Preferred registration deadline: July 10th

3 CEs

Helping professionals choose their career because we want to improve the lives of others. Developing skills in creating and applying boundaries is not always natural to us, but it is essential to healthy practice with clients, in our organizations, and in our communities.

This workshop will expand our concept of boundary setting and examine how we can use the NASW code of ethics to guide boundaries with clients, colleagues, supervisors, workplaces, communities, social media, and in policy settings – balancing responsibility to self with all of our responsibilities to others. We will build skills in expressing and enforcing boundaries, as well as ethical debriefing of traumatic experiences, as a strategy to sustain our well-being and engage in proactive self-care.

This class meets the licensure requirement for 3 hours of continuing education in ethics. This is an in-person workshop that will be held on Washington University’s Danforth Campus. The exact location and directions will be emailed to registered participants before the course date.

General Admission: $65**
**Eligible discounts can be applied during checkout.

Class size is limited to 30.

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Course Outline

Content Level: Intermediate

Target Audiences: Social workers, Counselors, Helping Professionals, and other Non-Profit Providers

Agenda:

• Introduction - 5 mins
• Overview of session - 20 mins
• Defining boundaries and the boundary cycle - 30 mins
• Boundaries and ethics with clients and colleagues - 60 mins
• Professional boundaries - 55 mins
• Review and Q&A - 10 mins

Learner Outcomes

• Describe the boundary setting cycle and apply the boundary setting cycle to a current, difficult professional situation.
• Identify potential boundary violations and describe the ethical standards necessary to apply to relationships with clients, colleagues, communities, and workplaces.
• Identify and create an action plan for boundary setting as an ethically driven, self-care strategy in their career.

Course Completion Requirements:

• The Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, Professional Development, provider #2130, 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: 9/24/2025 – 9/24/2028. Social workers completing this course receive 3 ethics continuing education credits.
• The Brown School is also an approved provider of Social Work CEs in Missouri and Illinois.
• To earn ACE credit, attendees must arrive at the scheduled time, attend the entire course, and complete an online course evaluation. ACE credit is not provided for partial attendance.  However, you may still qualify for partial Social Work Missouri and Illinois CEs provided by the Brown School.
• Brown School CE Certificates will be available online within 10 business days of course completion by visiting your learner profile at https://ce.wustl.edu/portal/logon.do?method=load&parentSite=brown.  You will receive an email notification with specific instructions for accessing the online certificate when it is available. ACE CE Certificates, if requested in your evaluation survey, will be emailed within 10 business days of course completion.
• For more information about CEs, accessibility, refund/cancellation policy, our grievance policy, or other inquiries, please visit our About Us page or email brownprofdev@wustl.edu.