Continuing Education
The VCU School of Social Work provides continuing education courses focused on clinical social work practice, clinical supervision and serious mental illness (SMI). Four new clinical-focused sessions will be available in Spring 2026, and a third SMI series will run January-April 2026.
Need more information?
If you have questions about general continuing education opportunities or those focused on mental health initiatives or clinical training, please contact Cassie DeSena-Jacobs, D.S.W., LCSW, director of mental health initiatives and assistant professor in teaching.
Fall 2026-Spring 2027
Several continuing education sessions are on tap for clinical social work practitioners in Fall 2026. This is a partial list – check back as we finalize our schedule!
- (POSTPONED) Sept. 14, 2026 - Veterinary Social Work, Zoom
- Sept. 18-19, 2026 - Clinical Supervision Training, in-person
- Oct. 1, 2026 - Culturally Adapting the CBITS (Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools), Zoom
- Feb. 5-6, 2027 - Clinical Supervision Training, Zoom
- April 2-3, 2027 - Clinical Supervision Training, in-person
Spring 2027
The VCU School of Social Work's fourth series on serious mental illness will focus on practice models and will run January-April 2027.
You can view archived video of the previous series from 2024 (selected sessions), 2025 and 2026.
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Mental Health Initiative policies
- Continuing education certificates are provided to attendees who are present for the entirety of the session. Attendees must be present when the event begins. Partial credit is not provided.
- Certificates are published with the name of the attendee only. They are only provided one time.
- Refunds are not available for continuing education events after the date of the event.
- We enforce a strict zero-tolerance policy regarding harassment or discrimination during events. If a participant is engaging in harassment or discrimination, they will be asked to leave immediately.
- We keep the date (name, email) on record of attendance at the MHI for five years, per our regulatory organization.
- If there are issues with the presenter/inclimate weather, the MHI commits to alerting all signed-up attendees as soon as possible.
- Certificates will be sent out in a timely fashion. For series, certificates are sent out after series are complete.