Test-taking strategies and tips

• If you have a disability (physical, mental or attention challenges?), you may be able to request extra time in which to finish the exam.
• Use the Code of Ethics as a lens through which you view the questions.
• Look at the situation presented in each question as part of the Social Work Intervention Model / Problem-Solving Method, deciding which tasks must happen before others in the process.
• Answer all questions.  Leave none blank.
• Practice breathing exercises to reduce anxiety
• Flag questions to review later, but do it judiciously; save time at the end of the test period to go back..
• Take breaks to clear your mind, refocus, get some exercise, and reduce anxiety
• Positive Thoughts - see it in your mind's eye - FTW!
• Read one social worker's experience of taking the exam and passing it
• If by some chance you do not pass the first time, make sure to get a copy of the diagnostic information from the failed test, which will outline the areas on which an exam review should focus.
• Notes from the author of www.socialworkexamhelp.com/study-tips.html
• take your time, use all the time allowed
• decide who the client is and consider what's in the client's best interest
• what's the process in social work? use this as the main lens!
• More study tips from the LCSW Study Group