Deepening Clinical Practice Conference
Smith College’s School for Social Work will host a one-day conference in Northampton, Massachusetts. This training will bring together practitioners and scholars sharing knowledge and research about current issues in clinical practice.
Up to 5.5 CEs for social workers available and lunch will be provided.
Click here for more information or to register.
Seeking Safety Training
An online Seeking Safety training will be held on Tuesday, August 5. The cost is $150 and CEUs are available for licensed social workers for an additional fee.
Learning objectives include:
• Learn how to implement Seeking Safety with adults and/or adolescents
• Review research and clinical issues in treating trauma and substance abuse
• Increase empathy and understanding of trauma and substance abuse
• Learn how to conduct Seeking Safety, an evidence-based model for trauma and/or substance abuse
• Obtain assessment and treatment resources
Seeking Safety was developed by University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School adjunct professor Lisa Najavits, PhD.
Click here to register for this training.
Ethical Issues of Care with Older Adults
Rutgers University School of Social Work is hosting an online webinar on August 7, 2025. This webinar will be led by Ted Alter, Ph.D., MSW, ACSW—an Associate Professor of Social Work at Stockton University.
This webinar will focus on decision making capacity and tensions between personal values, the NASW Code of Ethics, and ethical principles, when working with cognitively compromised older adults. Participants will have the opportunity to apply learned skills in weighing the risks and benefits of actual case scenarios.
For more information or to register, please click here.
Without Confusion: Integrating Nicene Theology and Psychological Science for Catholic Psychotherapy
The Catholic Psychotherapy Association is sponsoring a three hour webinar titled Without Confusion: Integrating Nicene Theology and Psychological Science for Catholic Psychotherapy. This webinar is led by Jeffrey Thompson.
Learning objectives include:
1. Define Barth's and Hunsinger’s "Chalcedonian Method" and Frankl's "Dimensional Ontology."
2. Evaluate Barth and Frankl's integrative methods from a Catholic perspective.
3. Apply these integrative methods to the practice of Catholic psychotherapy.
CEUs are offered through NBCC. Licensed social workers may want to contact their state board to confirm that this training will meet their board’s requirements for continuing education credits.
For more information or to register, please click here.
Understanding and Supporting Clients After Abortions: A Training for Social Workers
NASW-IL is hosting a live webinar about supporting clients post-abortion on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.
From the event description:
This NASW-IL training will provide social workers with foundational information about working with clients who have had abortions. Attendees will learn about the myths and facts about the relationships between abortions, mental health, and emotions, as well as receive a framework through which to understand their clients' experiences. Attendees will also reflect on their own abortion-related values, and practice identifying and vetting additional supportive resources for their clients.
Continuing education hours are available for licensed social workers. For more information or to register, click here.
The Paternal Function in Anorexia Nervosa
Tom Wooldridge, PsyD, ABPP, FIPA, CEDS-C, will explore the role of the father, both flesh-and-blood and symbolic, in a subset of families of patients with anorexia nervosa on September 12, 2025.
Social work continuing education hours are available for this virtual event sponsored by Austen Riggs Center.
Stronger Together!
NAMI’s Florida annual conference will take place in Orlando between September 18 and September 20, 2025.
This year’s conference — Stronger Together! — will feature workshops and presentations covering:
• Navigating the Behavioral Health Ecosystem - Understanding how the publicly and privately funded systems work and how to access needed resources and supports
• Clinical Innovations & Research – The latest advancements in behavioral health treatment
• Hope, Recovery & Empowerment – Personal stories and strategies for well-being
• Underserved Communities – Empathy and connection with diverse groups, including rural communities, faith communities, BIPOC, and LGBTQA
• Criminal Justice Diversion – Innovative programs to provide help, not handcuffs
CEUs are available for licensed social workers. Click here to register now.
Introduction to DBT Informed School Counseling Strategies
This 2 day virtual training will provide school mental health staff with an overview of how Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and strategies can be provided within the school environment using a MTSS model. School mental health staff will be taught how to identify student goals and behavioral targets for counseling sessions as well as the rationale of using a chain analysis as a method of assessment and guide to determining effective solutions.
Learning objectives include:
• Understand the modes and functions of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in the clinical setting.
• Understand how the modes and functions of DBT have been adapted to a school-based setting.
• Understand the rationale for the different applications of DBT in the school context.
• Understand and use DBT approaches to goal setting and behavioral targeting.
Social workers can earn up to 11 continuing education hours. Click here for more information or to register.
Dreaming the Future
The American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work will host their biennial conference in Austin, Texas starting November 6, 2025 at the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown, 700 San Jacinto Street. The theme of the conference is Dreaming the Future.
