committee members aren’t the only volunteers pondering important questions. Five other ASWB committees met in Alexandria, Virginia, in July […]
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Tag: Continuing competence, Nominating Committee, volunteers
Recognizing volunteers for leadership and commitment is part of the Volunteer Engagement and Outreach department’s role in serving ASWB membership. In 2018, the department conceived of the Contributor Award in response to executive management’s desire to recognize individuals who have contributed to the work of ASWB who are not ASWB members. “The Contributor Award recognizes […]
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Government regulation involves the enactment of a statute (practice act) that sets forth the legislative intent to restrict practice of the profession to those duly licensed by a governmental agency/board. Licensure is required as a prerequisite to lawful practice of the profession, and practice without a license may result in criminal and/or administrative sanctions. […]
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Six scholars and two faculty members gathered this June at ASWB headquarters in Culpeper, Virginia, for the 2019 Path to Licensure Institute intensive. Representing colleges and universities from several regions in the United States, these educators engaged in a weeklong learning experience facilitated by ASWB staff and led by two faculty members who have a longtime […]
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Tag: Path to Licensure
ASWB and NASW talk about licensure by endorsement CEOs MARY JO MONAHAN of ASWB and ANGELO McCLAIN of NASW discussed ASWB’s mobility plan and licensure by endorsement on Social Work Talks, NASW’s monthly podcast. The podcast was posted Tuesday, August 27. Be sure to listen and share with others! Congratulations Congratulations to RUTH WEINZETTLE of […]
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Tag: asides, ASWB headquarters, item writers, media, Mobility, New Board Member Training
Many ASWB members and staff attended the Council on Licensure, Enforcement & Regulation’s International Congress in Vancouver, British Columbia, in June. ASWB also hosted the business meeting of the International Federation of Social Work Regulators, an informal voluntary group of professional social work regulators from around the world. IFSWR meets in conjunction with the meetings […]
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Tag: Mary Jo Monahan, Mobility