2025-2026 In-Person, LIVE, Iterative, and Zoom Synchronous Continuing Education (CEU) for Louisiana Social Workers who are licensed through LABSWE
🤸🏽♀️ We submit ALL CEUs to NASW-LA 🤸🏽♂️
Regular Registration is OPEN!
Here’s a peek 👀 at the 2026 Summer CEU Schedule!
Download the full schedule to see all the details, timings, etc.
CEU Registration is “By the Session.”
Big thanks to our 2026 Speaker Slate!
- Phillip Dodson, NNg UX, CSM
- Ricardo (Ricky) Fernandez, LCSW-BACS
- Kim Milone, CM, CMI, Esq.
- William Most, Esq.
- (Prof.) William C. Snowden, Esq.
- Hon. Judge Michael Tassin (Esq.)
- Sheila M. Wilkinson, LMSW, Esq., CSM
Completing Evaluations and providing Certificates take approximately 15 minutes after each CEU. Please be patient upon departure as we ensure accurate recordkeeping in case you are audited.
🖥️ Friday July 17, 2026 – Live, Zoom CEU (1 General CEU Hour)
Will Snowden:
“The Importance of Jury Service and the Role Diversity Plays in Case Outcomes”
This CEU will provide an educated, critical primer in understanding that juries lack diversity, and not simply that they lack diversity of color, but also diversity of thought, experience, and socioeconomic background. This CEU discusses the lack of representation, driven by the strategic exclusion of minorities during the selection process, legal barriers to jury participation, and also misconceptions about jury duty that discourage participation.
🫂 Sunday July 19, 2026 – Live, In-Person, On-Site in New Orleans (6 CEU Hours)
Session 1 of 3 = 3 Ethics CEUs
Sheila M. Wilkinson & Kim Milone:
“A Starter Kit for Social Work Self-Care, Wellbeing & Intention: Ethics through Mindfulness”
This CEU will guide Louisiana Social Workers through an inquisitive and interactive foundational primer of Social Work well-being focused on living with intention, guiding participants on a journey of mindfulness. (NOTE: Networking Breaks are incorporated into this CEU)
Session 2 of 3 = 1.5 Ethics CEUs
Phillip Dodson + Sheila M. Wilkinson:
“Everyday Accessibility: Tools & Tips for Ethical Client Communication”
This CEU will provide a clear overview of the regulatory guidelines and requirements that ensure ethical client communications, going further than simply informed consent and disclaimers. This CEU covers the foundations of diverse, accessible, and inclusive client communications, especially for those without diagnosed disabilities.
Session 3 of 3 = 1.5 Clinical CEUs
Ricky Fernandez:
“Disability Awareness: Breaking Down Barriers Through Communication”
This CEU will provide strategies on communicating with persons with all forms of disabilities, and particularly, understanding terms often used that may be offensive, the differences of working with persons from all walks of life, communication styles with persons with different types of disabilities, myths in communication beliefs, and identifying and correcting barriers to communication.
🖥️ Saturday August 8, 2026 – Live, Zoom CEU (3 General CEU Hours)
Sheila M. Wilkinson:
“The 5 Legal Docs Every Social Worker Should Know, Understand, and Love”
This CEU will provide Louisiana Licensed Social Workers with an overview of the ins-and-outs of the five most important legal documents that they should know, understand, and love. Those documents, in particular, are Wills, the different types and kinds of Powers of Attorney, the main differences between Advance Directives and Living Wills, and the importance of Disposition of Remains Directives. This CEU aims to provide practical information about each of these documents, allowing Social Workers to put this knowledge into practice immediately, and for them to understand how these documents interact together to protect individuals in Louisiana.
🖥️ Friday August 14, 2026 – Live, Zoom CEU (1.5 General CEU Hours)
William Most, Esq.:
“The Top 5 Lessons Social Workers can Teach their Clients to Maximize Civil Rights Protection”
This CEU will be to provide Louisiana Licensed Social Workers with a basic understanding of common civil rights violations, as well as concrete steps Social Workers can take to aid their clients (and themselves and their colleagues) in addressing those violations.
