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Association of
Social Work Boards
Volume 20, no. 1
 January/February 2010
Association business

Planning survey is still available

ASWB is soliciting responses to an online survey that will play a key part in the association's upcoming strategic planning efforts. Read more. 

 

Committee appointments

Volunteers to ASWB committees are gearing up for another year of work. Read more.



Regular features

Tennessee's revamped law now finalized;  Kentucky looks at CE. Regulatory happenings.

                                        

Discovering the board. Counsel's column. 

 

Get set for major changes to the federal practitioner databanks. From the staff. 

 

ASWB baby boom; another author in our midst; snowmaggedon .  Asides.

Regulation, testing and ASWB personalities in the news
Related Links

The resourceful regulator
Charleston, South CarolinaProfessional regulation has never been easy, but these days, boards need all the help they can get. Come to Charleston for the 2010 ASWB Spring Education Meeting and find out about the help and resources that may be available--even in down times. Read more.

Online social work degrees
Boards are beginning to wrestle with what it means when an accredited social work program is delivered mostly--or entirely--online. The debate isn't slowing down the growth of these programs among schools of social work. Read more.

From the FARB Forum
Speaker at FARB ForumEvaluating your practice act
Face it--sooner or later, the practice act will be opened for changes. What can your board do to prepare? Read more.
 
Photo: Matthew Beam (photo courtesy of Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards)
 
Tomato/tomahto dept.
It's settled once and for all: Independent regulatory boards can do what departmentalized boards can't. And vice-versa. Read more. 
 
Making criminal convictions stick
Tying a criminal conviction to a licensure or renewal decision takes diligence and a thorough understanding of your practice act. Read more.
 
The how-to's of getting appointed
In Arkansas, the board appointment process has become more competitive, with more time and energy being devoted to finding the best fit for each board. Read more.
 
ASWB Exam Program

New exams ready to be reviewed

Social workers from across the US and Canada will be meeting in April to help establish recommendations for what it should take to pass the new ASWB licensing exams set to be released in 2011. Read more.
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