Social work and behavior analysis exams for clinical practitioners

The Clinical exam is for MSW social workers who have completed the post-degree supervised clinical experience their jurisdiction requires. Each state or provincial board approves candidates before they register with ASWB. The exam assesses clinical competence in ethics, assessment and diagnosis, treatment planning and psychotherapeutic intervention.

You need a qualifying master's degree, behavior-analytic coursework and supervised fieldwork under one of the BACB eligibility pathways. The exam covers behavior-analytic concepts and principles, measurement and experimental design, assessment, behavior-change procedures, ethics and supervision.

The LCSW is a clinical social work license for psychotherapy and broad mental health practice. The BCBA certifies behavior analysts who design and supervise behavior-change programs, most often in autism and developmental services, schools and organisations. Choose by the work you want to do every day: therapy and case work, or applied behavior analysis.