General Social Work CE Courses for Social Workers

EMDR Therapy is an evidence-based treatment option. This course explores EMDR Therapy and offers insight and education on the AIP model, theory, and components of EMDR therapy. In addition, this course will explore clinical implications. This course is designed for therapists who are not trained in EMDR Therapy.

Part one of this two-part series explored the impact of loss and grief on families. Part two provides participants with an overview of a variety of models and tools for intervening with families facing changes after a loss.

Behavioral health clinicians are vital to effective emergency management. This webinar expands on the role of behavioral health clinicians in emergency management and explores challenges associated with emergency management and how behavioral health clinicians can best support emergency management initiatives.

Rational Recovery is an approach to supporting clients with eating disorders. This webinar explores the Rational Recovery Approach and how clinicians can diversify their treatment and include more research-based interventions rooted in biology and rational realization techniques.

Social workers have been long-time advocates of juvenile justice. This course explores how social workers contributed to the establishment of the juvenile justice system in the late 19th century, how "get tough on crime" policies sidelined social workers' involvement in the system during the late 20th century, and how social workers are contributing to a resurgence of system reforms in the 21st century. Participants will learn how to advocate for further reform and campaign for an increased voice for the social work profession in juvenile justice policy and decision-making.

This webinar explores the history of gambling addiction and treatment, tools for screening and assessment, and high-risk populations. In addition, clinical interventions targeted at treating gambling disorders are introduced.

The initial imprints of our earliest attachment and trauma wounds can manifest in our work and relationships as we help to heal the trauma wounds of others. This webinar is the second in a two-part series. This webinar presents a model for healing that seeks to help participants identify the trauma and attachment adaptations they developed in childhood and why they were necessary.

The initial imprints of our earliest attachment and trauma wounds can manifest in our work and relationships as we help to heal the trauma wounds of others. In his seminal work, The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk notes that "scared animals return home, regardless of whether home is safe or frightening." This webinar is part one of a two-part series. This webinar gives specific attention to the unique ways that helpers will often gravitate toward the most familiar and recognizable aspects of their childhoods.

Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are often forgotten when it comes to conversation, planning, and services in adulthood. This webinar provides a framework for understanding the multi-faceted nature of advance care planning, barriers to advance care planning, and reasons for advance care planning to support individuals with IDD.

At times, communication can cause bumps in the road in any setting, especially when working on diverse and/or interdisciplinary teams. This course explores how to diffuse difficult conversations when there are many standpoints present and what to do to turn a difficult conversation into a positive experience. It will additionally explore how to repair a conversation when your intentions do not go as planned.