- ASWB ACE 1020
40 CE credit hours required every 2 years — 12 may be earned with CE-Credit.com.
Applies To:
- District of Columbia Social Workers
CE-Credit.com’s distant learning courses are available for continuing education credit for social workers as required by the D.C. Board of Social Work.
The Board requires 40 hours of continuing education courses for license renewal every two years. Only 12 hours out of the total 40 hours required can be online.
6 hours of Ethics (must be done face to face; no online courses are accepted).
2 hours of LGBTQ training (this can be an online course)
4 of the total required continuing education shall be in Public Health Priorities which include these topics:
1. Responsible opioid prescribing and effective pain management;
2. Nutrition and obesity prevention;
3. Identifying and reporting abuse (child and adult), neglect (child and adult), human
trafficking, and domestic violence;
4. Sexual health (including taking sexual history, discussing sexual experiences with patients, sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV/AIDS), HPV vaccines, connections to cancer, latent tuberculosis, safe sex, and birth control);
5. Ethics and appropriate patient interactions (i.e. boundaries, patient privacy, and
communications including telehealth);
6. Smoking, vaping, and tobacco (including dangers, smoking cessation, and non-smoke tobacco products);
7. Preparing your patients for an emergency and handling vulnerable populations in an emergency;
8. Identifying impairment (physical or mental) in patients and providers (including complying
with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act);
9. Vaccinations (including legal requirements and appropriate exemptions); and,
10. Implicit bias, cultural competence and Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in health and health care.
HIV CEU is no longer a requirement.
CE-Credit.com, a service of CE Learning Systems, is approved to offer continuing education courses by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB #1020). CE Learning Systems maintains responsibility for the courses.
Board Contact Info
D.C. Department of Health Board of Social Work
Phone: (877) 672-2174
https://dchealth.dc.gov/service/social-work-licensing
Pulbic Health Priorities, 4.00 CE credit hours
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CE-Credit.com offers 10 courses applicable to this requirement.
103273: Human Trafficking, 3 CE credit hours - 103266: Is All Dating Violence Equal?, 2.25 CE credit hours
- 103263: A Self-Inquiry Into Race Socialization & Internalized Whiteness: For Therapists Treating Racial Trauma Among BIPOC Clients, 3 CE credit hours
- 103261: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Moving Beyond Cultural Competence to Cultural Intelligence, 3 CE credit hours
- 103253: Implicit Bias Training: Increasing Understanding Towards Reducing Barriers and Disparities in Access to and Delivery of Physical and Mental Health Care Services, 3 CE credit hours
- View All 10 Courses
Ethics, 6.00 CE credit hours
This requirement cannot be completed with online coursework.
LGBTQ, 2.00 CE credit hours
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CE-Credit.com offers 5 courses applicable to this requirement.
103293: Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8, 18 CE credit hours - 103246: AFFIRM Online: An Intervention to Improve Mental Health, Access, And Engagement Among LGBTQA+ Youth and Young Adults, 1 CE credit hour
- 103240: Double Jeopardy: Minority Stress and the Influence of Transgender Identity and Race-ethnicity, 1 CE credit hour
- 103201: Substance Use in the Transgender Population: A Meta-Analysis, 1.5 CE credit hour
- 103194: Adapting Clinical Skills to Telehealth With LGBTQ+ Youth, 1 CE credit hour
Course Description | Medium |
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Termination and Abandonment: Best Ethical Practices for Clinicians
3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Ethics |
Recorded Webinar |
CBT for Depression: New Advances and Standard CBT Approaches
3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods |
Recorded Webinar |
Addressing Social Isolation: Identifying High-Risk Individuals and Effective Interventions for Mental Health Professionals
3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods; Children and Adolescents; Aging, Long Term Care |
Recorded Webinar |
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Groups Part 3:: Using group CBT to treat eating disorders, substance use disorders, borderline personality disorder, and psychosis/psychotic disorders.
8 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods; Group Counseling |
Book |
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Groups Part 2:: Using group CBT to treat anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, trauma, and mood disorders
8 CE credit hours
Group Counseling; Clinical Topics & Methods |
Book |
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Groups Part 1:: General Principles and Practice
8 CE credit hours
Group Counseling; Clinical Topics & Methods |
Book |
Rethinking Unhealthy Alcohol Use in the United States: A Structured Review
1 CE credit hour
Treatment Knowledge; Understanding Addiction; Addictions, Substance Use; Prevention |
Reading-Based Online |
Cumulative Exposure to Traumatic Events and Craving Among Women in Residential Treatment for Substance Use Disorder:: The role of emotion dysregulation and mindfulness disposition
1 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Gender Issues; Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Application to Practice; Treatment Knowledge; Professional Readiness |
Reading-Based Online |
National Guidelines for Child and Youth Behavioral Health Crisis Care
2.75 CE credit hours
Children and Adolescents; Suicide; Clinical Topics & Methods |
Reading-Based Online |
Somatic Language of Trauma: How Understanding the Nervous System Can Support Kids from Hard Places
3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods; Children and Adolescents |
Recorded Webinar |