Tuesday, October 22, 2024

NCTSN has a number of free NBCC/LMHC CEUs

It requires creation of an account to see very much, but there are dozens of self-study free CEUs at their website here. Reminder that for Massachusetts LMHCs, we can obtain up to half (15) of our CEUs via asynchronous methods; at least 15 are required to be live online or live in-person trainings.

EDIT 11/01/24: I did one on working with young children in the foster care system. It was pretty awful -- completely lacking in any competence regarding the biases of the system, provided a case example with absolutely no mention of culture, referred to parents of a reunifying child as "birth parents," and was clearly not remotely informed by formerly adopted or fostered adults. It was also based on a model in which a local CPS agency had contracted with an agency to provide highly qualified clinicians for all of a family's visitation and extensive therapeutic work with child/family and foster providers. Which, great, but not applicable to nearly all families involved in the system who don't have such a thing available. I'm going to try one of the trainings that isn't CPS-specific and see if it is any better. 

Disclaimer: My only affiliation with this organization is having served on a regional advisory board of theirs in the past that had nothing to do with CEUs. I post free/low-cost LMHC CEUs when I come across them, as one of many efforts to decolonize mental health practice.