Health Professional Development

This online program addresses the opioid crisis from a social work perspective, and offers cutting-edge presentations by thought leaders to enhance your knowledge of practice trends, policy, and research findings, and the ability to earn 12 CE hours, including ethics credits.

PsychArmor Institute offers free, self-paced courses for behavioral health care providers working with active military and veterans.

The Center for Deployment Psychology trains military and civilian behavioral health professionals to provide high-quality, culturally-sensitive, evidence-based behavioral health services to military personnel, Veterans and their families. CDP offers live and web-based trainings.

The Training Institute at Home Base increases awareness and access for Post-9/11 Veterans and Military Families to high quality care through education. Trainings provide healthcare professionals, first responders, military families and community member access to free on-demand courses on topics such as military culture, PTSD, traumatic brain injury, complicated grief and supporting suicide survivors.

In large organizations, such as state and federal government agencies, there may be career development resources and opportunities for selected employees who demonstrate leadership potential.

Being a credentialed social worker makes all the difference. Social workers who want recognition for their professional achievements and who want to unlock new career paths come to NASW for their credentials.