Continuing Education for Connecticut Social Workers

CE requirements for CT social workers (LMSW, LCSW):

• 15 CE hours
• Licensees shall complete at least two contact hours of training or education during the first renewal period in which continuing education is required and not less than once every six years thereafter on the topic of mental health conditions common to veterans and family members of veterans, including (1) determining whether a patient is a veteran or family member of a veteran, (2) screening for conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder, risk of suicide, depression and grief, and (3) suicide prevention training.
• Licensees shall complete not less than one contact hour of training or education in each registration period on the topic of cultural competency.
• Not less than five hours shall be earned through in-person or synchronous online education with opportunities for live interaction; and not more than ten hours shall be earned through asynchronous online education, distance learning or home study. For purposes of this section, "synchronous online education" means live online classes that are conducted in real time, "asynchronous online education" means a program where the instructor, learner and other participants are not engaged in the learning process at the same time, there is no real-time interaction between participants and instructors and the educational content is created and made available for later consumption

• Course content must be related to the practice of social work.

CE Approvals

The CT Department of Health does not approve courses, but will accept relevant CE courses from ASWB approved providers. 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.

CT social workers can earn six (6) of their continuing education credits online through athealth.com.

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CE Requirements for Connecticut Social Workers

Page last modified or reviewed by athealth.com on Apr 18, 2025.

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