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LCSW Examination Plan

LCSW Exam Plan for Standard Written and Written Clinical Vignette Examinations

The LCSW examination plan consists of the following seven content areas. For additional information, please refer to the LCSW Standard Written Examination Handbook or the LCSW Clinical Vignette Examination Handbook.

I. Biopsychosocial Assessment    23%

A. Assessing for Risk

B. Assessment of Client Readiness and Appropriateness of Treatment

C. In-depth Assessment

1. Comprehensive Exploration of Symptom

   a. Psychological factors
   b. Cultural/personal factors

2. Comprehensive Evaluation of Problem

   a. Social-environmental history
   b. Medical and developmental history
   c. History of substance use/abuse

3. Comprehensive evaluation of inter- and intra-personal resources

II. Diagnostic Formulation   6%

III. Treatment Plan Development   11%

A. Identify/prioritize objectives, goals and methods of treatment

B. Integrate/coordinate concurrent treatment modalities and adjunctive resources

C. Monitoring, evaluation, and revision

IV. Resource Coordination   9%

A. Service identification and coordination

B. Client advocacy and support

V. Therapeutic Interventions   40%

A. Crisis intervention

B. Short-term therapy

C. Children and adolescents

D. Adults (individual and group therapy)

E. Couples

F. Families

G. Managing the therapeutic process

VI. Legal Mandates and Obligations   5%

A. Protective issues/mandated reporting

B. Professional conduct

VII. Ethical Standards   6%

Updated: April 14, 2008