Continuing Education Rubric
R 338.2908o (3)(a)
The following is the MINIMUM STANDARD for courses submitted to the Continuing Education
Collaborative for review. You are welcome and encouraged to provide course work at a more advanced
level than listed, but all courses must at least include information from one of the Content Areas AND the
Required Information below.
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Content Area
Theories & concepts
of human behavior
in the social
environment
Social work practice,
knowledge and skills
Minimum Standard
Course includes SKILLS OR KNOWLEDGE in ONE OR MORE OF
biological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual approaches to
Person-in-Environment and systems theory concerns.
Required
Information
Presenter
credentials are
relevant to course
presentation
References are
relevant
Required Standard On All Applications
Course is characterized by presentation of either THEORETICAL
FOUNDATION FOR SKILLS OR PRACTICE WISDOM with individuals,
families, and groups without demonstration or assessment.
Social work
Course is characterized by presentation of practical skills in
research, program
THEORETICAL FOUNDATION FOR SKILLS OR PRACTICE WISDOM
evaluation, or
of research, program evaluation, or practice evaluation without
practice evaluation
demonstration or assessment.
Social work agency
Course is characterized by presentation of practical skills in
management or
THEORETICAL FOUNDATION FOR SKILLS OR PRACTICE WISDOM
administration
in supervision, management, and administration without demonstration
or assessment.
Development,
Course is characterized by presentation of practical skills in
evaluation, and/or
THEORETICAL FOUNDATION FOR SKILLS OR PRACTICE WISDOM
implementation of
in social policy analysis and/or implementation without demonstration or
social policy
assessment.
Social work ethics
Course is characterized by explicit reflection on standards of
and standards or
professional practice in social work or related to social work ethics.
professional practice Must be presented by a Licensed Master Social Worker.
Pain/Pain symptom
Course is characterized by presentation of practical skills in
management,
THEORETICAL FOUNDATION FOR SKILLS OR PRACTICE WISDOM
including but not
in AT LEAST ONE of behavioral, psychological, and biological methods
limited to, behavior
for pain and pain system management without demonstration or
management,
assessment.
psychology of pain,
behavior
Course is characterized by presentation of practical skills in
modification and
THEORETICAL FOUNDATION FOR SKILLS OR PRACTICE WISDOM
stress management. in methods of behavior modification and stress management without
demonstration or assessment.
Presenter credentials are relevant to course presentation including AT
LEAST ONE of education, publication, OR practice experience in the
subject area, OR social work planning or consultation.
Bibliography consists of at least 1 reference from the last 5 years as
well as seminal primary source works germane to the course.