Trust me, there is nothing Much to Study. I did all that was listed below and I PRAYED To GOD AND TRUSTED HIM IN FAITH. I asked him to make me choose the right answers, he is a miracle working God and he did. I was required to get 95 questions right to pass and I got exactly 95 questions right. Trust me, it was nothing I studied it was just God and he proved it.
Registered to take the LMSW exam, bought the ASWB practice exam, studied social work vocabularies, studied some major disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar, major depressive disorder, panic attack, acute stress disorder. studied some medications to treat these disorders. THAT WAS ALL I STUDIED.
HOW LONG DID I STUDY?
For about a week (Approximately 1 hour per day)
HOW DID I STUDY?
Went over the ASWB practice exam (5 times) till I got to the point of reading each question half way and knowing what the answer was even before finishing the question. I got comfortable with the questions.
For vocabularies- I did not memorize, I just went over them 3 times on different occasions to get familiar with the words. (Be very familiar with the vocabulary definitions because it drives the exam) almost 35% of the exam was knowledge of what a word meant. You have to know the meaning of a word to even understand the question being asked. Example, Histrionic behavior has to do with attention seeking. If a question regarding a lady who is excessively seeking attention and you don’t know the meaning of Histrionic, how would you answer it right? Think about it.
For disorders- I just studied them by how long some distinct symptoms have presented and. Example, for one to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, mania symptoms must be present for 6 months. For schizophreniform is less than 6 months.
So whenever I read the question and I see how long they symptoms have presented and it is at least 6 month, 2 to 3 answer choices will be eliminated and I have a high chance of getting it right.
ASWB will not trick you; they will never put 2 answer choices that will throw you off. Example, the will not put 2 different disorders that both symptoms are present for at least 6 months before they are diagnosed.
There is nothing much to study because 70% of the exam is (what will you do when you are presented with this situation). You will not have any book to refer to. You have to think.
2% is a combination of diagnoses and medications
3% theories
DO NOT NOT NOT SPEND YOUR TIME SUDYING DIAGNOSES, DISORSERS COS YOU WILL NOT BE DIAGNOSING ANYONE NEITHER WILL YOU BE PRESCRIBING MEDICATIONS. Just be familiar with some of them so to understand what is going on with the client
Important theories- Maslow, Ericson, Piaget
I never set the timer on the exam, I never marked and unsure question to return to it letter (if I did not know it after reading it 2 to 3 times then I will not know it when I go back to it so I guessed right there.
After I finished the exam I never went back to review or to change an answer.
What if I had gone back, I would have changed an answer and probably would have gotten a 94 and failed.
When I took the ASWB practice exam, each time I changed the answer, I realized that I got it right the first time so I decided not to change my answers after I have chosen them
