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Regular
features
Regulators all over the world may
take many approaches, but we share a commitment to public protection. From the Executive Director
A willing disbelief of suspension? Counsel's Column
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
(down a heat vent) and other tales of the unlikely from our end of the
phones. From the staff
We know you're clicking here first. Association Asides
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Regulation, testing and ASWB personalities in the news
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2009
ASWB Annual Meeting of the Delegate Assembly, October 29-31, 2009, Clearwater
Beach, Florida
ASWB Delegates will face another packed agenda
In addition to the usual elections
and reports, delegates will also be getting an update on the most recent
practice analysis, and will be voting on a proposed increase to the ASWB
examination fees. Read more.
Has
the time come for a fee increase?
The ASWB Finance Committee has
released its report on the need for an increase in the exam fees charged by the
association, stating that after eight years with no increase, the time has
finally come. Read more.
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New Board Member Training
 The
ASWB New Board Member Training program held in June included attendees who had to battle jet lag
(from Alaska and Hawaii) as well as those who had to battle rush-hour traffic
(from D.C., right next door to the meeting location in Northern Virginia).
Pictured here are first row, from left, Nadine Bean (PA), Ahlani Quiogue (HI),
ASWB staff member LaTonya Bannister, Willa Day Morris (DC), Pat Lieberman (ON),
Hope Himel-Benson (LA), and Shanna Burke (MA). Middle row, from left, Eileen
Dombo (DC), Sharon Saunders (KY), Vicki Dawson (AZ), Carol Zancanella (OR),
ASWB President-Elect and NBMT Training Coordinator Amanda Randall (NE), James
Ware (AL), and Denise Peak (MD). Back row, from left, Geoffrey Greif (MD),
Patty McMillan (AK), Sandra Dimock (NB), Carole Bryant (SK), John McBride (LA),
Steve Lankton (AZ), John Lynn (MT), and NBMT Training Coordinator and former
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ASWB
Exam Program News
 ASWB
Item Development Consultant Nancy Sidell, right, discusses the finer points of
how to write exam questions with new ASWB Item Writers Donna Lynn Pleasants,
left, and Mary Anne Nulty, center. Nulty and Pleasants were part of a 25
writers trained in June to write questions for the social work licensing
examinations.
Diversifying
the diverse
The latest class of writers trained
to create questions for the ASWB social work licensing exams is an eclectic mix
of professionals that includes academicians, frontline social workers,
regulatory board members, and even a member of the ASWB examination committee
from way, way back. Read more.
New
score reports are ready to launch
The association has revised the way
it reports test performance to candidates-especially the ones who fail. The new
reports will provide raw numbers of questions answered correctly, and compare
those to the raw numbers needed in order to pass. Read more.
ASWB
will be reviewing its options for test vendors
The association has issued a Request
for Proposals (RFP) for a test vendor-the first such proposal it has issued in
13 years. Plans are for the selected
vendor to begin work in 2011. Read more.
Practice
Analysis nears its first major milestone
The ASWB Practice Analysis Task
Force is set to meet one last time to create the blueprints for the ASWB
examinations based on the most recent survey of social work practice. But
there's more work that needs to be done. Read more.
Recognizing
commitment to public protection
Members of the ASWB Examination
Committee are among the most dedicated volunteers in the association, and after
three years of service, are overdue for recognition. Read more.
ASWB's
newest staff member will focus on the examination program
Phil Gullion began as ASWB Exam
Program Manager in July. His duties will include oversight of the association's
psychometrics and examination security. Read more.
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Also
at ASWB
Let
the research begin
The American Foundation for Research
and Consumer Education in Social Work Regulation has awarded its first set of
research grants for projects related to supervision, knowledge of licensure
among faculty, and complaints against social workers. Read more.
Foreign
equivalency progress
ASWB and the Council on Social Work
Education worked together to create some new options for regulatory boards
interested in getting more information on licensure applicants trained outside
the United States and Canada. Read more.
Tomorrow
the world?
The ASWB Bylaws and Resolutions
Committee is proposing that the association find out what it would take to
create an affiliate membership status that would allow more international
participation. Read more.
Discipline
guidebook may soon be a reality for ASWB members
The ASWB Regulations and Standards
Committee believes it's time for ASWB to move ahead with the release of a
guidebook for social work discipline. Read more.
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