SDAHO is committed to helping social workers and nursing home administrators meet their professional development needs. In doing so, SDAHO has developed several on-demand webinars, which are easily accessible through SDAHO’s Member Portal. Over 40 hours of healthcare specific continuing education content is available.
Examples of sessions include:
- How Safe is Your Team? Cultivating a Resilient Culture of Psychological Safety
- Employee Engagement:Â How to be the Best Boss Your Employees Ever Had
- Employee Accountability: How to Address Problem Behaviors and Attitudes
- Confronting Conflict: How to Manage Conflict and Successfully Work through Differences
- Service Excellence: How to Deliver a Great Customer Experience
- Services for the Visually Impaired or Blind Living
- Breaking Down Enhanced Barrier Precautions- What You Need to Know
- Nexus SD: Coordinating Whole Person Care and Addressing Social Needs
- Escalation Awareness
- Reducing Point of Care Violence
- Pre-Admission Screening & Resident Review (PASRR)
- Survey Readiness: How to avoid high level deficiencies
Updated Social Work Continuing Education Requirements
On October 22, 2024, the Interim Rules Review Committee approved updates to ARSD 20:59, effective November 11, 2024. You can review the updated rules here. While most changes focus on form and style, key updates are outlined below.
For All Licensees: Starting with renewals for December 31, 2025, licensees must complete at least 6 hours of Social Work Ethics as part of the required 30 continuing education hours. This does not apply to renewals for December 31, 2024. See ARSD 20:59:04:02 for more details.
All licensees must comply with SDCL 36-26 and ARSD 20:59. The Board cannot provide legal advice or interpret laws.
As SDAHO develops the 2025 education curriculum, ethics topics will be included to help meet these new requirements. To view our current library of educational offerings, click here.
Some 2024 sessions that may qualify for this new requirement include:
- Moral Distress: Managing Conflict Within Ourselves and With Others
- LifeCircle: M.A.I.D. – How to Respond to Patient and Family Questions
- Hidden in Plain Sight: Human Trafficking Education for Healthcare
- Domestic Violence Basics and Resources
- Care and Management of the Patient with Chronic Pain & Opioid Dependence
- Creating a Trauma-Informed Leader
- LifeCircle: Music and the Heart: Creating Therapeutic Support through Music and Heartbeats
- Health Literacy: How to Help Patients Make Appropriate Health Decisions
If you have questions concerning continuing education credits, please contact Michella Sybesma, VP, Education & Communication, Michella.sybesma@sdaho.org.
