The NASW Learning Center is where members prepare for the ASWB exam, earn and report their CE, and follow the licensure path their own state requires. Sign in with your NASW membership and your pricing, your state, and your renewal record are already there.
Complete study programs and a deep practice-question bank, at member pricing, with need-based scholarships and 0% payment plans.
Member pricing from $159 ›400+ approved courses, on demand and live. Your chapter's courses are free with membership, the rest are member-priced, and every completion is filed to your board and your NASW record.
Browse the catalog ›Supervised hours, required coursework, exams, and renewal rules for all 50 states and DC, kept current against the boards.
Find your state ›This is a revenue-share partnership, not just a discount. NASW earns a share of every member purchase, and it flows back to the chapters and national programs that serve social workers.
Chapter earnings are tracked in real time and reported to NASW leadership monthly (see the partner rev-share view).
Full ASWB Bachelors, Masters, and Clinical prep at member pricing, with scholarships and payment plans so cost is never the reason to wait.
More than one provider sits behind each exam, including chapter-led review courses. Exam prep and certification training come from AATBS, powered by Triad. Member pricing applies to all of them.
The full clinical program, built around an adaptive question bank.
Live weekend review sessions with a smaller question bank.
Two-day review taught by chapter clinicians, state rules included.
Targeted preparation for the ASWB Masters exam.
Self-paced video course with weekly instructor office hours.
EMDRIA-approved basic training, delivered live over three weekends.
Everything needed for the ASWB Bachelors exam.
Fee assistance for members facing financial hardship, with a short application and a quick review.
Split any program into interest-free monthly payments and start studying now.
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Membership covers the tracking, the reporting, and your chapter's own courses. Exam prep and partner CE carry a member price.
| Benefit | What membership gives you |
|---|---|
| CE produced by NASW and your chapter | ✓ Free to members |
| CE from Triad and partner providers | Member-priced |
| Automatic CE Broker / state-board reporting | ✓ Included |
| Licensure pathway guides (all 50 states + DC) | ✓ Included |
| ASWB exam-prep programs | Member-priced add-on |
| Need-based scholarships & 0% payment plans | ✓ For eligible members |
400+ approved courses across social work, ethics, clinical practice, and cultural competency, on demand and live. Courses produced by NASW and your chapter are free with membership; everything else carries a member price against the public rate. Every completion is reported to your state board for you, and courses, certificates, and completed hours from the previous CE Institute came across in the migration.
Renewal period ends Oct 31, 2026. Requirements update automatically for your state and license (change it in the header). License, state, and renewal date come from NASW's iMIS record, and every hour you earn posts back to iMIS, so your NASW transcript and your state-board filing always match.
| Course | Date | Hours | State board | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trauma-Informed Care: Foundations | Jun 12, 2026 | 5.0 | Reported | |
| Culturally Responsive Practice | May 28, 2026 | 4.0 | Reported | |
| Social Work Ethics & Boundaries | May 03, 2026 | 3.0 | Reported | |
| Suicide Assessment & Safety Planning | Apr 19, 2026 | 6.0 | Reported | |
| Anxiety Disorders: Evidence-Based Tx | Mar 30, 2026 | 3.0 | Reported | |
| Clinical Supervision Essentials imported | Nov 14, 2025 | 3.0 | On file | |
| HIV/AIDS Update (CE Institute) imported | Aug 02, 2025 | 2.0 | On file |
Completions are filed to your state board automatically within 24 hours, with no self-report and no lost certificates.
The same completions post back to your official NASW record in iMIS as CE activities, so your member transcript stays current with zero effort.
| Completion | Member | Board / State | Hours | Reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trauma-Informed Care | You (LCSW) | CA · BBS | 5.0 | Jun 12, 2026 | Accepted |
| Culturally Responsive Practice | You (LCSW) | CA · BBS | 4.0 | May 28, 2026 | Accepted |
| Social Work Ethics & Boundaries | You (LCSW) | CA · BBS | 3.0 | May 03, 2026 | Accepted |
| Telehealth Ethics (just finished) | You (LCSW) | CA · BBS | 2.0 | Pending | Queued · 24h |
Every state sets its own rules for becoming an LMSW, LCSW, or LISW. Pick your state and license to see the steps, hours, and exams it asks for.
From a CSWE-accredited program. NASW student membership starts here.
Apply to the CA Board of Behavioral Sciences for Associate Clinical Social Worker registration before accruing hours.
3,000 hours of supervised clinical experience over a minimum of 104 weeks, with a qualified supervisor.
Law and ethics, plus mandated content (suicide risk, cultural competency), available in the NASW CE Center.
Required before the clinical exam. Prep is part of your member benefit.
The national clinical licensing exam. Member-priced prep available in Exam Prep.
License granted. Renew every two years with 36 CE hours, tracked automatically in the CE Center.
Member-priced ASWB Clinical prep is built into your benefit.
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| Receiving chapter | Enrollments | Gross revenue | NASW earned | Top product |
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| Date | Enrollment | Member | Chapter | Product | Provider | Paid | NASW earned | Status | Board filing |
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| Chapter | Enrollments in cycle | Rev-share earned | Chapter share, 40% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
| Period | Gross revenue | Refunds | NASW rev-share | National 60% | Chapters 40% | Status |
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| On this revenue | What NASW earns | Who it is credited to | Paid how |
|---|---|---|---|
| CE and training produced outside NASW | A share of net revenue, set in each provider agreement | NASW national, then chapters | Monthly, to NASW national |
| CE produced by an NASW chapter, taken in state | The full amount. Nothing is taken by the platform or a provider | The producing chapter | Monthly, credited to the producing chapter |
| CE produced by an NASW chapter, taken cross state | The full amount | Split between the member's chapter and the producer | Monthly, 70% home chapter, 30% producer |
| Purchases by non-members at public price | The same share as a member purchase, on a larger sale | NASW national, then chapters | Monthly, to NASW national |
Monthly, net 15.
One payment covering every chapter, against a line-level statement.
| Step | When | Who does what |
|---|---|---|
| Member buys | At purchase | The platform collects the payment and records the member's chapter. |
| Refund window | 30 days from purchase | Refunds are processed by the platform and netted from the next statement. |
| Month closes | Last day of the month | Statement produced: gross, refunds, rev-share earned, chapter attribution. |
| Statement delivered | Within 5 business days | Line-level file to NASW finance, and the same figures appear in this dashboard. |
| Payment to NASW | 15th of the following month | One payment to NASW national covering all chapters, net 15 terms. |
| Chapters credited | Within 10 business days of payment | National credits each chapter its 40% share. |
| Annual true-up | 60 days after fiscal year end | Disputed or adjusted lines are settled for the year. |
| Period | Enrollments | Collected | Rev-share earned | Chapter share, 40% | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
| Date | Enrollment | Member | Product | Provider | Paid | NASW earned | Chapter 40% | Status |
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