Are there alternative ways to earn CEUs?

In addition to completing a course from an approved provided, you may also earn CEUs from the following:

Courses Taught

You may claim credit for teaching a course. If the course meets all other CE requirements, you will receive the same amount of hours as a course attendee would receive. However, you can only claim credit for teaching a course one time during a single renewal period.

1 Semester Unit = 15 CE hours | 1 Quarter Unit = 10 CE hours

Supervision

Supervisors of Associate Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapist Trainees/ Interns or Professional Clinical Counselor Interns may apply their supervisor course training hours to their CE requirement as long as the training has been taken from an acceptable CE provider.

BBS Enforcement Case Review

If you serve as an expert consultant for the Board’s Expert Witness Program, you may be awarded up to six (6) hours of Law and Ethics CE course credit. See the BBS website to apply.​

BBS Subject Matter Expert (SME)

If you serve as a SME for exam development, you may be awarded up to six (6) hours of Law and Ethics CE course credit. See the BBS website to apply.

Participate in a Professional Law and Ethics Review Committee

If you participate in a professional organization’s law and ethics review committee, you may be awarded up to six (6) hours of Law and Ethics CE course credit.

Attend a Board Enforcement Case Review Training

A licensee who attends a Board enforcement case review training may be awarded up to six (6) hours of CE in the renewal cycle during which the case review training was attended. The hours earned may only be used to satisfy the Law and Ethics CE requirement.