🖥️ Saturday August 15, 2026 – Live, Zoom CEU (1 General CEU Hour)
Hon. Michael Tassin (Esq.):
“Grassroots Client Advocacy: Navigating Landlord, Tenant, and Eviction Rights with the Justice of the Peace”
This CEU will provide Louisiana Licensed Social Workers with a foundational understanding of how the Justice of the Peace system works in Louisiana, particularly in relation to preventing evictions and resolving disputes between landlords and tenants.
🫂 Sunday August 23, 2026 – Live, In-Person, On-Site in New Orleans (6 CEU Hours | All-Day Attendance Required | Workshop-Style)
💥 To get CEU credit, you must attend the entire day. Partial CEU credit will NOT be provided.
BEFORE YOU REGISTER, A NOTE: This CEU will be INTERACTIVE throughout the entire day!
- The session requires a fair bit of manual handwriting with pen/paper.
- You will be automatically assigned to small groups; sharing/conversing will begin immediately.
- Be prepared to be engaged in deep reflection and growth for the entire day.
- If you need accommodations, please send your request BEFORE you register so we can ensure they can be met.
Sheila M. Wilkinson:
“Ethical Boundary-Setting for the Clinician, the Client, and the Profession At-Large“
This CEU will provide a clear, proven, sustainable, and repeatable framework for setting ethical boundaries in practice settings. This CEU will go directly to the heart of the reason why Social Workers often have poor boundaries with Clients, Colleagues, and Communities. Over the course of the day, and framed within multiple curated, reflective, and action-oriented planning activities, Social Workers will examine one unique situation in which it has been difficult for them to create the ethical boundaries they need and want, and by the end, will create a plan of action to implement that ethical boundary.
🍽️ Breaks are incorporated into and between the morning and afternoon sessions (Lunch is not provided)
COVID-19 / FLU / VIRAL NOTICE:
In the event of cancellation, changes, or challenges related to health concerns, no refunds will be given. Instead, we will move online. If it’s scheduled to a different date and you’re unable to attend, then CREDIT for future CEUs will be provided. We take reasonable efforts to reschedule within the same CEU collection year. Some of our speakers and attendees live in high-risk households. Because we care about your health (and ours!), we have decided that KN95 masks (or better) will be required for our In-Person CEUs and we’ll provide this to you upon check-in. Disposable, surgical masks are not allowed. If you are sick, or not feeling well, DO NOT ATTEND. You will receive credit for future CEUs to attend. We reserve the right to ask you to leave if you are not wearing a mask and/or are indicating symptoms of illness (i.e. coughing, sneezing, runny noses, chills, etc.), even if you are wearing a mask. We will always put the health of the entire group first. We have every intention of ensuring our events are NOT Super Spreaders. To ensure you are COVID- or Flu-negative, we may ask you to test and provide proof of a negative test before allowing entry.
Make sure you get your Free 2025-2026 CEU Planner!
CEU Costs and Schedule will be posted on the Registration Page. Be sure you are on our email list to get FIRST DIBS at seats at our CEUs. Seats are limited.
Many thanks to our past CEU hosts and sponsors:
Jerry Schoen, III and Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home
We cannot wait to be with you again in person in 2026!
** PLEASE DO NOT CALL VENUES ABOUT CEUs. They cannot help you. **
Helpful Hints for CEUs:
- Please note the start and check-in/log-in times, as well as the instructions for each CEU.
- Log-in/Check-In begins 15 minutes prior to the start time for all LIVE, VIRTUAL CEUs.
- Log-in/Check-In begins 30 minutes prior to the start time for all LIVE, IN-PERSON CEUs.
- Due to time restrictions, we will always start on time. Please arrive 15 minutes early to give yourself time to get comfortable.
- For questions or more info, please contact us.
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