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  1. USHERS: Understanding the Role of the Therapist in Transition-Related Care for Transgender and Nonbinary Populations

    Mental health professionals are often taught a wide variety of clinical skills while in training and experience an array of situations in which they are able to apply and adapt their skillsets depending on what is needed for their clients. One area that has a profound need for these clinical skills are transgender & nonbinary individuals who are seeking medical interventions to alleviate gender-related distress. These clients in particular may come to therapy for short-term or long-term services, and face significant barriers to accessing hormonal or surgical interventions due to outdated beliefs, biases, and misinformation about what is necessary to approve them for care. Furthermore, therapists have historically not been provided necessary information to tailor their assessment skills to advocate for clients to access transition-related medical care, or face their own outdated beliefs & biases about providing support to these clients.

    This training workshop is designed to educate mental health professionals about the history and present-day applications of gender-affirming healthcare in the United States, as well as empower professionals to apply existing assessment and report-writing skills to contexts with gender-diverse populations (namely, transgender & nonbinary populations). Participants will be come familiar with clinical considerations when writing letters of support for clients accessing gender-affirming hormones or surgery, applying the diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria to a client, and recognizing the overlapping symptom manifestation of Gender Dysphoria with other mental health diagnoses. Participants will participate in a workshop and engage with the provided material to become familiar with their role as mental health professionals to support gender-diverse populations by following and applying up-to-date standards for letters of support, based on the most updated version of the WPATH Standards of Care. This workshop is intended for practitioners who have a foundational and functional understanding of common experiences & identities within the LGBTQIA2S+ community, particularly those of transgender, nonbinary, and other gender-expansive individuals.

    Instructor

    • Brodie Lobb
    webinar (synchronous interactive)

    Sessions

    • 6/13/2025 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM ET

    CE Contact Hours

    • 1 ethics live interactive online
    • 4 regular live interactive online

    Location

    online
  2. Pronouns: Engaging in Inclusive Practices

    During this two our workshop, the Spectrum center will present key concepts and ideologies that relate the LGBTQIA2S+ identities. Participants will be asked to relate the content to the NASW Code of Ethics in relation to the proposed best practice methods of referring to someone with their personal pronouns. The slide deck and collaborative activities will facilitate conversations and a learning experience that encompasses inclusive language, navigating implicit bias, as well as individual and group reflection.

    Instructor

    • Elizabeth Gonzalez
    webinar (synchronous interactive)

    Sessions

    • 6/26/2025 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

    CE Contact Hours

    • 1 ethics live interactive online
    • 1 regular live interactive online

    Location

    online
  3. Women In Leadership

    Evidence suggests that women face unique leadership challenges. Marginalization based on gender, family structure, and other social identities conflicts with societal expectations both in women personal and professional worlds.

    This course will examine the social, structural, and personal dynamics that differentially impact women as leaders. It will prepare participants to identify women's specific needs and challenges. We will provide time for reflection about participants' social work skills, personal strengths, and their leadership development journey.

    Instructors

    webinar (synchronous interactive)

    Sessions

    • 10/17/2025 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

    CE Contact Hours

    • 1 ethics live interactive online
    • 5 regular live interactive online

    Location

    online
  4. 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 9/9/2021
    hybrid certificate program

    CE Contact Hours

    • 1 ethics asynchronous online
    • 16 regular asynchronous online
    • 1 regular live interactive online

    Skill Level

    Beginner

    Location

    online
  5. 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 5/20/2021
    hybrid certificate program

    Sessions

    • self-paced

    CE Contact Hours

    • 1 ethics asynchronous online
    • 26 regular asynchronous online
    • 1 regular live interactive online

    Skill Level

    Beginner

    Location

    online
  6. EMDR: Guiding Healing Through Self Determination

    This workshop will provide an introduction to Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) and its uses in client lead healing related to trauma and a myriad of other presenting problems. Learners will explore an overview of the EMDR process and how it fits within a larger collaborative clinical framework. Case studies will explore how the process is client lead and allows for self determination within the goal development and healing process.

    Course created 10/21/2021
    webinar (asynchronous)

    CE Contact Hours

    • 1 ethics asynchronous online
    • 1 regular asynchronous online

    Skill Level

    Beginner

    Location

    online
  7. Emerging Telemental Health Practice: Using Technology to Increase Access to Care and Improve Quality of Care

    This webinar on emerging telemental health practice addresses: 1) ethical and legal concerns related to digital mental health interventions, 2) access to care and quality of care issues, and 3) core evidence informed practice skills and interventions for telemental health practice.

    Course created on 2/7/2022

    Instructor

    webinar (asynchronous)

    CE Contact Hours

    • 0.5 ethics asynchronous online
    • 0.5 regular asynchronous online

    Skill Level

    Intermediate

    Location

    online
  8. Foundations of Sports Social Work

    This course will serve as an introduction to the foundations of sport social work. It will explore how social work and sport have worked in parallel to combat racism, oppression, inequality, and discrimination which has been an integral part of our society's history and development. The course will examine the intersection of the history of social work and the professionalization of athletics. Foundational knowledge of understanding sport social work practice will include identifying the role of sport social workers, defining sport social work practice, and looking at Social Work's Values and Ethics and CSWE competencies through a sport social work lens. With the role of social workers being to serve and advocate for vulnerable populations, athletes will be identified and defined as a vulnerable population and key human development theories will be applied to sport social work. Finally, evidence-based practices will be discussed throughout the course, but specifically, research trends, the current state and future directions of sport social work will be analyzed.

    Course created 9/9/2021

    Instructors

    webinar (asynchronous)

    CE Contact Hours

    • 1 ethics asynchronous online
    • 1 regular asynchronous online

    Skill Level

    Beginner

    Location

    online

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