Ricardo Ainslie, PhD will be the plenary speaker.
Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting
The Gerontological Society of American will hold its annual meeting in Boston from November 12 to 15. GSA 2025. You can find this year’s schedule of presentations here.
Continuing education hours for social workers are provided through ASWB.
Child-Centered Play Therapy for Autistic Children: Best Practices and Modification
This presentation will be lead by Regine Chung, PhD, LMHC, RPT™️, RP, CAS.
The learning objectives for this live webinar include:
• Participants will be able to integrate the CCPT perspective to better understand autistic children’s play behaviors.
• Participants will describe at least three neurodiversity-affirming strategies that align with CCPT practice.
• Participants will articulate the holistic change process for autistic children in CCPT.
• Participants will identify possible modifications to CCPT protocol for autistic children.
• Participants will identify research evidence supporting the use of CCPT with autistic children.
The fee for his webinar is $100 per participant. Licensed social workers may want to contact their state board to confirm that this training will meet their board’s requirements for continuing education credits.
Click here for more information or to register.
30th Annual ISITDBT Conference
Save the date for International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of DBT’s annual conference.
This year the event will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Hyatt Regency. For more information about this conference, please click here.
Working with Survivors of Neglect and Abandonment
This live NASW-Michigan Zoom webinar will be led by Kaytlyn Gillis, LMSW-Clinical.
The primary objective of this training will be, “…focused on supporting clients in healing from parental abandonment and neglect.”
NASW-Michigan members can attend at no cost. There is a $15 fee for non-members.
For more information or to register, click here.
Professional Association of Social Workers in HIV & AIDS Annual Conference
Save the date for PASWHA’s annual conference that will take place in San Antonio, Texas from May 20 to May 23, 2026.
PASWHA is the leading organization that supports the professional growth and development of HIV social workers and allied professionals, promotes evidence-informed practice, and advances equitable and just policies to end the HIV & AIDS epidemic.
Meaning-Based Harm from Medications: Clinical and Ethical Implications
Austen Riggs Center is hosting a one-hour webinar about “…the phenomenon of the nocebo response…”
The learning objectives for this event include:
• Identify potential sources of harm from medications that are mediated by meaning.
• Discuss ethical dilemmas related to iatrogenic meanings and efforts to avoid harm produced by the meanings of medication
• Use basic psychotherapeutic skills, including skills for developing a patient-centered alliance, to address harmful effects of medications mediated by meaning.
Social workers may receive one continuing credit hour through ASWB.
Mindfulness Interventions in Therapy
Keisha Cox, LCSW will lead a two-hour live webinar on July 24. NASW-New York is sponsoring this event.
Learning objectives include:
• Identify and describe at least 3 mindfulness tools.
• Describe at least 3 ways mindfulness can be used to improve mental health.
• Incorporate at least 3 mindfulness interventions into a therapeutic treatment plan.
Two continuing education hours are available for licensed social workers. Click here to register today.
QPR for Farmers and Farm Families
AgriSafe is sponsoring a webinar for community health workers about QPR—question, persuade, and refer.
This training will address:
• Information on the unique challenges farmers face that can lead to stress, depression, and suicide.
• Examples implementing each QPR component with someone at risk for suicide.
• Information on how to help someone at risk of suicide.
Licensed social workers may want to contact their state board to confirm that this training will meet their board’s requirements for continuing education credits. Click here for more information and to register.
Supporting Clients with Disabilities in the Transition to College
This live interactive webinar is led by Annie Tulkin, MS—founder of Accessible College.
The learning objectives for this online webinar include:
• Recognize the legal differences between the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Understand the disability support process in the college setting
• Identify reasonable accommodations and create supporting documentation
• Identify strategies to engage students around conversations about self advocacy and college accommodations
Continuing educations hours for social works is provided by ASWB.
AI for Social Work Organizations: Strategic Planning and Policy Implementation for Your Agency
Does your social work organization, agency, or program have a clear policy for the potential use of artificial intelligence?
Learning objectives for this event include:
• Describe the essential components of an effective AI implementation roadmap for strategic planning
• Describe strategies for creating foundational AI policies and guidelines within your organization or agency
• Describe ways to integrate generative AI into your organization’s vision and strategic plan to improve service delivery and outcomes
This live webinar will be led by Marina Badillo-Diaz, DSW. Continuing education credits are available for licensed social workers via ASWB.
CMSA Annual Conference
The annual conference of the Case Management Society of America will take place in Dallas, Texas from June 24 to June 27. The event will take place at the Hilton Anatole.
