Continuing Education Courses for Licensed Social Workers

Overview

All NYS licensed psychologists, social workers or mental health practitioners are required to complete continuing education and must complete 3 hours of acceptable course work in appropriate professional boundaries, in each 3-year registration period starting April 1, 2023. The Board of Regents approved regulations on October 4, 2022, that requires psychologists, social workers and mental health practitioners licensed and registered under Articles 153, 154 or 163 of the Education Law, to complete 3 hours of acceptable continuing education on issues related to maintaining appropriate professional boundaries between licensees and patients. The course work must be taken from a provider approved by the Department and counts toward the 36 hours of continuing education required in each 36-month registration period. The regulations apply to each psychologist, licensed master social worker, licensed clinical social worker, mental health counselor, marriage and family therapist, creative arts therapist and psychoanalyst licensed and registered for registration periods starting on or after April 1, 2023. Licensees with a registration period commencing prior to April 1, 2023, do not have to complete coursework in appropriate boundaries until their next registration period. A licensee does not need to submit continuing education certificates to the State Board, unless audited by the Board or applying for a delayed registration.

Commonpoint is proud to offer continuing education courses for our community!

Upcoming Courses include:

Asset Based Interventions: Integrating the Creative Arts Therapies

Monday, June 16, 2025, 8:30AM – 10:30 AM, two contact hours

Instructors: Instructor: Jane C. Bardavid, LCSW, Therapist, private practice; Former Director, CAPE Clinic, Samuel Field Y, Jeri Mendelsohn LCSW, Consultant, Former Executive Vice-President & CEO, Samuel Field Y & Central Queens Y

Art, music, dance and drama can express one’s emotional state. Creative arts can then be strategically used to enrich the therapeutic process, especially for children, older adults, those with organic brain disease, survivors of trauma, and as a powerful tool in groupwork. This workshop will present each how each of these modalities can be used to help clients’ express thoughts and feelings, enhancing the therapeutic process in a non-threatening milieu. Discussion will include when to use or refer clients for art, music and dance/movement therapy, and how  and when to use psychodrama. (In preparation for this participatory virtual workshop, please have a few blank sheets of paper available for your use as well as multi-color writing/drawing tools of your choice.)

These sessions will take place virtually and pre-registration is required.  If you’d like to register for a class, please fill out our form and submit payment below. If you are a Commonpoint staff member please register by clicking here (please – only use this form if you are a Commonpoint staff member!). ($50 Fee Per Class – two contact hours unless otherwise indicated)

Please note that beginning 7/1/24, there will be a 3% service charge if a credit card is used (not applicable to debit cards).

The cost for each CEU course is $50, and $25 for DGMH partnering organizations of Commonpoint. These organizations include:
HANAC Harmony JVL ISC
Peter Cardella Senior Center
Rego Park Senior Center
Self-Help Benjamin Rosenthal ISC
Sunnyside Community Services
Theodora Jackson NSC
Self-Help Clearview NSC
Elmhurst Jackson Heights NSCA
Maspeth Senior Center
Pomonok Senior Center
JASA Leap
SNAP
Gural JCC