Continuing Education Course Catalog
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Sexual Health Assessment and Treatment in Clinical Practice
The objective of this training is to help mental health professionals develop confidence and a skill set for discussing sexual identity, health/wellness, and intimacy with their clients. Fundamentals of sex therapy from a biopsychosocial approach will be covered to ensure that participants feel well-equipped to incorporate sexual functioning into their core approach to assessment and treatment. The learner will understand the ramifications of relegating this topic to a "specialized" treatment approach and feel skilled and capable in addressing sex therapy topics as a foundational approach to assessment and treatment.Instructor
webinar (synchronous interactive)Sessions
- 9/13/2024 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET
CE Contact Hours
- 1 pain management live interactive online
- 2 regular live interactive online
Location
online -
Advocacy through Storytelling: Skill Building for Social Workers at All Levels of Practice
The field of social work require education and professional competencies for social workers to be equipped to promote and advocate for equity and justice in their practice. Story-telling is an uniquely powerful way to engage in advocacy. As social workers, our professional experience at any level (micro, mezzo, and macro) can help guide decision-makers (within institutions, organizations, and in policy-making) to make informed decisions based on best practices and social work values and ethics. Join us for an interactive workshop to learn more about what makes storytelling an effective method for advocacy and tips for telling your own story.Instructor
webinar (synchronous interactive)Sessions
- 9/20/2024 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
CE Contact Hours
- 1 regular live interactive online
Location
online -
Subpoenas: What Social Workers Need To Know
This ethics-focused webinar looks at the following:
1. What subpoenas are and are not
2. What kinds of cases and settings where subpoenas may be used
2. Releases of information, which are outside of a subpoena but require social workers to respond ethically
3. How the NASW Code of Ethics guides us
4. When and how to respond to subpoenas
In addition, we will discuss several ethical dilemmas related to subpoenas and requests for information.Instructor
Ellen M Craine-Rostker
webinar (synchronous interactive)Sessions
- 10/25/2024 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
CE Contact Hours
- 3 ethics live interactive online
Location
online -
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) for the Queer Community
This course will focus on the usage of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) with the Queer community in addressing mental health concerns. The Queer community experiences a large amount of discrimination, both on a micro and macro lens that leads to ongoing stressors. These stressors and environmental factors lead to a higher prevalence rate of mental illness within the Queer community. DBT, an evidence-based psychotherapy, has been shown to be beneficial for overall mental health, addressing self-injurious behaviors, emotional challenges, Major Depressive Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. This course will address how to apply and use DBT with clients from the LGBTQIA2S+ community in an affirming and validating way.
This course will cover Minority Stress Theory, and Biosocial Theory as well as review and introduce skills from the 4 core modules of DBT, mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation and effective communication.Instructor
- Brody N. Mantha
webinar (synchronous interactive)Sessions
- 12/13/2024 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
CE Contact Hours
- 6 regular live interactive online
Location
online -
Addictions Certificate Program | Track 1: Addictions Treatment Foundational Skills
It is understandable that individuals struggling with substance abuse problems are often highly ambivalent about engaging and committing to treatment and recovery, especially upon initial contact with a helping professional. The skills of engagement and enhancement of client motivation are thus critical for anyone seeking to effectively assist substance-involved populations. Additional understanding of and ability to appropriately assess individuals according to whole-person frameworks is also important. This set of learning session will focus on these foundational knowledge and skill areas, as well as touching on broad, well-established treatment approaches for successfully addressing addictive disorders.
Course reviewed 5/18/2021Instructors
hybrid certificate programSessions
- self-paced
CE Contact Hours
- 6 ethics asynchronous online
- 22.5 regular asynchronous online
- 1.5 regular live interactive online
Skill Level
BeginnerLocation
online -
Addictions Certificate Program | Track 2: Addictions Treatment Processes & Clinical Interventions
Successful treatment of addictive disorders typically includes various elements and processes that the effective practitioner needs to not only know about, but also to know how best to invoke those treatment elements in a manner that will be the best fit for each individual service recipient. Additionally, there are time-tested, evidence-based therapies with proven positive outcomes that practitioners would benefit from knowing about, either for direct provision or for the purposes of informing referrals. This set of sessions will focus on these learning targets, as well as equipping participants with the professional ethics knowledge and perspectives necessary for working with substance-involved populations.
Course reviewed 5/18/2021Instructors
hybrid certificate programSessions
- self-paced
CE Contact Hours
- 28.5 regular asynchronous online
- 1.5 regular live interactive online
Skill Level
BeginnerLocation
online -
Addictions Certificate Program | Track 3: Addictions Treatment with Complex & Comorbid Populations
As behavioral healthcare service delivery has become increasingly concerned with effective treatment for co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, integrated care models, and dual-diagnosis-informed interventions have emerged and become well- established. The more recent acknowledgement of the importance of further integration with physical healthcare treatment services is also highly pertinent to successful and sustainable treatment of substance-involved populations. This set of learning sessions will focus on addictions treatment with individuals having complex and comorbid circumstances and conditions, including mental health, physical health, criminal justice, and trauma issues.
