Acronyms
NASW
After two years of supervised clinical work, you can sit for this exam in Georgia
What is the clinical social worker exam (LCSW) ?
The process of crafting a written proposal to receive grant funding from an institution in order to fund a program or project
What is grant writing?
The average adult should be getting no less than this many hours of sleep?
What is 7 hours
Joining this group can provide critical professional benefits, including liability insurance, networking opportunities, continuing education (CE), career advancement resources, and advocacy for the social work profession
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
GA DFCS
What is the Georgia Division of Family & Children Services?
Someone who works for state or local agencies (e.g., Georgia Department of Community Supervision) to manage client cases and link to resources
Who is a case worker?
The framework that analyzes how different components interconnect to form a complex whole rather than examining the parts alone.
Coping strategies that help you manage intense anxiety, panic, or distress by refocusing on the present moment
What are grounding exercises?
Under Georgia law, social workers are considered this type of professional when it comes to suspected child abuse or neglect
What is a mandated reporter?
SNAP
What is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?
He's the guy we credit for developing modern talk therapy
Who is Sigmund Freud?
They aim to shift policy, raise awareness, or support specific causes (e.g., environmental protection, human rights, industry regulations) by lobbying or pushing for legal action, for example.
It's so useful and so versatile - improving cognitive function and memory, maintaining skin elasticity, building muscle, protecting teeth and gums, and regulating blood pressure.
What is drinking enough water?
**surprise true or false question**
In Georgia, some exceptions allow you to take the LMSW exam before graduation
False!
(It's true in other states, though)
PIE
What is Person-in-environment?
A provider's unconscious emotional reaction, biases, and feelings directed toward a client
What is countertransference?
Nonprofit organizations are exempt from federal income tax under this section of the Internal Revenue Code
What is 501(c)(3)?
A state of chronic physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged, unmanaged stress, often related to work or intense caretaking
What is burnout?
This national organization administers the licensing exams for the LMSW and LCSW in all 50 states, DC, some US territories, and all 10 Canadian provinces
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
HIPAA
What is the health insurance portability and accountability act?
Something that might come up if a client threatens to harm themselves or someone else, or if there's elder abuse or child abuse.
What is a limit of confidentiality?
She pioneered the field of macro social work as we know it and is often referred to as the "mother of social work"
Who is Jane Addams?
It allows therapists to "leave work at work," maintaining emotional stability to remain present for clients while preventing burnout. It is a crucial, though sometimes overused, coping strategy
What is compartmentalization?
The number of continuing education (CE) hours you must have in order to renew your license in Georgia (every two years)
What is 35?