Approval in Virginia

Virginia Board of Social Work CE Information

Accepted Approvals

ASWB ACE New York Education Department Board of Social Work 0060

Impact CE’s distant learning courses are available for continuing education credit for Social Workers, as set forth by the Virginia Board of Social Work.

30 CE credits in the licensing renewal period may be distant learning (online/homestudy) courses. Per phone conversation with staff of the Board, all of our distant learning courses would be counted as Category I.

LCSW’s need 6 hours in ethics. LBSW’s and LMSW’s need 3 credits in ethics.

Impact CE, a service of CE Learning Systems, is approved to offer continuing education courses by the Association of State Social Work Boards (ASWB #1020). CE Learning Systems maintains responsibility for the courses.

Board Contact Info

Virginia Board of Social Work
Phone: 804-662-9914
https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/Boards/SocialWork/PractitionerResources/LawsRegulations/

Applies To:

  • Virginia Social Workers
    • LCSW
    • LBSW
    • LMSW
Select credential:

Licensed clinical social worker

6 hours of Ethics

Credential Renewal
30 CE credit hours required for renewal.

Yes You can use Impact CE for renewing your LCSW credential.

Any course accepted by Virginia Board of Social Work is applicable to the LCSW credential.

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Autism Spectrum Disorders, Co-Occurring Conditions, and Substance Misuse

Apr 18th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Ridiculously Simple

Apr 11th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Pharmacology
Live Event
$67

Insomnia Interventions: Helping Clients Learn Healthy & Effective Sleep Strategies

Mar 28th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Solution-Focused Strategies in Healthcare: Brief Therapy for Big Impact

Mar 20th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Dementia in America: Trends, Types, and Tools for Clinical Practice

Mar 14th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Aging, Long Term Care
Live Event
$67

Safety, Connection, Engagement: A Nervous System Approach to Collaborative Healthcare

Mar 13th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Exploring Intervention Strategies for Suicide

Mar 5th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Suicide
Live Event
$67

Ethical Gatekeeping: Knowing When Support Ends and Accountability Begins

Feb 18th, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Ethics; Supervision
Live Event
$597

More Than a Technique: Somatic Therapy As the Essential Framework for Embodied Ethical and Clinical Decision-Making

Feb 19th, 2026 7:00am - 8:30am Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$597

Psychotherapy for a Changing World: A Practice of Unlearning for Uncertain Times

Mar 3rd, 2026 9:00am - 12:15pm Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

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Licensed baccalaureate social worker

3 hours of ethics

Credential Renewal
15 CE credit hours required for renewal.

Yes You can use Impact CE for renewing your LBSW credential.

Any course accepted by Virginia Board of Social Work is applicable to the LBSW credential.

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Autism Spectrum Disorders, Co-Occurring Conditions, and Substance Misuse

Apr 18th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Ridiculously Simple

Apr 11th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Pharmacology
Live Event
$67

Insomnia Interventions: Helping Clients Learn Healthy & Effective Sleep Strategies

Mar 28th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Solution-Focused Strategies in Healthcare: Brief Therapy for Big Impact

Mar 20th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Dementia in America: Trends, Types, and Tools for Clinical Practice

Mar 14th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Aging, Long Term Care
Live Event
$67

Safety, Connection, Engagement: A Nervous System Approach to Collaborative Healthcare

Mar 13th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Exploring Intervention Strategies for Suicide

Mar 5th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Suicide
Live Event
$67

Ethical Gatekeeping: Knowing When Support Ends and Accountability Begins

Feb 18th, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Ethics; Supervision
Live Event
$597

More Than a Technique: Somatic Therapy As the Essential Framework for Embodied Ethical and Clinical Decision-Making

Feb 19th, 2026 7:00am - 8:30am Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$597

Psychotherapy for a Changing World: A Practice of Unlearning for Uncertain Times

Mar 3rd, 2026 9:00am - 12:15pm Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

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Licensed master social worker

3 hours of Ethics

Credential Renewal
15 CE credit hours required for renewal.

