Find your path
Become a licensed alcohol and drug counselor (LADC)
Social work practitioners and other health professionals (i.e., LPC, LPCC, Nurses, unlicensed mental health professionals at the BA and BS) can enroll in the LADC course series to pursue alcohol and drug counseling licensure.
- Prior coursework may be substituted for required courses in some cases
- All courses are online and include clinical clock hours applicable toward social work licensure and continuing education requirements
Practicum: Enrollment in a 9-credit practicum seminar is required; current employment may count toward the 880 hours of required practicum experience
LADC license requirements
Get more detailed information on State of Minnesota LADC license requirements from the Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy website.
Advanced Practice in Motivational Interviewing
If you have had a previous Motivational Interviewing (MI) training and are looking for a refresher or to take your skills to the next level, this certificate is designed for you.
We focus on increasing and honing your ability to use MI as a client-centered AND directive approach in working with others. Through interactive exercises, we will be deepening your awareness of and skill in evoking change talk using complex reflections while guiding individuals toward desired changes. (20 CEs)
Registration is not currently open for this series, subscribe for updates on registration.
Earn a certificate in clinical supervision
Complete 45 CEs in supervision workshops with CPT, and then you are qualified to take the next step!
Earn Free CEs in child welfare
Enhance your child welfare practice with CEU-eligible trainings and online courses from the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare and the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy.
The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare offers free CEUs via this online modules page, otherwise our CEUs are offered through our live training events and conferences.
Most of the training offered by the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy is for child protection workers employed by a tribal or Minnesota county health and human services agency. There are some exceptions for private agencies that have a contract with a county, tribal, or state agency to carry cases in child protection on behalf of those organizations.
To learn more about the Training Academy or to determine if you qualify for any of their training, contact info@mnchildwelfaretraining.
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Center for Practice Transformation
Enhance your social work practice and renew your license with CEs earned at professional development events, workshops, and webinars hosted by the Center for Practice Transformation. Transform your practice.
Improve your understanding of how to treat dual disorders
Developed by the University of Minnesota’s Center for Practice Transformation and in consultation with experts, Enhanced Illness Management and Recovery (E-IMR) is an augmented or “enhanced” version of IMR with the Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) principles integrated into the intervention to better serve individuals experiencing mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders (CODs).
Practitioners across a range of service lines gain a shared language, foundation of person-centered and recovery-oriented principles, and proven skills to use when delivering care to people with CODs. This approach helps practitioners and their clients identify the interaction between substance use and mental illness, and utilize strategies to reduce and manage symptoms to help support them in living their best lives.
Choose the learning path that meets your needs
To make our training as accessible as possible, we offer several delivery options to support your learning and development as an E-IMR practitioner:
- Hybrid offerings with live, instructor-led, online training sessions accompanied by weekly activities and consultation.
- Self-Paced, online training that’s completely asynchronous.
- We’ll come to you. CPT provides private, bespoke training for agencies and staff. These are delivered virtually or in-person.
Writing Your Best DA: Staying Ethical, Efficient, and Compliant
This is an interactive, in depth course to enhance your diagnostic assessment knowledge and skills. You will be empowered with trauma and culturally responsive knowledge and practices that build nuanced understanding of clients' experiences and provide efficient and effective documentation compliant with Minnesota statutes and regulations. (3.5 CEs)
Enhanced Illness Management and Recovery Foundations
Competency in treating co-occurring disorders is essential. Certification in E-IMR demonstrates your commitment to providing effective, evidence-based, integrated care. (23 CEs)
Advanced Practice in Motivational Interviewing
Take your Motivational Interviewing skills to the next level with this advanced practice certificate. (20 CEs)
Evidence-Based Treatment of Refugee Trauma Survivors in Malaysia: A Course for Mental Health Professionals
Introduction to Secondary Trauma, Self-Care Strategies… (33 CEs)
Cognitive Strategies for Psychosis
Enhance your skills, strategies and confidence in working with individuals experiencing psychosis. (20 CEs)
Enhancing Engagement with Reluctant Clients
Learn skills and strategies to foster engagement with individuals that are in the precontemplation stage of change. (22 CEs)
Cultivating Resilient Roots: Mitigating Burnout and Compassion Fatigue
Develop evidence-based practices to reduce or prevent burnout and compassion fatigue. (11 CEs)
Clinical Supervision
Have you completed 45 CEs in supervision workshops with CPT? If so, you are qualified to take the next step! (45 CEs)
As Minnesota’s Center of Excellence in Co-occurring Disorders, we translate academic research into actionable tools and resources, trainings, workshops, program evaluation and research.
Why choose CPT for your continuing education?
We are:
- Responsive: We are guided by the question: “What does the service community need?” Our offerings address the industry's most pressing shifts in real-time.
- Dynamic: Our facilitators don't lecture; they engage and adapt. We prioritize the real-world challenges and real-time questions brought by participants.
- Proven: Join a community of excellence. We are a regionally and nationally recognized leader committed to the highest standards of professional growth.
- Versatile: Designed for the modern clinician, our portfolio offers diverse modalities and price points—including free resources—to ensure high-quality learning is accessible to everyone.
With a community of more than 7,000 learners, our results speak for themselves:
- 96 percent of participants would recommend our offering to their colleagues.
- 95 percent find our content directly applicable to their professional practice.
- 99 percent report that our curriculum is relevant to the demands of their job.
Our robust training and workshop portfolio includes offerings such as:
- Enhanced Illness Management & Recovery
- Clinical Supervision Training
- Introduction to Co-occurring Disorders Workshop Series
- Introductory through Advanced Practice in Motivational Interviewing
- Recovery-Oriented Relapse Prevention Workshop Series
- Assessing For Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
- Writing Your Best DA: Staying Ethical, Efficient, and Compliant
Child welfare training
The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare offers two types of online continuing education for social work professionals: CEU Eligible Courses and Public Good Courses.
- Courses eligible for CEUs are administered through DORS/Canvas (a University of Minnesota portal and course delivery system) and require users to register and complete a post-test.
- Public good courses do not require registration and are not eligible for CEUs.
In addition to its online CEU offerings, CASCW also offers professional development events that provide continuing education credit.
The Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy (MNCWTA) is a collaboration between the Child Safety and Permanency (CSP) Division at the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) Opens in new window and the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) Opens in new window at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
From trainings for new workers to courses for individuals with an advanced practice, MNCWTA offers training courses for all levels of child protection workers.
Most of the training offered is for child protection workers employed by a tribal or Minnesota county health and human services agency. There are some exceptions for private agencies that have a contract with a county, tribal, or state agency to carry cases in child protection on behalf of those organizations.
To determine if you qualify for any of their training, contact info@mnchildwelfaretraining.
Advanced degrees
MSW Programs
Advance your social work career with a master of social work degree.
PhD in Social Work
Established in 1946, our program is one of the oldest in the United States, with a faculty mentor to develop skills in theory development and community-based research.