Earn 4.5 CEs

Develop practical strategies for managing privacy, interruptions, and blurred boundaries when working from home.


📘 Course Type: Reading-based, asynchronous 

🕓 Length: 4.5 CE credits 

🎓 Level: Intermediate

💻 Format: Online, self-paced  

Price: $26

SWTP CEUs is ASWB ACE Provider #2486

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

💬 30,000+ social workers trust SWTP for professional growth 

Course curriculum

    1. Introduction

    2. The New Landscape of Professional Space

    3. Environmental Boundaries and Professional Image

    4. Responding to Personal Inquiries and Observations

    5. Managing Interruptions and Maintaining Therapeutic Space

    6. Ethical Decision-Making and Legal Compliance

    7. Managing Client-Initiated Boundary Violations

    8. Self-Care and Boundary Fatigue Prevention

    9. Building Your Comprehensive Boundary Plan

    10. Posttest

    11. Course Evaluation

About this course

  • $26.00
  • 11 lessons

Learning Objectives

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

  • Recognize how home environments alter traditional therapeutic boundaries and create new professional challenges

  • Apply NASW Code of Ethics principles to complex telehealth boundary dilemmas and cultural considerations

  • Demonstrate HIPAA-compliant responses to environmental privacy challenges and household interruptions

  • Design self-care protocols that prevent boundary fatigue and maintain sustainable practice

  • Develop comprehensive boundary policies that integrate legal, ethical, and practical considerations


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 4.5 clinical continuing education credit.

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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