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Louisiana Social Work Continuing Education

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Free State Social Work is approved as a continuing education provider by the  Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education Program  (provider #1235) and the  National Board for Certified Counselors  (provider #6605).  We are also approved by the  Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board  (provider 10-001) and the  Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling  (CE Provider # 50-13565).

Does the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners accept courses from ASWB-approved continuing education providers?

How many hours can i earn with on-line ce courses.

You can earn 10 of the required 20 clock hours with distance learning.

How Can I Get Started?

All of our courses are $5.99 per credit hour.  We also offer an unlimited package. One year of unlimited courses is $74.99 and two years of unlimited courses are $124.99 .   Click here for more information about how to get started  or you can  browse our complete course catalog .

Where Can I Review Louisiana Social Work Continuing Education Requirements?

You can review Louisiana social work continuing education requirements at https://www.labswe.org/PAGE/RULES-STANDARDS-AND-PROCEDURES .

You can also contact the board at:
Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners  18550 Highland Road, Suite B Baton Rouge, LA  70809; (225) 756-3470.

Please remember that we have done our best to research your state’s licensing guidelines. Licensing regulations can change frequently including guidelines about how many hours you can earn on-line. Most jurisdictions require a certain number of hours in ethics and other areas of practice. The final authority for approving any continuing education activity rests with your state board. Even those states that endorse the ACE program may have exceptions in terms of the courses that they will accept. It is ultimately your responsibility to understand the licensing regulations in your state.

Does Free State Social Work offer Louisiana Social Work CEUs? Trainings? Contact Hours? Credit Hours?

Different jurisdictions have different definitions.  For some jurisdictions, the term CEU consists of ten credit hours.  At Free State Social Work, we offer continuing education credit hours and we estimate that each credit hour will require one hour of reading.

At Free State Social Work, we offer great online continuing education for social workers, counselors, and therapists.

All of our courses are $5.99 per credit hour. Please browse our complete course catalog or use the category links below.

We also offer an unlimited package! One year of unlimited courses is $74.99 and two years are $124.99. Our unlimited packages do not require you to agree to an ongoing subscription or automatic renewals. Click here for more details about our unlimited packages .

If you would like to sample one of our courses, you can try a free course here .

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CEU for Louisiana Social Workers

Making continuing education fun, affordable, engaging and practical for over 19 years, empowering social workers (and their clients) for over 19 years, 💥 thanks for a great ceu collection year 💥.

All of our LIVE CEUs for this collection period are complete, however, you can still grab On-Demand Distance Learning CEUs on our Online CEU School . Make sure you’re on our email list, and we’ll see you next collection year!

Our mission is to give Louisiana Social Workers affordable, fun, engaging and practical opportunities to learn! CEU shouldn’t be boring. From legal issues to ethical issues and everything in-between, we want you to have the information you need so you can grow as a person and as a professional.

Many thanks to our generous sponsors and hosts all over Louisiana, all these years: Lake Lawn Funeral Home, Resolve Mediation Group, IPFU (I’m Praying for You), Lakeview Presbyterian Church and the Southern University at Shreveport Business and Community Development Center!

Our entire 2023-2024 CEU Slate has been APPROVED BY NASW-LA ! Click on Upcoming CEUs to see the schedule and download flyers, and keep it bookmarked for the future! And while you’re here, make sure you grab your FREE CEU Planner and get on our email list . Links are in the menu. See you soon!

Want our CEUs to come to you? We can Zoom into your organization and with proper precautions and masks, we are also willing to consider traveling to provide in-person CEUs for your group. At least 50 people are required for an in-person CEU with us! Whether creating a new CEU for you or choosing one from this CEU season (or a previous one), let’s talk! CONTACT US .

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Continuing Educational Units in Louisiana

Ceus for counselors and social workers.

JFS offers LABSWE-approved and LCA-approved continuing educational units (CEUs) for mental health professionals in Louisiana.

Ethics, Diagnosis, Clinical, and General Hours

JFS offers CEUs each month. Our CEUs are open to both social workers and counselors .

Most of our CEUs are for Diagnosis or Clinical hours . We also offer General and Ethics hours CEUs.

The Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners (LABSWE) and the Louisiana Counseling Association (LCA) approve our CEU hours. Due to Covid 19, we are currently offering virtual CEUs open to any mental health practitioner in Louisiana.

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Example CUEs include:

• Treating Compulsive Sexual Behavior: A new approach
• Building Rapport with Children and Adolescents
• The Basics of Custody Evaluation
• Parenting Anxious Children Using the SPACE Program
• Perfectionism, Shame and Self-compassion
• Clinical Care in Tele-Mental Health
• Suicide Prevention
• Parallel Processes
• Level Up: Recognizing our own money challenges to help our couples clients
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Praise for JFS CEUs

JFS is always up to date on the current challenges facing social workers and counselors in our state. Not long after the pandemic hit, they were offering a CEU about telemental health and, later, about connecting with youth clients. Their CEUs really help me stay abreast of best practices and prepared for my clients. -Sarah, 36

“With 15 years of clinical practice, I really appreciate the thoughtful and informative CEUs JFS offers. They are organized and efficiently run. My certificate always comes in a timely manner.” -Mike, 48

Louisiana Association of Clinical Social Workers

If you have concerns that you would like LACSW to address, you may email at

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Continuing education pre-approval application.

Instructions: Applicants seeking approval for a continuing education offering should submit the following information to LACSW at least six (6) weeks prior to the proposed event: ● Completed Application Packet ● Payment: ○ $50.00 for a single presentation, ○ $75.00 for multiple presentations of the same curriculum within the approval year ○ Check payable to LACSW OR Copy of Online Payment Receipt ● Presenter CVs or Bios, as appropriate ● Copy of Brochure / Promotion Material ● Copy of your Post-Attendance Evaluation Form

Approval should be determined within one (1) week of the receipt of the required materials; however, clarification on topic subject matter suitability may be required from you or additional reviewers. Please be prepared to follow up promptly to avoid approval delays. An email will be sent indicating the approval status, the number of contact hours approved and the educational category the presenter qualifies for.

Certificate Issuance Service At the discretion of the CEU committee and Presenter(s), upon receipt of the following information after the event is held, LACSW will provide LACSW-approved Certificates Attendance to participants who have documented attendance of 80% of the scheduled contact hours. These certificates shall be emailed to appropriate attendees: 1. List of names, email addresses, and number of documented contact hours of participants. 2. Proof of Attendance: Sign-in and Out Sheet (or virtual attendance log) OR attestation that all attendees attended at least 80% of scheduled 3. Cost: $75 (10 certificates) + $5.00/additional certificate

Application for Pre-Approval of Social Work Continuing Education Program Credit For Pre-Approval of Social Work Continuing Education Program Credits, application to be considered for approval must be completed in its entirety and all requested supporting documentation attached. Please provide a checklist acknowledging your attached supporting documentation. If the application is not complete, an email will be sent to you acknowledging your application was not complete (incomplete applications will not be returned).

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Louisiana Social Workers

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, NetCE is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit.

The Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners accepts courses from any provider who is ASWB approved.

Continuing Education Requirement

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Attention Louisiana Social Workers: Twenty (20) hours of social work continuing education is required annually prior to the renewal of a license, certification, or registration. The collection period for continuing education is September 1 of last year through August 31 of the current year. The Board has approved all continuing education to be obtained through distance learning through August 31, 2023 . https://www.labswe.org/continuing-education

The Louisiana Board of Social Work Examiners accepts NetCE courses.

LCSW, LMSW, CSW, and RSW are required 20 hours each year, 10 of which may be completed by distance learning.*

A minimum 3 hours must be in ethics every two years and 10 hours must be in the area of clinical diagnosis and treatment .

* NetCE courses are considered distance learning.

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Please contact the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners at (225) 756-3470, or refer to https://www.labswe.org/continuing-education/ and https://www.labswe.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/46v25.2020.pdf for additional information regarding your continuing education.

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CONTINUING EDUCATION

The Broadmoor Improvement Association is an approved provider of continuing education units (CEUs) for Social Workers in the State of Louisiana. Most workshops are also approved for LPC CEUs. All workshops take place at the Broadmoor Arts and Wellness Center located at 3900 General Taylor Street, Second floor, NOLA 70125.

