Start Where the Test-taker is (at)

The most resounding lesson that I learned in grad school was that a social worker has to start where the client is (some professors added "at," but the grammar always seemed incorrect to me.)  Well, in this instance, I am my own client, so I will start at my own starting point right now.

What I feel:

• Confident that I have plenty of time to study.
• Assured that there is plenty of information out there in cyberspace.
• Excited about the prospect of building an excellent study tool for myself and others that will not cost anything other than time (of which I already said that I have plenty.)
• Anxious (in a good way) to build my skill-set and become an even better social worker.

What I know:

• The ASWB has an outline of all the material that might show up on the test, here.  
• There is a website that is full of flash cards with useful information here.  
• There are plenty of places that offer free exam questions, but I am not at that point just yet.
• There are other websites all over cyberspace with a wealth of information.  Clearly I am not reinventing the wheel.

I am at the very beginning, which is the best place to start.  So I begin with reviewing the ASWB's outline.  I notice that there are 177 items on that list.  I plan to knock those items out one at a time, systematically.  My plan is to post the equivalent of one hour's research for each entry here.  At the rate of one post a week, this blog should be the product of approximately fifty hours of research.  Not too shabby!