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Learn to create clear, ethical records that support client care, protect confidentiality, and meet professional standards.

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📘 Course Type: Reading-based, asynchronous  

🕓 Length: 3.0 CE credits 

🎓 Level: Intermediate

💻 Format: Online, self-paced  

⭐ Price: $18

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SWTP CEUs is ASWB ACE Provider #2486

🌎 Accepted for CE credit across the U.S. and Canada (except New York) 

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Course curriculum

    1. Introduction

    2. The Permanent Record

    3. Legal and Ethical Standards

    4. Language, Objectivity, and Bias

    5. Confidentiality in Complicated Situations

    6. Electronic Records and Security

    7. Corrections, Amendments, and Access Requests

    8. Mandated Reporting and High-Stakes Documentation

    9. Building Your Ethical Documentation Practice

    10. Posttest

    11. Course Evaluation

About this course

  • $18.00
  • 11 lessons

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

  • Identify relevant NASW Code of Ethics standards related to documentation, confidentiality, and client access to records

  • Differentiate between ethical, legal, and organizational requirements for record keeping in social work practice

  • Apply ethical decision-making models to documentation dilemmas involving dual relationships, minors, and interdisciplinary teams

  • Demonstrate best practices for maintaining accurate, timely, and objective documentation that supports client well-being and professional accountability

  • Evaluate the risks and benefits of various electronic and cloud-based record-keeping systems in light of ethical and privacy standards


Course Details

ACCREDITATION SWTP CEUs (provider number 2486), is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 10/24/2025 - 10/24/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 3.0 ethics continuing education credits.

POSTTEST REQUIREMENTS A 20-question posttest follows the course materials. A passing score of 80% is required to receive CE credit. Retakes are available if the passing score is not met.

CERTIFICATES To earn CE credit, participants must complete the full course, achieve a passing score of 80% on the posttest, and submit the course evaluation. Certificates of completion are issued automatically upon successful completion.

ASSIGNMENTS No outside assignments are required for this course.

INSTRUCTOR SWTP CEUs Director Will Baum, LCSW, has over 20 years of experience in clinical practice and social work education. He brings both practical expertise and teaching experience to continuing education course development.

REFUND POLICY Full refunds are available for any reason if requested within 7 days of purchase and before the course is completed. To request a refund, please email [email protected]. Refunds will be processed to the original payment method within 5–7 business days.

CANCELLATION POLICY If SWTP CEUs cancels or withdraws a course for any reason, all registered learners will receive a full refund.

ACCESSIBILITY & ACCOMODATIONS SWTP CEUs is committed to ensuring full access to all learners. If you require accommodations to participate in this course, please contact us at [email protected] before or during your enrollment. We will make every reasonable effort to meet accessibility needs.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS This self-paced online course can be completed on any modern computer or mobile device with reliable internet access. You will need an updated web browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge recommended).

IMPORTANT NOTE The socialworktestprep.com licensure preparation program and materials associated with it were not included in the Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education review and are neither approved by ASWB for continuing education nor endorsed by ASWB in any manner.



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