The Mindful Test Taker: A Free Workshop for Examinees
When: June 19, 2023
Time: 12 – 1:30 p.m.
This 90-minute online workshop will equip you with a detailed understanding of mindfulness tools to help you successfully manage test anxiety.
Practical Knowledge in 90-Minutes:
This 90-minute skills-based workshop will equip you with a detailed understanding of mindfulness and self-compassion. It will teach you practical mind-body-based skills to effectively manage test anxiety, new ways of relating to the examination process, tools to increase psychological resilience; it will guide you to resources for building a daily mindfulness practice.
Why mindfulness? Numerous studies suggest that mindfulness can significantly reduce stress levels in individuals engaged in various types of fear-inducing activities such as public speaking; other research has discovered that mindfulness training can significantly boost test scores by way of improving working memory and reducing mind wandering while test-taking.
This curriculum integrates didactic, experiential, and small- and large-group discussion. It includes the use of video, meditations, role-plays, mindfulness-based in vivo exercises, and periods of silence. The mindfulness practices and related discussions are applied to taking the LCSW examination.