Category: Continuing Education
Practical, affordable continuing education for social workers. Explore ASWB-approved CE courses that strengthen real-world practice and help you meet license renewal requirements.
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ASWB Exam Prep: What CEs Actually Help You Pass?
Read more: ASWB Exam Prep: What CEs Actually Help You Pass?If you’re studying for the ASWB exam, you’ve probably had this thought at some point: I’m taking continuing education… shouldn’t this be helping more than it is? Sometimes it does. Often it doesn’t. And that disconnect isn’t about effort, intelligence, or motivation. It’s about purpose. Most continuing education courses are designed to support competent professional…
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When Home Becomes Office
Read more: When Home Becomes OfficeYou’re three minutes into a session with Isabel (a composite case representing common telehealth experiences) when your cat jumps onto your desk, knocking over your coffee mug. Behind you, your teenage daughter’s TikTok music starts blaring from upstairs. Isabel laughs and says, “Your house feels so homey—nothing like those sterile office buildings.” Your stomach drops…
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Preventing Burnout and Secondary Trauma in Social Work
Read more: Preventing Burnout and Secondary Trauma in Social WorkYou know that feeling when you’re driving home from work and can’t remember the last three clients you saw? When you realize you’ve been staring at the same progress note for twenty minutes? That’s not laziness—that’s your nervous system waving a red flag. Burnout and secondary trauma don’t announce themselves with a dramatic moment. They…
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Social Work with HIV-Positive Clients
Read more: Social Work with HIV-Positive ClientsMost continuing education reduces complex practice to simple protocols. But if you’re working with HIV-positive clients, you already know it’s never just about HIV. It’s about substance use that predates diagnosis, depression that affects adherence, housing instability that makes appointment attendance nearly impossible, and shame that fragments trust across every system.The excerpt below comes from…
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Northeast Social Work CE Requirements: Your State-by-State Renewal Guide
Read more: Northeast Social Work CE Requirements: Your State-by-State Renewal GuideSocial work license renewal details for Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, & Vermont Managing continuing education across the Northeast can feel overwhelming when you’re juggling different hour requirements, live learning mandates, and renewal cycles that never seem to line up. If you’re licensed in multiple states—say, working remotely for Massachusetts clients while…
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When “I Should Have Died” Isn’t Depression: Understanding Moral Injury in Veterans
Read more: When “I Should Have Died” Isn’t Depression: Understanding Moral Injury in VeteransLloyd was three years out of the Air Force when his wife found the suicide note. He’d been planning it methodically. The note explained that he was evil, that he’d killed innocent people, that he didn’t deserve to live. His wife brought him to the emergency room. The psychiatrist diagnosed depression and prescribed medication. It…
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Social Work CE Requirements Across the Mid-Atlantic: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
Read more: Social Work CE Requirements Across the Mid-Atlantic: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and PennsylvaniaThe Mid-Atlantic region brings together five states with wildly different CE structures—from Connecticut’s annual 15-hour requirement to Delaware’s tiered system with separate mandates for each license level. Whether you’re juggling licenses in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, or planning to add Mid-Atlantic credentials through endorsement, the details matter more than you’d think. This…
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What “Biopsychosocial” Actually Means in Practice
Read more: What “Biopsychosocial” Actually Means in PracticeYou’re thirty minutes into an intake with Brenda Hayes. She came in saying she’s been “feeling down” for about a year. As you talk, you learn she recently lost her administrative job, lives with chronic back pain that’s getting worse, isn’t sleeping well, and is helping coordinate care for her father, who has dementia. Her…
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Social Work CE Requirements Across the Southeast: DC, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia
Read more: Social Work CE Requirements Across the Southeast: DC, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and VirginiaThe Southeast region presents a patchwork of continuing education requirements that range from Washington DC’s complex multi-tier system to South Carolina’s straightforward 40-hour model. If you hold licenses in District of Columbia, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Virginia—or you’re considering adding one through endorsement—understanding each jurisdiction’s specific mandates saves time and prevents renewal headaches.…
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Social Work CE Requirements Across the Gulf South: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas
Read more: Social Work CE Requirements Across the Gulf South: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and TexasThe Gulf Coast states share spectacular scenery, some great people, humid summers, and hurricane seasons, but their social work continuing education requirements? That’s where the similarities end. If you’re licensed in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas—or thinking about adding a license through endorsement—you need to know what each state actually requires. This isn’t just…