This year’s theme is Case Management: Innovative Solutions, Advanced Outcomes.
CMSA will provide CEs for licensed social workers through ASWB.
For more information or to register, please click here.
Seeking Safety Training
This one-day webinar training on Seeking Safety will take place via Zoom. This training is designed for anyone; no license, degree, or prior training is required. It is highly interactive with a lot of exercises.
Continuing educational hours for social workers are offered through ASWB.
For more information or to register, click here.
You can purchase Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse by Lisa Najavits by clicking or tapping here.
Ethical Considerations in Play Therapy
This online training will be led by Alyssa M. Cedillo LPC-S, RPT-S™ and Teddy Morrison LPC-Associate supervised by Alyssa Cedillo LPC-S, RPT-S.
Learning objectives include:
• Review ethical codes and decision-making models for providing culturally competent play therapy, and identify how to apply these in clinical practice.
• Participants will identify common ethical issues faced by play therapists and identify strategies to address these challenges.
• Participants will explore ethical challenges play therapists encounter in the digital age and post-crisis/pandemic settings, and identify tools to navigate these complexities.
The cost is $150 and 2.5 continuing education hours are available through the Association for Play Therapy. Licensed social workers may want to contact their state board to confirm that this training will meet their board’s requirements for continuing education credits.
Click here to register today.
CBT for Panic Disorder
On Friday, March 14, 2025 at 8:45 am, Elevate Continuing Education will host a three (3) hour training on cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for panic disorder. This training will be led by Lily Brown, PhD via Zoom.
Three continuing education credits are available for social workers. Please click here for additional information or to register today.
Using Mindfulness in Social Work Practice
This online webinar was created with social workers in mind!
Nita Baucom, LCSW-BACS will lead this live Zoom training on Wednesday, March 12 from 12:15 to 4:30 pm Central. Licensed social workers may receive four (4) CEUs.
Questions? Text Nita at 504-931-8784 or email at nbaucom@nitabaucom.com. Click here for more information or to register.
Tailoring DBT for Autistic Clients
This self-paced, on-demand course was created by DBT therapists Rachel Leah Kraus, LCSW-C and Amara Brook, PhD, ABPP. The cost is $250.
Learning objectives include:
• Identify the difference between the deficit-based model versus the neurodiversity model in understanding and serving Autistic clients.
• Identify 2 specific ways to convey neuro-humility through their communication with clients.
• List two traits of many autistic people that may call for modifications to standard DBT.
• List two general things to tailor to make their own practice more accessible for Autistic clients.
• Identify four specific ways that they can modify the DBT skills training modules in their practice to increase efficacy for autistic clients.
Five (5) CEUs are available for licensed social workers. For more information or to register, click here.
Optimizing DBT for Autistic Adults
This virtual event will be led by dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) experts Samantha Ascanio, LCSW-C, Lisa Guy, Ph.D., and and Lorie Ritschel, Ph.D.
Registration for the day is $120 for residents of North Carolina and $180 for individuals living outside of the state. CEUs are available. Click here to learn more and register for this event.
You can learn more about TEACCH by clicking here.
Embodying Ethical Boundaries in the Workplace
This in-person training will be hosted by Dayna Guido LCSW, ACSW and Becca Odom, LCSW, E-RYT 200 in Asheville, North Carolina.
Attendees will:
• Practice somatic posturing for navigating power dynamics in relation to those with whom we work.
• Develop systems to track boundaries for addressing personal physical health needs.
• Illustrate decision making processes around ethical dilemmas in the workplace.
The cost is $149 and this event has been approved for three (3) social work (including two hours of ethics) continuing education hours. Click here for additional information and to register.
Brain, and Body: Neuropsychoanalysis and the Impact of Individual Differences on Subjective Experience
Jane Abrams, DSW, LCSW & Christina Peters, PhD, LCSW will host a Zoom presentation on the topic of neuroscience and memory science from a psychoanalytic perspective for social workers, graduate students, and other healthcare professionals. This is an intermediate level presentation.
A total of three (3) continuing education hours are available for this online event. The cost is $50 and you can register by clicking here.
NASW Texas Conference
This year’s event will take place in Irving, Texas at the Irving Convention Center.
NASW CEO, Anthony Estreet, PhD, MBA, LCSW-C will present the keynote, "Empowering Social Workers to Break Barriers and Lead Transformation.”
Licensed social workers can earn up to 21 continuing education hours. Click here to register today.
Beyond Borders: Competence, Compassion, and Action
The North American Association of Christians in Social Work will host their annual conference in Dallas, Texas from Thursday, October 10 through Saturday, October 12. The event will take place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Dallas near Galleria (4099 Valley View Ln, Dallas, TX 75244). Attendees may also participate virtually.
