The MSW and DSW elective courses listed in the expandable sections below have been approved for New York LMSW and LCSW continuing education hours through the University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education; recognized by the New York State Education Departments State Board for Social Work as an approved provider for continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0001.
Each approved 3-credit MSW and DSW course is equal to 45 NYSED social work contact hours. If your MSW credit course was less than 3 credits, you will see how many hours the course is approved for next to the course. You may only need to submit one 2-or-3-credit course in each of your license registration periods. If your license has lapsed please reach out to NYSED to determine how many CE hours you need. If you have an out-of-state social work license, you will need to check with your state licensing board to determine if they will accept NYSED approved hours.
NYSED does not allow hours to be carried over from one license registration period to the next. In order to use hours earned from a MSW or DSW course, you must start and end the course within your three-year registration period.
If you do not see your course on this list and would like CEs for the course, please contact your instructor to request CEs be approved for the course by submitting the master syllabi to the CE office.
SSW554: Motivational Interviewing 45 contact hours live
SW556: Forensic Social Work 45 contact hours live
SW557: Evidence-Based Mental Health Practice 45 contact hours live online seminar
SW558: Social Work Practice with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Populations 45 contact hours live
SW559: Trauma Theory and Treatment 45 contact hours live
SW573: Solution Focused Practice 45 contact hours live
SW577: Schema Focused Therapy for Trauma-genic, Personality, and Co-Occurring Disorders: Understanding Lifetraps 12.5 contact hours live
SW578 Gender Issues in the Practice of Social Work 45 contact hours live
SW580: Clinical Psychopathology 45 contact hours live
SW582: Multicultural Issues in Social Work 45 contact hours live
SW584: Personality Disorders 45 contact hours live
SW586: Responding to Immigrants and Refugees Practice 45 contact hours live
SW587: Addiction and the Family 45 contact hours live
SW589 Working with Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse 45 contact hours live
SW591: Spirituality 45 contact hours live
SW593: Basic Training in EMDR 45 contact hours live
SW595: Agency Grant Writing 45 contact hours live
SW595: Agency Grant Writing 45 contact hours live
SW597: Play Therapy 45 contact hours live
SW598 Behavior Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence 45 contact hours live
SW599A: Public School Social Work 45 contact hours live
SW702: Motivational Interviewing for Client Behavior Change 12.5 contact hours live
SW704: Solution Focused Approaches to Difficult Client Situations 12.5 contact hours live
SW705: Assessing Lethality 12.5 contact hours live
SW705: Advanced Seminar in Trauma 45 contact hours live
SW706: Aging Populations and their Families 45 contact hours live
SW707: Helping Children and Families Cope with Loss: What Color is Dead? 12.5 contact hours live
SW708: Responding to Disasters with Social Work Interventions 45 contact hours live
SW710: Loss and Grief across the Life Course 45 contact hours live
SW714: International Social Work 45 contact hours live
SW717 Human Sexuality for Social Workers 45 contact hours live
SW718: Core Concepts of Child and Adolescent Trauma 45 contact hours live
SW720: Introduction to Issues in Veteran and Military Family Care 45 contact hours live
SW721 Social Policy and Programs for the Aging Population 45 contact hours live
SW972: Psychosocial and Relationship-Based Practice 45 contact hours live
SW973: Child Centered Play Therapy 12.5 contact hours live
SW988: Effective Clinical Social Work Practice Using Emerging Technologies 45 contact hours live
SW988/MGO696: Social Sector Innovation 45 contact hours live
SW990: Core Concepts in Trauma Informed Child Welfare Practice 45 contact hours live
SW994: Restorative Justice Certificate Training 15 contact hours live
SW995: Understanding Disability through the Perspective of Social Work and Law 45 contact hours live
SW996: Sex, Love, Pleasure, and Pain: Assessing and Treating Clinical Issues in Human Sexuality 45 contact hours live
If you do not see your course on this list and would like CEs for the course, please contact your instructor to request CEs be approved for the course by submitting the master syllabi to the CE office.
SW620 Technology, Human Behavior and Professional Practice (3 credits)
SW621 Concepts in Implementation Science (3 credits)
SW622 Evaluating and Utilizing Evidence-Based Practices in Social Work (3 credits)
SW623 Neurobiology & Psychopharm. in Social Work Practice (3 credits)
SW624 Methods in Implementation Science (3 credits)
SW625 Using Professional Collaboration Networks for Pre-Implementation Planning (3 credits)
SW626 Doctoral Seminar in Trauma and Human Rights (3 credits)
SW627 Organizational Characteristics and Implementing Evidence-Based Practice (3 credits)
SW628 Teaching & Pedagogy (3 credits)
SW631 DSW Capstone I: Identifying Evidence-Based Interventions for Translation (3 credits)
SW632 DSW Capstone II: Designing Implementation Strategies (3 credits)
To request a CE certificate for your course(s), complete the MSW/DSW Course CE Application. You will be prompted to sign in or create an account in order for us to issue you an electronic certificate. Please select ONLY the number of courses you need for renewal to ensure timely processing. We will receive your request on the following Monday from which you submitted it. If you submit on a Monday, it will be received the following week. Please allow up to four weeks from your submission date to receive your certificate(s). Certificates are uploaded to your CE Tracker and confirmed via email when ready.
We are happy to respond to any concerns or questions you may have. Please contact us at by email at sw-ce@buffalo.edu or by phone at 716-829-5841.
ADA Accommodations: If you require any support for your ADA needs in the United States, please contact us by email at sw-ce@buffalo.edu or by phone at 716-829-5841.
