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Continuing Education Courses for Counselors

As of January 1, 2015 the California Board of Behavioral Sciences does not renew continuing education provider approvals. However, any provider that is approved by one of the following agencies is recognized to provide continuing education courses in California:

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
American Psychological Association (APA)

Homestead Schools, Inc. is a recognized provider by all of the above agencies.

Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider Number BAP 613, Expiring on 3/31/2023. Note: Mandatory courses: Medical Errors – 2 hours; Ethics – 3 hours; Domestic Violence – 2 hours every third biennium. Florida requires 16 clock hours of didactic and interactional instruction in supervisory training. Our home study courses in clinical supervision will not qualify you to become a supervisor; they’re strictly for continuing education. Ohio Counselor and Social Worker Board Provider No. RCX120005 and RSX120007. Valid through 05/31/2023. (In Ohio, 15 hours through home study.) Illinois Social Worker Continuing Education Sponsor. License No. 159-000824. Expires 11/30/2019. Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists & Professional Counselors recognizes Homestead Schools Inc. as a preapproved provider of continuing education. Homestead Schools, Inc., Provider #1070 is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), phone: 1-800-225-6880, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Homestead Schools, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. Many of our courses are approved by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW Provider No. 886385554). Social workers will receive stated continuing education clock hours in participating in these courses. Look for these courses marked with NASW. Participants are responsible to make sure that these courses meet their state’s CE requirements. Homestead Schools, Inc. is approved as a continuing education provider by the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP). Provider No. 2S-07-238-0209. Approval period 8/30/2018-8/30/2020. Homestead Schools, Inc is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Homestead Schools, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program, and its content. Participants are responsible to make sure that these courses meet their state’s CE requirements and are appropriate for their individual learning needs.

Homestead Schools, Inc. Provider No. 6117, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education(ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Homestead Schools, Inc. maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 04/2/2017 to 04/02/2020. Social workers completing this course receive required continuing education credits.

Homestead Schools, Inc. is approved by the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors to offer continuing education for substance abuse counselors. Provider No. 88262 .

Homestead Schools, Inc., Provider #1070 , is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), phone: 1-800-225-6880, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program.

These 32 Social Work Regulatory Boards currently recognize ACE approval:

Alaska, Alberta, Canada; Arizona, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Virgin Islands, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Many of our courses are approved by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW Provider No. 886385554). Social workers will receive stated continuing education clock hours in participating in these courses. Look for these courses marked with NASW.