Professional Development
A Commitment to Lifelong Learning
Group Facilitation & Meeting Management
The Advanced Learning Certificate in Group Facilitation & Meeting Management improves your skills in leading groups and meetings, whether in-person, virtual, or hybrid. It covers models and activities for effective dialogue and strategies for directing groups and managing responses. Participants also learn techniques for guiding decisions and fostering connections.
Speak Up: Build Confidence and Find Your Public Speaking Style
Speaking in front of a group can be intimidating, but it’s a skill you can build with practice. This workshop will help you become more comfortable by teaching tips for using your voice, body language, and presence effectively. You’ll also learn techniques to handle nerves and discover your personal speaking style
Program Evaluation
The Advanced Learning Certificate in Program Evaluation provides the theory and practice needed to evaluate programs effectively. As funders view their support as investments, systematic evaluation is crucial to fulfilling missions and using donor funds responsibly. This certificate helps you measure and maximize impact, aligning resources with organizational goals.
Fuel Your Passion for Learning With Us
The Brown School’s professional development program mission is to support and inspire our community to creatively envision and achieve more effective practice through skill-building learning opportunities, thereby encouraging positive social change.
Advance your career with the region’s leading provider of Social Work continuing education. At the Brown School, we offer over 100 engaging programs each year—designed to help you grow your expertise, refresh your skills, and stay ahead in your field. Whether you specialize in clinical practice, leadership and management, evaluation, or cultural competency, you’ll find relevant, high-quality training tailored to your needs. Join a vibrant community of professionals from social work, public health, and related fields who choose the Brown School for trusted, impactful professional development.
We offer several formats and lengths to meet your continuing education needs. And many of our programs are approved through the Association of Social Work Board’s Approved Continuing Education (ASWB ACE) program, which is accepted in these jurisdictions in the United States and Canada. Select your course type or view the calendar search to browse our upcoming offerings. For information on accessibility, CEs, CE approval, our policies, payment options and discounts, directions, and other questions, click the “Learn More About Us” button below. For other inquiries, contact us at brownprofdev@wustl.edu.
Connect, Learn, Grow
Stay current and connected with our weekly professional development workshops—offered year-round both in person and via Zoom. Led by experienced local practitioners, esteemed Brown School faculty, and expert guest instructors, our workshops cover a broad range of timely topics and essential skills. From the latest research and evidence-based practices to leadership strategies and self-care tools, there’s always something new to learn. Need licensure credits? We offer numerous trainings each year on core requirements like suicide prevention, ethics, and cultural competency.
All workshops award social work continuing education credits and many offer ASWB ACE credit. For more information on CEs, please see our About Us page.
Questions about Workshops? Please email BrownProfDev@wustl.edu.
CEs Anytime, Anywhere
Created by Brown School Faculty and local professionals, our on-demand videos focus on specific aspects of social work and public health practice. These videos are available for streaming at your convenience, allowing individuals to learn and earn continuing education credits at their own pace.
All On-Demand Lectures award social work CEs, after successful completion of a post-test. For more information on CEs, please see our About Us page.
Questions about On-Demand Lectures? Please email BrownProfDev@wustl.edu.
Stronger Skills = Greater Impact
Ready to take your skills to the next level? Our Intensive Institutes offer immersive learning experiences—ranging from one-day sessions to weeklong programs—available both in person and online. Designed for professionals looking to deepen their expertise, these intensive trainings focus on high-impact areas like leadership and management, evidence-based interventions, data analysis, communication, cultural competency, policy and advocacy, fundraising, and more.
All Intensive courses award between 6 and 15 social work CEs, and many offer ASWB ACE credit. For more information on CEs, please see our About Us page.
Questions about Intensives? Please email us at BrownSI@wustl.edu.
Free Recorded Library
Stay informed and inspired—wherever you are. The Brown School’s Open Classroom is a free webinar series designed to connect our global community through engaging, one-hour sessions on key topics in social work and social policy. With a library of over 300 recorded programs, you can access expert insights and practical knowledge anytime, anywhere—at no cost.
Continuing education credits are not available for our Open Classroom programs. For more information on CEs, please see our About Us page.
Questions about Open Classroom? Please email BrownProfDev@wustl.edu.
Power Your Career – Advance Your Opportunities
Take the next step in your professional journey with our Advanced Learning Certificates—cohort-based programs designed for those looking to deepen their skills, explore new specialties, or advance their careers. Open to professionals from all backgrounds, no prior connection to the Brown School is required. Each certificate blends live, expert-led instruction with flexible, self-paced learning in high-demand areas like clinical interventions, leadership, and data and evaluation. Please note: some programs require an approved application before registration.
All Advanced Learning Certificates award 30 – 45 social work CEs. For more information on CEs, please see our About Us page.
For frequently asked questions, please see our Advanced Learning Certificates Policies on the About Us page. For other questions please email BrownCertificates@wustl.edu.
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