Continuing Education

The VCU School of Social Work provides continuing education courses focused on clinical social work practice, clinical supervision and serious mental illness (SMI). Four new clinical-focused sessions will be available in Spring 2026, and a third SMI series will run January-April 2026.

Need more information?

If you have questions about general continuing education opportunities or those focused on mental health initiatives or clinical training, please contact Cassie DeSena-Jacobs, D.S.W., LCSW, director of mental health initiatives and assistant professor in teaching.

Fall 2026

Several continuing education sessions are on tap for clinical social work practitioners in Fall 2026. This is a partial list – check back as we finalize our schedule!

Sept. 18-19 - Clinical Supervision Training, in-person
Oct. 1 - Culturally Adapting the CBITS (Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools), Zoom

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Spring 2027

The VCU School of Social Work's fourth series on serious mental illness will focus on practice models and will run January-April 2027.

You can view archived video of the previous series from 2024 (selected sessions), 2025 and 2026.