This year’s theme is Beyond Borders: Compassion, Competency, and Action. Attendees can receive up to 20 continuing education hours. Students are welcome.
For more information or to register, please click here.
Seeking Safety Training (Webinar)
On September 17, 2024, an online Seeking Safety training will be held. The cost is $150 and CEUs are available for licensed social workers for an additional fee.
Seeking Safety was developed by University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School adjunct professor Lisa Najavits, PhD.
Click here to register for this training.
Michigan Association of Court Mediators
Join author and social worker Bill Eddy, LCSW, JD for an important training with the Michigan Association of Court Meditators. The training will take place at The Park Place in Traverse City, Michigan.
Licensed social workers can earn continuing education credits. Click here to register today.
Advancing Decolonization in Social Work: Principles and Practices for Change
This training will be held via Zoom and will be led by Kiva Harper, MSSW, LCSW-S.
Social workers can earn three cultural competency continuing education hours.
The fee for this training is $59 for NASW members. Click here to register today.
International Federation of Social Workers Annual Conference 2024
The Social Work & Social Development – SWSD 2024 world conference jointly organised by IFSW, IASSW & ICSW will be held from 4th to 7th April in Panama City, Panama. This years’s theme is Respecting Diversity Through Joint Social Action.
Click here to register today.
2024 National School Social Work Conference
The School Social Work Association of American will hold its next conference in Baltimore, Maryland from March 12 to March 15, 2024. The event will be held at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel.
Social workers may earn CEUs by attending conference sessions.
NASW Louisiana Annual Conference
The theme of this year’s conference is Advancing Health Equity Through Social Work.
This event will be held at the Crowne Plaza Executive Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Annual Gulf Coast Social Work Conference
Gulf Coast Social Work Conference Hybrid Event (In Person & Virtual) scheduled for January 2024 with 13 CE hours.
Click here to register today.
Art Therapy: Seeing Through A Lens of Creativity
This three-hour live webinar will be led by Olivia Stuber, MPS, ATR-BC, LPC—an art therapist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia—and will provide a beginner’s overview of art therapy.
Continuing education units are available through the American Psychological Association. Licensed social workers should contact their state board to see if this training meets their requirements for professional education.
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Understanding the Challenges of Finding Mental Health Support in the Black Community
Mental health treatment within the Black community is becoming much more acceptable but there are still barriers to accessing care. Whether in outpatient community mental health centers, hospitals, school systems or in private practice, the challenges are usually consistent across treatment settings.
Led by Halcyon Francis, DSW, LCSW-C, this one hour course will attempt to look at two sides of this issue: from a Black social worker’s perspective and from the perspective of clients seeking such therapists.
Seeking Safety Webinar—December 14, 2023
Interested in learning more about Seeking Safety?
This one-day webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of this evidence-based intervention for PTSD and substance abuse.
This webinar has been approved for continuing education units for social workers through ASWB.
Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD: 4-Day Intensive Provider Training
Prolonged Exposure (PE) is an evidence-based treatment for PTSD that was developed by Edna Foa, PhD—Director of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety (CTSA) at the University of Pennsylvania.
This live, virtual 4-day Prolonged Exposure therapy training is being led by Stephanie Hamski, MA, LPC, Certified PE Trainer.
The cost is $1299 through October 16, 2023 and participants can receive 25 CE credit hours. Maryland CEU Institute is an ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Provider.
For more information or to register, click here.
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Differential Diagnoses for School Age Children
This important training sponsored by Weill Cornell Medicine Psychiatry and led by Somer Bishop, PhD will take place Friday, November 10, 2023.
The training will be conducted via Zoom and the cost is $150 + $50 for four (4) hours of continuing education credits for social workers.
American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work
The American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work will host their biennial conference in Chicago, IL starting November 9, 2023 at the Palmer House Hilton at 17 East Monroe Street. The theme of the conference is Reaching Across the Divide: Bringing a Psychoanalytic Sensibility to Culture and Practice.
Presentation topics include: Loss and Mourning: A Passage Through the Faraway, Nearby and A Mourning Walk: An Autoethnographic Reflection of Intergenerational Trauma. Attendees can earn up to 17 CEUs.
Preserving Providers Retreat: San Antonio, Texas
This evidence-based Coping and Regulation Strategies (CARS) retreat for professional healing and growth will take place at the historic Menger Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. The intimate event is limited to just 10 individuals and continuing education credits are available.
Ashley Stephens, LCSW and Regina Vanburg, PsyD will facilitate.