Continuing Education

The Office of Continuing Education is committed to becoming the leader and expert in providing lifelong education to social work professionals and creating a interdisciplinary community of extraordinary advocates, clinicians, and community organizers.

Ready to explore new avenues or advance your current career? Our continuing education programs offer many opportunities to develop new skills, gain greater knowledge, and move your career forward. Our instructors include the best minds in our community, state, and nation, and trainings cover the topics most important to you.

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SELF-PACED TRAININGS

Important Notice: The University is transitioning to a new enrollment management system launching on July 1, 2025! All CE self-paced courses, including 988 self-paced courses, will be closing on June 30 at 11:59pm EDT as we transition to the new system. If you are enrolled in any self-paced courses, note that you will lose access to all self-paced courses after June 30 at 11:59pm EDT. Be sure to complete any courses you signed up for and download any certificates you need by no later than June 30 at 11:59pm, or you will lose access. Once we transition courses into the new system, courses will become available in July. Stay tuned and sign up for our newsletter to receive alerts as new courses are added to the new system this summer and fall!

Presenter Applications

The Office of Continuing Education is proud to work collaboratively within the University and with social service networks across the state to provide quality, evidence-based, professional development opportunities for Ohio’s human service professionals. If you have strong expertise in emerging issues and are skilled in areas that would benefit Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage and Family Therapists, we would like to hear from you! Please submit a presenter application to get started.

We would also like to hear from individuals who are interested in providing quality, evidence-based trainings for Prevention and Treatment Professionals! Please submit a presenter application to get started.

Co-Sponsorship Opportunities

The Office of Continuing Education offers co-sponsorship opportunities for those seeking continuing education (CE) credit for their professional development trainings. As an approved provider for the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist (CSWMFT) Board and the Ohio Chemical Dependency (CDP) Board for Prevention and Treatment, we will work directly with you on your organization’s professional needs. Co-sponsorship requests will be filled based on program capacity and are reserved first for University partners. To note, Office of Continuing Education is unable to provide co-sponsorship approval of ACE through the National Association of Social Workers Board (ASWB).

If you are interested in partnering with us on an upcoming professional development training, please contact cswce@osu.edu.

Select from a variety of options depending on your unique needs and funding availability. The following co-sponsorship package examples are based on a 3-hour course with 50-149 participants. Packages may need to be adjusted based on specific outcomes.

Bronze Package

Provide certificates to attendants and CE Broker Reporting (we will ask for the needed documentation per board requirements from the partner). $350

Silver Package

Identify presenters, schedule and materials, provide certificates to attendants, CE Broker Reporting, course evaluations, and customer service needs. $650

(most selected)Gold Package

Pre-training and Day before training prep, identify presenters, schedule and materials, moderate virtual trainings in Zoom, provide certificates to attendants, CE Broker Reporting, course evaluations, and customer service needs. $1,300

Platinum Package

Identify presenters, schedule and gather materials; build training in virtual platforms such as Scarlet Canvas, pre-training and day before training prep, moderator for virtual trainings in Zoom, back up for training day/tech support, communications marketing, course evaluations, certificates, and CE Broker Reporting, customer service needs. $1,800

Accreditation

The Ohio State University College of Social Work, (Provider: 1628), 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. The Ohio State College of Social Work maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 4/30/25-4/30/28.

The Ohio State University College of Social Work provides approvals for continuing education for counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists that are accepted by the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Work, and Marriage and Family Therapist (CSWMFT) Board.

The Ohio State University College of Social Work has been approved by the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professional Board as a provider of Continuing Education, approval number: 50-24068.

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