Course reviewed 5/18/2021hybrid certificate programSessions
- self-paced
CE Contact Hours
- 28.5 regular asynchronous online
- 1.5 regular live interactive online
Skill Level
BeginnerLocation
online -
CBT for Chronic Pain: Getting Unstuck with DBT Skills
This is a 2-hour self-paced online webinar discussing the use of DBT skills during CBT for Chronic Pain. The CBT-CP in this webinar is based on the Veterans Affairs Hospital developed CBT-CP. The manual can be found free online at: https://www.va.gov/PAINMANAGEMENT/docs/CBT-CP_Therapist_Manual.pdf#
CBT-CP has been found to be effective for decreasing catastrophizing, pain interference, pain intensity, and depression scores. Although CBT-CP is an evidence-based treatment, there are times in which a clinician and client may feel stuck. Thus, this presentation discussed Dialectical Behavior Therapy strategies that may be usefully employed during the course of CBT-CP.
Course created 2/4/2022Instructor
webinar (asynchronous)CE Contact Hours
- 2 pain management asynchronous online
Skill Level
IntermediateLocation
online -
Certificate in Disability Inclusion and Accessible Design
The Online Certificate in Disability Inclusion and Accessible Design (DIAD) is designed for social workers and other professionals who are interested in developing skills and sharpening their lens related to disability inclusion, and who strive to make their practice more accessible to and relevant for people with disabilities. The program faculty includes scholars, activists, and others working on the frontlines of disability inclusion and accessibility. Participants will learn about pertinent policy issues affecting people with disabilities, anti-ableist language and practices, accessible interpersonal clinical practice skills, disability inclusive community organizing skills, how to create inclusive management structures and organizational policies, among other topics. Participants will also receive training on American Disability Act (ADA) guidelines, understand the limitations of ADA standards, and gain the knowledge and skills to evaluate and assess built environments and institutional policies for ADA compliance and beyond.
Course created 9/9/2021Instructors
Janice M. Fialka
Shanna K. Kattari
Ani Grigorian
Nyshourn D. Price- Duke Morrow
Ayesha Ghazi Edwin
Dessa N. Cosma
Nicole Shannon
Stacy A Hickox
Azza A Altiraifi
Aimi Hamraie
Jeffrey Nolish
Peggy Kwi-Suk Hong
Tanya Wyatt-Dennis
Melanie L. Carlson
Emma Fialka-Feldman
hybrid certificate programCE Contact Hours
- 1 ethics asynchronous online
- 16 regular asynchronous online
- 1 regular live interactive online
Skill Level
BeginnerLocation
online -
Certificate in Political Social Work
The Certificate in Political Social Work is designed for all social workers, regardless of area of primary practice, to fulfill their ethical obligation to engage in social and political action. Participants of this certificate program will learn how politics impacts the lives of those that they serve on both a micro and macro level, practice skills for advocating to policymakers, gain tools to empower clients to become politically engaged, and explore opportunities for running for office.
Foundations of Political Social Work: This module will include the historical and current role of social workers in the political process as well as knowledge that is core to political social work practice. Topics include: emerging political social work research and theory, political justice, ethics in political social work, and foundational skills in communicating political information.
Tools for Political Social Work: This module will cover skills and strategies that social workers can apply to their current practice as well as tools to enhance their political engagement. Topics include: identifying and combating fake news, advocacy and activism, and running campaigns.
Special Knowledge Areas for Political Social Work: This module covers important topic areas social workers should be familiar with when engaging in political social work practice, including organized labor and immigration. This module is intended to be responsive to emerging political topics relevant to social work.
Course updated 5/20/2021Instructors
hybrid certificate programSessions
- self-paced
CE Contact Hours
- 1 ethics asynchronous online
- 26 regular asynchronous online
- 1 regular live interactive online
Skill Level
BeginnerLocation
online
Erin B. Martinez-Gilliard
Leonardo Kattari
Daicia R. Price
Stephen R. Wiland
Mark Lowis
Lori A. Ryland
Jennifer E. Harrison
Michael E. Johnson
Charles L. Wilson
Daniel Ing
Carolyn Hartford
Robert W Kirchoff
Elizabeth M. Haas
Roland W. Zullo
Shannon R Lane
Maria G. Ibarra-Frayre
Justin D. Hodge
Anna Lemler
Stephanie L. Chang
Andrew (Andy) Grogan-Kaylor
Darlene Nichols
Kristin S. Seefeldt
Susan Grettenberger
Nikkita Oliver
Suzanne Pritzker
Allison M. Berkowitz
Lisa M Reyes Mason
Charles E Lewis Jr.