CE Courses for Social Workers

Harassment, and more specifically, sexual harassment, is illegal. This course reviews the definition of sexual harassment, ways to prevent harassment, and what to do should harassment occur in the workplace.

This course will define non-suicidal self-injury and dispel common myths about self-injury. This course will also discuss how to assess, safety plan, and treat non-suicidal self-injury.

This course combines knowledge from trauma theory and solution-focused practice to offer effective strengths-based strategies to positively impact change in survivors of family violence. Populations include; survivors of domestic violence relationships, child abuse, and sexual assault.

Participants will learn about the college and vocational opportunities for adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The socio-cultural and economic implications of parenting children with ASD will be discussed.

This course will examine the intersectionality of culture and trauma for children in the child welfare system. The course will look at the role of culture in symptomology, presentation to services, treatment interventions and for the treatment team.

This course will review childhood physical and social-emotional development, considering knowledge of both domains as central to initial assessment of functioning for children, adolescents, and families.

Nurturing Beyond Bars is a course for social workers who serve children that have a parent incarcerated. This course teaches social workers how to address the sensitive topic of incarceration with ease and confidence and offers role play scenarios for social workers to think through.

Families of children with hearing loss present with unique needs and challenges. Families’ issues commonly center around accepting hearing loss as well as planning management. Children need support regarding social, emotional and academic development. Hearing loss may impact speech, language, listening, reading, and learning – skills that are critical during childhood years and beyond. The impact of hearing loss on children and families is individual but there are many common challenges even for those with the most access to resources and support. This course will present information and resources for social workers, speech-language pathologists, audiologists, school personnel, therapists and other professionals to support them in their work with families of children with hearing loss.

Elder abuse and neglect and child abuse and neglect are harsh realities. This course will identify the physical, clinical, and behavioral indicators of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse needed to identify and report to appropriate agencies. Participants will gain an improved awareness of warning signs of abuse, the clinician's role in reporting abuse, and the steps for reporting abuse and getting proper assistance.

The goal of this course is to educate providers regarding Human Trafficking. The course will, along with providing the definition of Human Trafficking and explaining the various aspects of the definition, give providers tools in the recognition and care of potential victims of Human Trafficking.