COMPLETE ASWB LCSW EXAM PREP - 2024
360-degree feedback - answerThis involves feedback from all directions - supervisors, peers,
subordinates, the community, and so forth. The idea is that the feedback reflects multiple viewpoints
and gives a complete picture.
ABA single subject design - answerA is baseline, B is intervention, A is reversibility where you take away
intervention to see if it goes back to baseline.
This ABA design allows for a controlled evaluation of the intervention's effects while accounting for
potential confounding variables. *fewest threats to internal validity*
ex: Baseline Phase (A): Observations are conducted for several weeks to establish the child's baseline
level of disruptive behaviors in the classroom.
Intervention Phase (B): The token reward system is introduced, and the child begins earning tokens for
demonstrating appropriate behaviors. Observations continue during this phase to measure any changes
in the child's behavior.
Withdrawal Phase (A): After a period of time, the token reward system is removed, and observations
resume to determine if the child's behavior returns to baseline levels in the absence of the intervention.
Active listening - answerSocial workers are sitting up straight and learning toward clients in a relaxed
and open manner. Attentive listening can involve commenting on clients' statements, asking open-
ended questions, and making statements that show listening is occurring
aculculia - answerinability to calculate mathematical problems (associated with expressive aphasia,
usually tested with mental arithmetic)
acute stress disorder - answeran anxierty disorder in which a person experiences fear and related
symptoms (PTSD-like symptoms) betweem three days to one month after a traumatic event. It notes
that symptoms typically begin immediately after exposure to the trauma, but does not require that they
do so.
Adler: Compensation - answerinvolves efforts to overcome imagined or real inferiorities by developing
one's abilities
Adler: inferiority - answerSuch people overcompensate, which means that, rather than try to master
challenges, they try to cover up their sense of inferiority by focusing on outward signs of superiority
such as status, wealth, and power
Adler's Individual Psychology - answerMain motivations for human behavior are not sexual or aggressive
urges, but striving for perfection. Aim is to develop more adaptive lifestyle; overcome self-centeredness
and contribute to welfare of others. Compensation and inferiority can result
Administrative supervision - answerAims to ensure that a social worker is acceptable to the public as
well as to his or her organization's policies. The major responsibility is to make sure that the work is
performed in an acceptable manner
,Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 - answerFocuses on family preservation efforts to
help keep families together and children out of foster care or other out-of-home placements. This law
also focuses on family reunification or adoption if a child is removed from a home. The act requires
courts to review child welfare cases more regularly and mandates that states make "reasonable efforts"
to keep families together via prevention and family reunification services. States are also required to
develop reunification and preventive programs for foster care and assure that children in nonpermanent
settings are seen at least every 6 months. An adoption subsidy reimbursed by the federal government is
also provided through this law for children with complex needs or disabilities.
Advair Diskus - answertreats asthma and COPD
Advance directives - answer-Written directions about the type of care they want and do not want when
dying
-Legal written agreements, honored in future when people can't communicate their wishes
-May be in the form of a living will- preferences for medical care or a durable power of attorney
(someone else designated to make health care decisions)
Advocate - answerSocial workers champion the rights of others with the goal of empowering the client
system being served. Social workers speak on behalf of clients when others will not listen or when
clients are unable to do so. Social workers have a particular responsibility to advocate on behalf of those
disempowered by society
Affective functions (in family dynamics) - answerInvolve the provision of emotional support to family
members
Agnosia - answerloss of ability to recognize importance of sensory impressions / recognizing familiar
objects
Aims of self-care - answer-Taking care of physical and psychological health
-Managing and reducing stress
-Honoring emotional and spiritual needs
-Fostering and sustaining relationships
-Achieving an equilibrium between meeting personal need and school/work demands
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 - answerThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990
is civil-rights legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. It has been amended and
affords similar protections as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for discrimination based on race, religion, sex,
national origin, and other characteristics. Unlike the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the ADA also requires
covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities and imposes
accessibility requirements on public accommodations. ADA disabilities include both mental and physical
conditions. A condition does not need to be severe or permanent to be a disability.