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Jonah Quinn will be your guide for this 3-hour CEU workshop: An Introduction to Parts Work on August 16th from 2-5pm at the BIA Food Pantry Location: 2021 S. Dupre Street. "Rooted in my experience with Internal Family Systems, I’ll be teaching about how to conceptualize and work with the subpersonalities of the human psyche. We will be talking about the nature of parts and Self, the kinds of dynamics that parts get into within an individual’s system, and how parts show up in interpersonal relationships. We'll be viewing parts work through the lens of attachment and systems theory, as well as discussing how systems of oppression get mapped onto our internal systems. Hopefully you’ll come away with a more complete and compassionate way of holding yourself and your clients’ sensations, feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. We hope to see you there!"

CEU Title:  An Introduction to Parts Work

When: Friday August 16th, 2pm -5pm ​

Where: In person at the Broadmoor Food Pantry, 2021 S Dupre Street

Who is the presenter: Jonah Quinn, LMSW IFS Level 2 Trained

What kind of CEUs: 3 clinical CEUs

How much: Sliding scale for attendance: 

Students & nonlicensed $40  

LMSW/PLPC/new professional up to 5 years, provisionally licensed $55  

More experienced professionals/LCSW/LPC $65 

Feeling generous? $75

ABOUT OUR WORKSHOPS

Our CEU workshops are three hours in length and are offered at a sliding scale plus processing fees through Eventbrite. CEU certificates are emailed following the workshop.  

Complaint Policy:  Attendees of any CEU sponsored by the Broadmoor Improvement Association who have a complaint should send their complaint in writing to [email protected] with the subject line "Complaint." Please allow 3-5 business days for initial response.

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations must be made through Eventbrite at least 7 days prior to the event. No refunds will be possible after this time. For additional questions about our cancellation policy, please email wellness @broadmoorimprovement.com .

For group registrations, please contact The Broadmoor Wellness Team at 504-249-5130 or email  [email protected] .

HOST A WORKSHOP

In addition to proudly hosting affordable continuing education workshops throughout the year, the BIA is a pre-approval organization for LABSWE and is able to sponsor other CEU workshops. If you would like to inquire about hosting your own CEU workshop and the associated review process and cost, please email  [email protected]

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Continuing Education for Louisiana Social Workers

Attention : Several states and disciplines have relaxed requirements regarding live / in person Continuing Education due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please check with your board to see the most current requirements.

CE requirements for LA social workers (RSW, CSW, LMSW, LCSW):

• 20 clock hours of CE each year, including 3 clock hours in social work ethics once every 2 years
• LCSWs must earn 10 of the 20 hours in the area of clinical social work, including diagnosis and treatment
• Maximum of 10 hours each renewal period can be earned online
• Renewal: June 30 each year

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More Info from Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners

At Health, LLC, Provider #1707, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. At Health, LLC, maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 5/3/2023-5/3/2026.

LA social workers can earn 10 of their CE credits online through athealth.com.

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State laws can change. Practitioners are responsible for determining their state’s licensure requirements. To view the LA continuing education regulations, click the button below.

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Providers seeking CEU Approval through NASW-LA are asked to use the recently updated CEU Application form.   The revised form includes a clickable link to an online portal to submit all applications and required attachments.  Please note that payment is accepted by credit or debit card only.  Email: [email protected] if you need assistance.

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Applicants may request to add a training date or make changes to a previously approved application. Additional dates/locations or changes may be added within one (1) year of the date of the first workshop. The 12-month period begins with the first date of the first workshop as indicated in your original approval communication. There will be no revisions to this time frame.

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LABSWE NEWS

Remote supervision notice, spring 2024 newsletter, winter 2024 newsletter, fall 2023 newsletter, labswe hosted a town hall meeting on december 1st to give louisiana social workers, stakeholders, and residents an opportunity to speak to their experiences and offer their opinion regarding the aswb social work exams. if you missed the meeting, here is the link to the recording:, social work licensure compact - hb888, lmsws eligible for medicaid reimbursement, changes to la medicaid community psychiatric support and treatment (cpst) and psychosocial rehabilitation (psr) services.

Welcome to the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners website.   Please email your questions to [email protected] and they will be directed to the appropriate person or email [email protected] for assistance with the licensing platform. You can also find staff email addresses under the About Us section.

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