#StopASWB
Very excited to announce that I won a small internal grant for the Arrupe Center for Ethics. This summer, I'm going to write an ethics case study in #SocialWork addressing #StopASWB and the many ethical issues around unfair and invalid licensing exams.
March 22, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Two journal submissions! #StopASWB work finally getting published out!
October 6, 2024 at 2:46 PM
I bring a *very* twitter energy to LinkedIn. Very much enjoying spiking the vibe.

#StopASWB
#SocialWork
June 29, 2024 at 1:41 PM
I cannot wait for this. As someone who has also experienced ASWB's behavior and attacks first hand we need more accountability.
#StopASWB.
Very excited to announce that I won a small internal grant for the Arrupe Center for Ethics. This summer, I'm going to write an ethics case study in #SocialWork addressing #StopASWB and the many ethical issues around unfair and invalid licensing exams.
November 19, 2024 at 5:31 AM
When we talk about #StopASWB people hem & haw about devaluing the profession.

Yet say nothing about unpaid internships. Nor our National Professional Org exploiting our labor by charging us to work.

Other professions pay me to present, why doesn't NASW pay social workers for their labor?
December 2, 2024 at 6:47 PM
February 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
That NASW tried censoring #StopASWB advocates at the Journal of Social Work was pretty well-known.

New, CSWE censoring #Payments4Placements *discussion and conclusions* at the Journal of Social Work Education.

This only affirms my advice to avoid JSWE

#SocialWork #OpenEducation
November 16, 2024 at 6:32 PM
oooo. syllabus????

I have a ZTC syllabus I use (we subscribe to Reamer's book)

I'm also writing an ethics case study on #StopASWB , data equity, and care ethics.
May 22, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Finally starting to find more of the #SocialWork and #MentalHealth and #Therapist folks on here.

I was MentalWoke on Twitter for anyone who is unsure.

We still about Liberation, Decolonization and #StopASWB

And of course gaming, trauma, identity, and community organizing.
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November 12, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Luckily many of the #StopASWB folks are already here. We still fighting and ready on almost every platform.

Fingers crossed for Michigan to soon join us in starting to hold ASWB accountable and establish alternatives.
^_^
Oh, and before ASWB gets on blue sky , just know the sky hasn't fallen in Illinois - but what has happened is that thousands of social workers are licensed treating clients and making a difference in the lives of Illinois residents.
November 19, 2024 at 5:28 AM
Two new #StopASWB papers up on @socarxivbot.bsky.social.

opensocialwork.org/2024/10/15/t...

First, why ASWB are "uniquely biased" when compared to other standardized exams.

Second, why ASWB's regulatory research & grantmaking will never address psychometric validity.

#SocialWork #DEI
Two New #StopASWB papers
With gratitude to my collaborator on these manuscripts, Dr. Mary Nienow, these mansucripts are under peer review at Advances in Social Work’s special issue on social work exam equity. They cu…
opensocialwork.org
October 21, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Our Article has been published!!!

Jen Hirsch ,Matthew DeCarlo, Alexandria Lewis and I put a lot into this piece to contribute to the literature to #StopASWB.

Alternative Pathways to Social Work Licensure: A Critical Review and Social Equity Policy Analysis
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Alternative Pathways to Social Work Licensure: A Critical Review and Social Equity Policy Analysis
In August 2022, the Association of Social Work Boards released a long called for pass rate analysis that revealed significant disparities. While many states look to cease the requirement of the Bac...
www.tandfonline.com
November 21, 2023 at 10:05 PM
New #StopASWB publication on @socarxiv.bsky.social.

Using care ethics and data equity to address the issue of a licensing examination developer removing scored items for biased functioning without updating the cut score in impacted score reports.

osf.io/preprints/os...
February 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Yep! Paddy Farr and I are working on the #StopASWB advocacy toolkit to abolish ASWB exams. Should be ready in a few weeks.
December 25, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Hearing on the fate of social work’s racist ASWB exam in MD at 1 pm. I realize this is a niche issue. Happy to post a link if anyone wants to attend virtually and let them know we’re watching and want them to #stopASWB.
February 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Well would you look at that. A Licensed Clinical Social Worker in British Columbia who passed the ASWB test is a QAnon cult leader and has to have license revoked.

Tell me again how we should put all our faith in an unvalidated racist test?

#StopASWB #SocialWork
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
a man wearing a purple top hat and bow tie
Alt: Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, a man wearing a purple top hat and bow tie
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November 21, 2024 at 3:11 PM
If you live in Maryland and don't like racism, here is a SUPER EASY task you can do to support legislation in Maryland to eliminate the racist ASWB exam from the BSW and MSW level (not the clinical level) in Maryland. It's a simple form you can fill out. ujoin.co/campaigns/35...
Fair Access to Social Work: Support SB 379! ✔ Breaking Barriers, Building Equity
<p>🚨 Urgent Action Needed: Support SB 379! 🚨</p> <p>Maryland’s future social workers and underserved communities need your voice! SB 379 is in the hands of the Senate Finance Committee, and we must en...
ujoin.co
February 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New article: ASWB made troubling changes to its exam process.

Then it misinformed examinees about those changes.

www.psychotherapynotes.com/aswb-misinfo...

#socialwork #asw #lcsw #stopaswb
ASWB misinformed examinees about social work exam changes
ASWB made problematic changes to the format of its social work exams. It also described a testing process different from what was delivered.
www.psychotherapynotes.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It is wild to me how opposed to changes towards liberation many many social workers are.

It's clear that too few in the profession actually take the ethic to keep reading research and to advocate for social justice seriously.

*Sigh*
#SocialWork4Abolition
#StopASWB
September 26, 2024 at 2:39 PM
#StopASWB Advocacy toolkit coming after winter break!
November 29, 2024 at 5:11 PM
I'm on the newest episode of Kim Young (aka Dope Black Social Worker)'s Revolutionary Hoodrat podcast talking about #StopASWB.

#SocialWork

Very grateful to Kim and excellent co-panelist Jen Hirsch!!!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Revolutionary Hoodrat
Mental Health Podcast · 48 Episodes · Updated Weekly
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October 25, 2024 at 2:09 PM