The Clinical Vignette Study Course focuses on practical, clinical application of the factual information that you mastered in preparing for the Standard Written Examination. This course addresses the higher cognitive functions that inform your clinical judgment. Clinical sequences of actions are discussed and prioritized. The first segment of the course provides a framework for the requirements of the examination, BBS tasks and knowledge statements, and delineates the nature of questions that you will encounter. The second part of the course gives you clinical vignette practice in each of the content areas, with special emphasis on Treatment Planning and Treatment, as you are required to have information about the following theories: Psychodynamic, Humanistic/Existential, Systems, Cognitive Behavioral, and Postmodern.

22 HOURS OF CLASS INSTRUCTION

Our Clinical Vignette Study Course includes all of the following:

• Approaching the CV Exam Session #1: Crisis/Clinical - 2.5 hours
• Approaching the CV Exam Session #2: Ethics/Law- 2.5 hours
• Approaching the CV Exam Session #3: Treatment Planning/Treatment - 2.5 hours
• Crisis Management CV practice - 2.5 hours
• Clinical Evaluation/Human Diversity CV practice - 2.5 hours
• Law and Ethics CV practice - 2.5 hours
• All Day Treatment Planning/Treatment Workshop
• Treatment Planning/Treatment Didactic - 3.5 hours
• Treatment Planning/Treatment WCV practice - 3.5 hours
• For LCSW candidates - Biopsychosocial Assessment and Resource Coordination Workshop - 7 hours

MATERIALS INCLUDE:

Online Clinical Vignette Test Bank
This testing instrument provides CV candidates with the opportunity to practice on challenging scenarios in a screen-oriented environment similar to what you may find on the BBS Clinical Vignette Exam. It offers a flexible format in which you can choose to learn in exam mode or study mode. The test bank currently contains 320 questions, addressing the tasks and knowledge statements pertaining to the BBS Clinical Vignette content areas. These questions are designed to evaluate your ability to identify and prioritize salient clinical issues. Answer choices are longer and more complex than those on the Standard Written exam, with many listing a sequence of actions or describing a process of applying knowledge. This exam highlights your ability to discern different justifications for answer choices. In exam mode, you have 2 hours to answer 40 questions based on 8 vignette exhibits. In study mode, after answering a question, you immediately see the correct answer and the reasoning behind it. When finished, along with grading your answers, the test bank breaks the results down by category, providing valuable feedback regarding your strengths and weaknesses. It also provides complete rationales for each answer choice.
You get instant access to the Online Practice Test for one year or until you pass your Clinical Vignette Exam, whichever comes first.
Click here for a sample of this test.

Our superb CV Preparatory Workbook
We spent countless hours revising this workbook to address the criteria contained in the Clinical Vignette Handbook. It is an invaluable resource for setting the frame for the Clinical Vignette Exam. Content includes an explanation of examination questions, Crisis Management, Clinical Evaluation, Human Diversity, Counseling Theory and Methodology, Law and Ethics, interfacing with collateral resources, Management Practice issues, dealing with the clinical issues of AIDS, blended and step families, eating disorders, gay and lesbian issues, and substance dependence.

Clinical Issues Audio Presentations
These audio presentations provide a comprehensive treatment of Law & Ethics, Crisis Management, and Management Practice.

Theoretical Presentations
Clinical Vignette candidates are responsible for knowledge of five theoretical modalities: Psychodynamic, Humanistic-Existential, Systems, Cognitive-Behavioral and Postmodern.

GGS provides the following audio presentations:

• Object Relations/Bowen
• Strategic/Gestalt
• Experiential (Satir)/Structural (Minuchin)
• Narrative/Solution Focused
• Cognitive Individual/Cognitive with Couples, Children, Families

Clinical Issues flashcards
Convenient and comprehensive overviews of DSM-IV, Counseling Theories, and Law & Ethics.

Modeled Vignette Book
This workbook includes 9 vignettes with written responses to the 15 questions that were asked of candidates at the last BBS Oral exam. This is relevant to CV students in that the current CV exam is based on these questions. The vignettes highlight a variety of clinical issues in a user friendly way. These vignettes will enhance your knowledge of the sequencing of crisis assessment and intervention techniques, sharpen your diagnostic eye, clarify relevant treatment and treatment planning issues, and solidify your understanding of legal and ethical issues.

Theory Comparison and Crisis Management Study Charts
Theory Comparison: convenient visual overviews of the five theoretical positions in table form for easy cross-referencing with the role of the therapist, goals, interventions, stages of therapy and key concepts and terms.
Crisis Management: synthesizes key information regarding assessment and treatment of suicide, violent clients, partner abuse, child abuse, dependent adult and elder abuse. Additional topics include characteristics of an incestuous family, characteristics of batterers and victims, the rape trauma syndrome, and crisis intervention with rape victims.

LCSW candidates also receive our Biopsychosocial Assessment and Resource Coordination books and audio presentations.

Course ID: GGS0212
Cost: $695.
Repeat classes for $225 - please call our office to register as a returning student.

Special price for GGS 21-Hour Written Course Alumni: $635. Includes all 22 hours of class time and all materials you didn't receive in the 21-Hour course (online CV Test Bank, CV Workbook, Modeled Vignette book). Please call our office to register at this special price.

Your materials will be shipped to you via UPS Ground free of charge.

Course tuition includes a 15% non-refundable administration fee. Course materials are not refundable. See our Refund Policy for details.

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