Analysis - answerBreaking down information into component parts
antidepressants - answerdrugs that combat depression by affecting the levels or activity of
neurotransmitters in the brain. (can also help target chronic pain, anxiety, and addictions) (usually start
with P/F or end in "ine" "an" "pram")
,SSRIs: Celexa (citalopram), lexapro (escitalopram), prozac (fluoxetine), zoloft (sertraline), paxil
(paroxetine), luvox (fluovoxamine)
Tricyclics: elavil (prescribed if SSRI/MAOI/NDRI's ineffective)
MAOIs: nardil (prescribed less as it requires limitations of foods high in tyramine/aged foods), parnate
Others: effexor, remeron, wellbutrin (bupropion)
antipsychotic drugs - answermedications that are used to treat schizophrenia/related psychotic
disorders and mania
typical examples: haldol ((haloperidol) decanoate is injectable version), prolixin, thorazine
(chlorpromazine)
atypical examples: abilify (arirpriprazole), seroquel (quetiapine), zyprexa (olanzapine), clorazil (clozapine,
needs blood monitoring, increased risk of agranulocytosis aka lowering of white blood cells), risperdal
(risperiodone), INVEGA SUSTENNA (paliperidone palmitate)
A client who has been taking antipsychotic medication for years may develop tardive dyskinesia (TD)
antisocial personality disorder - answerimpulsive, irresponsible, and callous; history of legal difficulties;
belligerent and irresponsible behavior; aggressive to violent relationships; no respect for others,
manipulative, lack of remorse. A desire to exploit others
Conduct disorder dx a precursor
ex: The Joker
Aphasia - answerimpairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca's
area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impairing understanding).
Application - answerCorrect use of the facts, rules, or ideas
Are negative feedback loops always bad? - answerNo, for any system to grow there needs to be equal
amounts of positive and negative feedback to maintain stability while changes occur or to reject harmful
changes.
Example: Maintaining core family values while changing how they are demonstrated. (keeping the spirit
of the rule, changing the application when the "letter" does not produce the "spirit".)
Are the stages of "couples development" linear? - answerNo. Time does not equal movement. Couples
can stay in one stage or revert back through different stages. However, each much be attained to
achieve the next.
Note: "Romance" is the only stage couples cannot stay in or maintain
Areas of sensitivity in teams - answer-Responsibility of the SW to understand and reflect upon own
values, work towards best interest of the client
o Areas of sensitivity to reflect on
-Differing status among team members
-Unequal benefits for participation
-Different levels of personal and time commitments
-Insecurity about value of team approach
-Lack of administrative support
, areas of strengths for clients - answercognitive skills
defenses and coping mechanisms
temperamental and dispositional factors
interpersonal skills and supports/supportive social institutions
aspects of trauma-informed care practice - answer-physical and emotional safety
-empowerment
-trust
-choice/ autonomy
-collaboration.
Assertiveness training - answerteach clients how to express their positive and negative feelings and to
stand up for their rights in ways that will not alienate others.
begins with clients thinking about areas in their life in which they have difficulty asserting themselves.
next stage usually involves role plays designed to help clients practice clearer and more direct forms of
communicating with others.
Feedback provided to improve responses, and role play is repeated. Clients are asked to practice
assertive techniques in everyday life.
Assertiveness training promotes the use of "I" statements as a way to help clients express their feelings.
"you" statements are often seen as blaming or aggressive
At which stage would an "imaginary friend" be developmentally appropriate and not indicative of a
disorder? - answerPre Operational, 2-7 yrs old
ataxia - answerlack of muscle coordination during voluntary movement
(ex: A new client enters the office walking slowly, using a cane, and has difficulty picking up objects,
swallowing, and speaking as a result of a stroke)
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - answera condition beginning in early childhood in which a person
shows persistent communication deficits as well as restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviors,
interests, or activities. the individual must exhibit (a) persistent deficits in social communication and
interaction across multiple contexts and (b) restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, and
activities (which may be manifested as stereotyped or repetitive motor movements).
avoidant personality disorder - answerhypersensitive to rejection and unwilling to become involved with
others unless sure of being liked
avoidance of social events/work that involves social contact
feelings of inferiority, socially inhibited, fear of rejection.
A pervasive fear of being perceived as inadequate.
wants relationships, but too anxious about engaging
ex: Charlie Brown
Bad self-disclosure - answer-Exploitative, self-serving, harmful to clients
-Can blur boundaries between professional and personal relationships
-Sometimes done so SW can process their own trauma which has not been adequately addressed, or to
help them in some way