Yes You can use Impact CE for renewing your LMSW credential.

Any course accepted by Virginia Board of Social Work is applicable to the LMSW credential.

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Autism Spectrum Disorders, Co-Occurring Conditions, and Substance Misuse

Apr 18th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Ridiculously Simple

Apr 11th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Pharmacology
Live Event
$67

Insomnia Interventions: Helping Clients Learn Healthy & Effective Sleep Strategies

Mar 28th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Solution-Focused Strategies in Healthcare: Brief Therapy for Big Impact

Mar 20th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Dementia in America: Trends, Types, and Tools for Clinical Practice

Mar 14th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Aging, Long Term Care
Live Event
$67

Safety, Connection, Engagement: A Nervous System Approach to Collaborative Healthcare

Mar 13th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Exploring Intervention Strategies for Suicide

Mar 5th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Suicide
Live Event
$67

Ethical Gatekeeping: Knowing When Support Ends and Accountability Begins

Feb 18th, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Ethics; Supervision
Live Event
$597

More Than a Technique: Somatic Therapy As the Essential Framework for Embodied Ethical and Clinical Decision-Making

Feb 19th, 2026 7:00am - 8:30am Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$597

Psychotherapy for a Changing World: A Practice of Unlearning for Uncertain Times

Mar 3rd, 2026 9:00am - 12:15pm Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

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Ethics

6.00 CE credit hours

A minimum of six of those hours for licensed clinical social workers and a minimum of three of those hours for licensed social workers must pertain to ethics

Impact CE offers 30 courses applicable to this requirement.

The Challenging Ethics of Mental Health Supervision

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Supervision; Ethics; Supervision
Recorded Webinar
$57

Eye on Ethics: Exploring Complex Ethical Cases

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Ethics; Application to Practice
Recorded Webinar
$57

Artificial Intelligence in the Behavioral Health Professions: Cutting-edge Ethical and Risk Management Challenges

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Technology and Counseling; Ethics; Technology
Recorded Webinar
$57

Decision-Making and Relationship Competence When Reporting Suspected Physical Abuse and Child Neglect An Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation

Self-Paced Course

1.5 CE credit hour
Laws, Regulations, Legal; Ethics; Clinical Topics & Methods; Ethics; Prevention; Peer Recovery; Peer Support
Reading Online
$13.50

Ethical Challenges in Reporting Across the Lifespan: Child Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence and Elder Abuse

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Domestic Violence; Ethics; Application to Practice; Aging, Long Term Care; Professional Readiness; Couples, Family
Recorded Webinar
$57
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Currently 471 of our courses are available for Social Workers regulated by Virginia Board of Social Work. These are just a few examples!

Autism Spectrum Disorders, Co-Occurring Conditions, and Substance Misuse

Apr 18th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Ridiculously Simple

Apr 11th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Pharmacology
Live Event
$67

Insomnia Interventions: Helping Clients Learn Healthy & Effective Sleep Strategies

Mar 28th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Solution-Focused Strategies in Healthcare: Brief Therapy for Big Impact

Mar 20th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Dementia in America: Trends, Types, and Tools for Clinical Practice

Mar 14th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Aging, Long Term Care
Live Event
$67

Safety, Connection, Engagement: A Nervous System Approach to Collaborative Healthcare

Mar 13th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

Exploring Intervention Strategies for Suicide

Mar 5th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Suicide
Live Event
$67

Ethical Gatekeeping: Knowing When Support Ends and Accountability Begins

Feb 18th, 2026 12:30pm - 2:00pm Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Ethics; Supervision
Live Event
$597

More Than a Technique: Somatic Therapy As the Essential Framework for Embodied Ethical and Clinical Decision-Making

Feb 19th, 2026 7:00am - 8:30am Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$597

Psychotherapy for a Changing World: A Practice of Unlearning for Uncertain Times

Mar 3rd, 2026 9:00am - 12:15pm Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67
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