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 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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Interventions to Reduce Opioid Use in Youth At-risk and in Treatment for Substance Use Disorders:: A Scoping Review
1.25 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Children and Adolescents; Application to Practice; Treatment Knowledge |
Reading-Based Online |
Human Trafficking
3 CE credit hours
Sexual Abuse; Clinical Topics & Methods; Forensic, Criminal Justice; Application to Practice |
Recorded Webinar |
Mental Disorder and Opioid Overdose: a Systematic Review
1.25 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice |
Reading-Based Online |
Does DBT Based Group Treatment Help Adults With ADHD? (RCT Study)
1.25 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Treatment Knowledge |
Reading-Based Online |
Online and Distance Behavioral Health Practitioners: Ethics and Risk-management Challenges
3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Technology and Counseling; Ethics |
Recorded Webinar |
The Shame Spiral of Addiction: Negative Self- Conscious Emotion and Substance Use
1 CE credit hour
Understanding Addiction; Counseling (Theory and Techniques) |
Reading-Based Online |
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 |
Are Relaxation Techniques Effective As An active Ingredient in the Treatment of Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
1.25 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Children and Adolescents; Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice |
Reading-Based Online |