CE Courses for Social Workers

Gambling disorder is recognized in the DSM-5 as a persistent and recurrent problematic gambling behavior that leads to impairment. This podcast will explore gambling disorder, the bias associated with gambling disorder, assessment, and treatment. This is part of the Continued Learning Podcast series.

Medical social work is a growing area of social work practice with several areas of specialized practice. This podcast explores oncology and social work practice within this specialized area of healthcare. This is part of the Continued Learning Podcast series.

Simulations are effective methods of teaching and reinforcing social work skills. This podcast explores integrating simulations into social work education and practice. This is part of the Continued Learning Podcast series.

Understanding infant mental health is essential for social workers who work with infants and their families. This course provides information about key infant mental health (IMH) concepts, including parental reflective function and an explanation of how to apply IMH concepts to practice. In addition to building your knowledge, you will learn how to use IMH concepts and terms in your interactions with clients.

Mental health professionals are experiencing burnout at significant rates due to workplace demands and the current mental health crisis. This course identifies the signs of burnout seen in mental health professionals and redefines self-care for improved work-life balance and career longevity.

The likelihood of mental health professionals encountering suicidal ideation in their work is high when serving diverse populations suffering from mental illness, trauma, and adversity. Assessment tools, clinical steps taken, and documentation of efforts as a helping professional are vital to the well-being of both client and clinician during times of high stress. This training identifies and discusses known risk factors in suicide assessment and prevention as well as safety planning strategies to address symptom management and thoughtful treatment planning with a person at risk.

Positive Solutions for Families is an evidence-based training for promoting early childhood learners’ approaches to learning, social and emotional competence, language and communication, cognition, and perceptual, motor, and physical development. Behavior Has Meaning is the cornerstone of emotional and behavioral self-regulation, positive parent and child interactions, and family relationships. It includes successfully observing and defining the functions of behaviors, the context in which they occur, and the psychological and/or physiological needs the child is attempting to achieve. Throughout this course, participants will acquire parent engagement skills, response strategies for supporting parents and families with recognizing, preventing, and responding to challenging behaviors, and techniques for fostering practical child and caregiver bonds and secure attachments.

Non-suicidal self-injury is prevalent. Therefore understanding modern treatment approaches for detecting and treating NSSI is essential. This course explores modern treatment approaches and how to apply practical therapy skills with NSSI clients.

Cognitive therapy is a widely used therapeutic intervention that is supported by evidence-based practice in treating various clinical issues. This webinar will explore cognitive therapy, its features, and uses.

Learn about screening for pediatric anxiety, as well as differentiating developmentally-appropriate worries from clinical concerns. Diagnostic criteria for the most common pediatric anxiety disorders and basic evidence-based treatment of anxiety are also discussed.