NACSW's Home Study Program for
Continued Education Contact Hours
A common suggestion from NACSW members
has been to offer additional opportunities for earning continuing education
credits, which in many states and provinces are becoming more important
as a condition for maintaining one's social work license, certification,
or accreditation.
In response to this input, NACSW has entered
into an agreement with JournaLearning International, through which we are able to offer members of NACSW continuing education
credits for reading and answering questions related to the articles in
our journal, Social Work and Christianity. This NACSW service,
which we call NACSW's Home Study Program, launched
with our Fall, 1999 issue of SWC.
You might be familiar with similar home
study programs affiliated with other journals or organizations. JournaLearning
International, for instance, also coordinates a home study program for
readers of The Family Therapy Networker. Basically, participants
in NACSW's home study program are asked to answer a series of multiple
choice questions based on the articles in a given issue of Social Work
and Christianity.
You will find this quiz as well as additional
details regarding participation on the last couple of pages of each issue of
Social Work and Christianity starting with the Fall, 1999 issue.
JournaLearning charges each participant $25 for
her involvement in the process (which includes developing
the questions and then grading participants' responses). Based on a field study conducted by NACSW and JournaLearning,
we are currently able to offer 2 continuing education credits for each issue of SWC.
One other important note: NACSW and
JournaLearning International designed this home study program to meet the
requirements for a number of licensing bodies, including Social Work Boards of
the states of California and Florida, the American Psychological Association,
and the Association of Social Work Board. Many states and provinces
(but not all) will accept home study programs, so we encourage you to check the local rules in your home state or province.
NACSW hopes that you find this service a valuable addition to NACSW's growing
array of benefits for Christians in social work!
Rick Chamiec-Case, Ph.D., MSW, MAR
Executive Director
