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Provides OCFS (Office of Children and Family Services) mandated reporter training and information on identifying and reporting child abuse and neglect/maltreatment. On site programs.Call for schedule of programs at PFML.

Offers a 60-hour introductory experiential-learning-based CE certificate program, participants will experience each of the six expressive arts modalities (art, dance/movement, drama, music, psychodrama, and writing/poetry) as well as multimodal integrative special topic sessions addressing work with children/adolescents, life transitions and aging, substance use disorders and trauma-informed care, and arts-based applications to cases and supervision as well as for closure and processing loss. Important Note: This program does not certify one as an expressive or creative arts therapist and each expressive art form has its own organization and credentialing process. For more about this please visit the National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies Associations (NCCATA) website. Each session will cover scope of practice issues and offer insight on where to get additional training and/or how to obtain certification if that is of interest. Call for detailed information.

Offers healthcare professionals and social providers in the areas of geriatrics and gerontology continuing education and training programs focusing on primary care, health promotion, disease prevention, multicultural aging and outreach services. Provides a Geriatric Resource Center with a wide range of resources along with a Speaker's Bureau. Innovations in the geriatric field and clinical updates are disseminated through interdisciplinary courses, team training, distance learning and workshops.

Offers Master’s level professionals in social work and related behavioral health fields the opportunity to complete the 350 clock hour educational requirement to apply for the NYS OASAS credential in Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counseling (CASAC-T). The Postgraduate Certificate in Addictions course promotes the psychodynamic understanding of current theoretical and practical approaches to the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders. Leading experts from the addictions field will discuss: The neurobiology of addiction; Psychopharmacology; Diagnostic assessment; Motivational interviewing and Empirically based evidence treatment approaches with adolescents and adults across a broad spectrum of culturally diverse populations. Topics incorporate an integrated approach to substance use disorder and mental health comorbidity, including behavioral addictions: sex, gambling and tobacco use. The course will synthesize lecture, case presentation and classroom discussion for 45 credit hours towards the completion of the New York State CASAC requirements of addiction-specific education and training (Section 1). Call for detailed information.  

Offers coursework that meets Social Work CPE and is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers, approval #0110. A number of courses offered in the Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) program have been approved for Social Work CE credit. Call for the most detailed information.

Offers a course, developed by the Institute for Social Work and Environmental Justice, that will incorporate practical and actionable curriculum for social workers, across the practice spectrum by addressing the effects of climate change on the most vulnerable populations. Exploring strategies applicable at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels through the lens of the Grand Challenges of Social Work, participants will examine current and potential interventions that support resilience in clients, communities, and the environment. In this project-based course, each participant will craft an intervention that brings the principles of environmental social work into their personal or professional life. Three-course assignments are carefully designed to guide students as they build these interventions. Like seeds, these interventions are planted during the 10-week course to grow and actualize in the future. Upon course completion, participants will be awarded a formal certificate of completion, 24 CEs and a digital badge. Call for detailed information.

Offers a post-graduate certificate program which provides intensive training on social work supervision of direct practice across the life course. Social Work Practice Fellows was created as an innovative effort to fill this gap in an intensive interactive setting. This sophisticated continuing education program for social work supervisors capitalizes on a distinct conceptual framework for confronting the problems of population-focused and setting-specific silos of social work practice. Social Work Practice Fellows is unique in both its curriculum and content while building upon previously established models of effective educational approaches. Social Work Practice Fellows is a model training program for social work supervisors from a broad range of local community organizations. Partnering in this approach with Adelphi University are the continuing education departments of Schools of Social Work which maintain relationships with the vast communities of practice in their regions and understand the unique strengths and needs of local providers. Call for detailed information.