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ASWB Exam Changes Coming in 2024!

Check out our latest update (November 2023) on ASWB changes here with additional information from ASWB and PSI! On August 23rd, 2023, the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) announced that they had selected PSI as their new testing partner,

Free Continuing Education for Social Workers

Agents of Change is here to support you with both Free and Paid options for your Continuing Education needs. We encourage all Social Workers to take advantage of our free CE courses, CE content, and CE tracker! Looking to cover

Continuing Education Courses from Agents of Change

Agents of Change Continuing Education is committed to your continuing education needs! Agents of Change Continuing Education offers Unlimited Access to 150+ ASWB and NBCC-approved CE courses for one low annual fee and we add new courses frequently from our

The Importance of Continuing Education for Social Workers

The Social Work profession is changing very rapidly, and the importance of continuing education for Social Workers cannot be overstated! In addition to continuing education being required to maintain your license in good standing, new research, policies, and practices are

Effective Study Breaks: How and When to Take Them

So, you’re on the journey of preparing for the ASWB exam? Hats off to you! But everyone needs to rest once in a while, right? If you’re going at it, heads down, hours on end, you might be doing yourself

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Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy Approaches

For many years, mental health treatment often viewed neurological differences through a deficit-based lens. Autistic clients were encouraged to appear less Autistic, people with ADHD were told to become more organized or disciplined, and those with sensory or communication differences

Trauma-Informed Care and the Stress Response

A client misses an appointment, shuts down during an assessment, becomes irritated by a routine question, or struggles to remember what was discussed moments earlier. These reactions may be labeled as avoidance, resistance, poor motivation, or noncompliance. Yet beneath the

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The Mental Status Exam (MSE) Cheat Sheet for the ASWB Exam

The Mental Status Exam can feel like a long list of clinical terms until you understand what each category is actually measuring. Mood, affect, thought process, perception, insight, judgment, and orientation may sound technical at first, but each one helps