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
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Ethics, 6 CE credit hours
This requirement cannot be completed with online coursework.
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LGBTQ, 2 CE credit hours
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CE-Credit.com offers 4 courses applicable to this requirement.
103200: Brief Online Interventions for LGBTQ Young Adult Mental and Behavioral Health, 1.5 CE credit hour - 103194: Adapting Clinical Skills to Telehealth With LGBTQ+ Youth, 1 CE credit hour
- 103112: Mental Health Challenges of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: An Integrated Literature Review, 1.25 CE credit hour
- 103097: Ethical Aspects of Mental Health Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bi-, Pan-, Asexual, and Transgender People: A Case Based Approach, 1 CE credit hour
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Course Description | Medium |
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A Self-Inquiry Into Race Socialization & Internalized Whiteness: For Therapists Treating Racial Trauma Among BIPOC Clients
3 CE credit hours
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Clinical Topics & Methods; Cultural Diversity; Professional Readiness; Counseling (Theory and Techniques) |
Recorded Webinar |
Internal Family Systems Therapy: Why It Works & How to Know If It’s a Good Fit
3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods; Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Treatment Knowledge |
Recorded Webinar |
A Trauma-Informed Approach to Moving Beyond Cultural Competence to Cultural Intelligence
3 CE credit hours
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Cultural Diversity; Professional Readiness; Counseling (Theory and Techniques) |
Recorded Webinar |
Movement Behaviors and Perceived Loneliness and Sadness Within Alaskan Adolescents
1.25 CE credit hour
Children and Adolescents; Cultural & Racial Diversity |
Reading-Based Online |
Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for PTSD in Children and Adolescents
1.75 CE credit hour
Children and Adolescents; Clinical Topics & Methods |
Reading-Based Online |
Somatic Therapeutic Tools: Unlocking the Neurobiology of Trauma and Awakening Our Body’s Innate Wisdom to Care for Itself
3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods |
Recorded Webinar |
APA Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Depression Across Three Age Cohorts
6 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods |
Reading-Based Online |
Risk Assessment and Crisis Intervention for Youth in a Time of Telehealth
1.5 CE credit hour
Technology and Counseling; Children and Adolescents |
Reading-Based Online |
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
Clinical Topics & Methods; Cultural & Racial Diversity |
Recorded Webinar |
Protecting Children from Child Neglect & Supporting Families
3 CE credit hours
Children and Adolescents; Couples, Family |
Recorded Webinar |