NASW VT is proud to bring you high-quality and diverse continuing education opportunities.

Below is a list of these trainings with immediate registration links to assist you in planning. The registration links include details of the workshop and logistical information. You can register online for all of our workshops or email the office and mail in your registration fee.

You will note that there are discounts for NASW Members and early registration. Some of our workshops include a limited number of student-rate slots.

We look forward to a wonderful year of professional development. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you, suggestions for future continuing education, or if you would be interested in providing training to your fellow social workers and allied professionals.

Working together,
Lynn Currier, LICSW(NH)
Executive Director
NASW Vermont

Find all events from NASW VT, NH, and ME on our Events Calendar. 

Need on-demand CEs or have a specific topic you need covered? Check out the NASW CE Institute. 

Note: NASW VT recognizes all NASW-approved CE credits for licensure

Questions about the new cultural competency requirements?

Act 117 (H.661) was approved in 2022 and went into effect on July 1, 2023. This requires licensed mental health professionals to complete one (1) hour of continuing education related to systematic oppression and anti-oppressive practice, or related areas ("Cultural Competency"). You must complete the one hour of continuing education beginning with your January 2026 renewal (this is not required for your 2024 renewal). Online courses are acceptable.

What is Cultural Competence? This new requirement is based on the goal of improving cultural competency, cultural humility, and antiracism in Vermont's health care system. Cultural competence in social work practice implies a heightened consciousness of how culturally diverse populations experience their uniqueness and deal with their differences and similarities within a larger social context (NASW Standards and Indicators for Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice, 2015). Cultural competence requires social workers to examine their own cultural backgrounds and identities while seeking out the necessary knowledge, skills, and values that can enhance the delivery of services to people with varying cultural experiences associated with their race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexual orientation, religion, age, or disability [or other cultural factors]” (NASW, 2015). Cultural competence requires social workers to use an intersectionality approach to practice, examining forms of oppression, discrimination, and domination through diversity components of race and ethnicity, immigration and refugee status, religion and spirituality, sexual orientation and gender identity and expression, social class, and abilities. The achievement of cultural competence is an ongoing process. Cultural competence is not just a statement of quality practice. Cultural competence also requires advocacy and activism. It is critically important to provide quality services to those who find themselves marginalized; and it is also essential to disrupt the societal processes that marginalize populations. Cultural competence includes action to challenge institutional and structural oppression and the accompanying feelings of privilege and internalized oppression. Although these standards and their accompanying indicators describe an ideal state, the National Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity (NCORED) encourages social work practitioners and agency leaders to put forth good faith efforts to use them.

External Continuing Education Opportunities

Stronger Together is a newly available mental health awareness training. The program is two-hours and educates about mental health, recognizing deteriorating mental health, and reaching out to someone who may be struggling. The program has both live and digital versions, for both adults and youth. Digital programs are available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The entire program, including the facilitator training, is available for free and can be accessed at StrongerTogetherMH.com.  

The Stronger Together program was developed and piloted in Rhode Island by a social worker in partnership with a local prevention coalition. The program is currently gathering national data to pursue national evidence-based status. Regional data demonstrate that, after completing the program, 90% of participants report increased feelings of efficacy handling mental health concerns in people who may be struggling. Facilitators generally report that the program is easy to learn and implement and that it is relevant and adaptable to their communities.  

The program has been used in a variety of settings with a range of audiences. Take a look at the website and see how the program has been used and if it may be a fit for your community. Accessing and learning to run the program are available at no cost, making it an even more timely resource. Please complete the contact form on the website with any questions or to reach the program developer directly.