Applies To:
- District of Columbia Social Workers
Addiction Counselor CE’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.
Addiction Counselor CE, 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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Addiction Counselor CE offers 6 courses for this requirement.
103200: Brief Online Interventions for LGBTQ Young Adult Mental and Behavioral Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial in a High-Stigma, Low-Resource Context, 1.5 CE credit hour - 103194: Adapting Clinical Skills to Telehealth: Applications of Affirmative Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy With LGBTQ+ Youth, 1 CE credit hour
- 103132: Eating Disorder Symptoms and Proneness in Gay Men, Lesbian Women, and Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Adults: Comparative Levels and a Proposed Mediational Model, 1.5 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
- View All 6 Courses
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Course Description | Medium |
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What Are The ethical Implications Of using Prize-based Contingency Management In substance Use? A scoping Review
1.5 CE credit hour
Ethics |
Reading-Based Online |
Mastering the DSM-5-TR
3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods |
Recorded Webinar |
What Lies Beneath: Treating the Trauma Underlying Substance Use Disorders
1.5 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use |
Recorded Webinar |
Substance Use in the Transgender Population: A Meta-Analysis
1.5 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use |
Reading-Based Online |
The Effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Psychodrama in the Treatment of PTSD in Inpatient Substance Abuse Treatment
1.25 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use |
Reading-Based Online |
Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction: A Guide to Coping With the Grief, Stress, and Anger That Trigger Addictive Behaviors, 2nd Edition
8 CE credit hours
Addictions, Substance Use |
Book |
Understanding the Substance Use of Autistic Adolescents and Adults: a Mixed-methods Approach
1.5 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use |
Reading-Based Online |
National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics 2021
1.25 CE credit hour
Ethics |
Reading-Based Online |
Dopamine and Risky Decision-Making in Gambling Disorder
1.25 CE credit hour
Treatment Knowledge |
Reading-Based Online |
Ethics & Cultural Diversity Training: Patient Abandonment and Cultural Humility, Best Practices: Meets ethics requirement for NY Psychologists
3 CE credit hours
Ethics |
Recorded Webinar |