Continuing Education

The School of Social Work offers continuing education opportunities on a variety of topics throughout the year.

Earning CEUs

Once earned, you'll receive your CEU through email. One CE credit is awarded for every classroom contact hour. To preserve the integrity of the learning experience and to comply with the state's certification requirements, attendance for the full session is expected and participants may receive continuing education credit only for hours of actual attendance.

To process your CEUs, you'll provide your license number, payment, and email address when registering for an event.  

Upcoming Events

Social Work Day 2020: Social Work and Environmental Justice - Canceled 

As per 3/12/20 's announcement from the University, specifically "Effective March 23, events at Illinois State with 50 or more anticipated attendees are postponed through at least April 12. All gatherings should practice social distancing guidelines. More information will be provided regarding the status of specific events." Social Work Day 2020 is canceled. More information on Illinois State University's response to Coronavirus can be found here https://coronavirus.illinoisstate.edu/response/

Thank you for your understanding

LSW/LCSW Exam Prep Course

The School of Social Work is offering its annual  LSW/LCSW exam prep course. Illinois State University is one of the very few Central Illinois locations to offer such a comprehensive preparation course. Taught by Illinois State School of Social Work emeritus Professor Dr. Kathryn Conley Wehrmann, the licensing review course will take place Friday, February 28 9AM-4:00PM and conclude Saturday February 29th 9:00AM-12:00PM on the campus of Illinois State University in Williams Hall room 001F. This is one of the few exam prep courses for LSW/LCSWs available in mid-Illinois .  Click here to register for a space in the Illinois State University 2020 LSW/LCSW Exam Prep Session  or copy and paste the following into your browser https://forms.illinoisstate.edu/forms/2020_lsw_lcsw_exam_prep_course_registration_copy_copy  

Cost:

• Community social workers: $85.00
• Illinois State University School of Social Work Alumni (Bachelors or Masters):  $45.00
• Fall 2019-Summer 2020 Field Instructors: $35.00
• Current Illinois State University School of Social Work students (graduating in May 2020 or after): No charge

Materials: The textbook the exam prep class will be using is the 2020 LEAP MASTERS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE with PRACTICE QUESTIONS. Click on the link to order or copy and paste this into your browser https://licensingprep.com/collections/clinical/products/20clcostguwp

You will need to purchase the class materials and the following information is related to that purchase.  Shipping will take around one week. Please order your materials sooner rather than later.    Due to your registration for this LEAP approved class, you are entitled to a coupon code which will lower the price of the copyrighted book used in the class. This is a special arrangement that the publishers have extended to the students of this class only. Once registration has been confirmed, you will receive the coupon code.

Social Work and Environmental Justice

Environmental justice connects the person-in-environment model of professional social work practice with a focus on marginalized populations. Social Work Day 2020 will examine and explore the means by which social workers can more fully champion environmental justice. Our keynote speaker, Christina Erickson, PhD, MSW, will present material from her recent book, Environmental Justice as Social Work Practice . Rounding out the program is a panel of Illinois State University faculty and community leaders whose work focus on environmental issues. Our aim is to inspire and cultivate action among social workers to address air and water pollution, global industrial practices, and climate change as these issues have already had a disproportionate impact on marginalized populations.

Friday, March 20 8:15AM - 4:00 PM at the Illinois State University Alumni Center  1101 North Main,  Normal, Illinois 61761 

More information including registration will be up soon....

Contact the CEU Administrator