Exam fees will increase January 1, 2010
The ASWB Delegate Assembly approved increases to the social work licensing exam fees. Effective January 1, the fee of the Bachelors and Masters examination will be $230; the fee for the Advanced Generalist and Clinical examinations will increase to $260. The vote followed a debate on the timing and amount of the proposed increase. Read more.

Delegates vote to re-elect ASWB Treasurer and Director-at-Large
Mary Macomber (FL), at left, was elected to an open seat for public member on the ASWB Board of Directors. Delegates also re-elected Donald Montoya (NM), center, and Pat Heard (NC), right. Read More.

Above and beyond
Warning:  winners of the this year's ASWB awards for Outstanding Administrator and Outstanding Board Member will make you feel exhausted just reading about everything they've done. Read more.

The care and feeding of a full-grown association
Outgoing ASWB President Charlotte McConnell set the tone for the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Delegate Assembly by talking about stewardship-and telling a joke or two. Read more.

ASWB provides information to Chinese regulators

Last month, the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) hosted the Professional Licensure Examination Delegation from the People's Republic of China. The 27 visitors travelled to the association office in Culpeper, Virginia to discuss examination construction, maintenance, and administration, as well as regulatory systems in the U.S., Canada, and China. Pictured with the delegation in the center of the group is ASWB Examination Program Manager Phil Gullion.  Last year, the association has hosted a  delegation from Korea, and ASWB staff travelled to Washington, D.C. to present examination information to another group of Chinese regulators and testing experts.