Continuing Education provides programming for human services professionals. Programs and workshops are designed for counselors, private practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, substance abuse counselors, nurses, and other health care professionals. Human Services provides credit and noncredit courses that may be applied towards continuing education units. Continuing Education closely works with professional organizations such as the National Board for Certified Counselors, National Association of Social Workers, Oregon Dispute Resolution Commission, and Addiction Counselor Certification Board of Oregon to ensure program certification and licensure.

Programs for human services professionals: Programs are available that lead to licensure, certificates of completion, and graduate certificates in addictions, couples and family therapy, vocational rehab, clinical supervision and more.

Human service courses and workshops: PSU provides workshops for professionals for which they can receive Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Continuing Education Units (CEUs): One Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is a National Uniform Measurement for non-credit Continuing Education Programs and is defined as "ten contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction." It is calculated as

1 contact hour = 0.1 CEUs
10 contact hours = 1 CEU
12 contact hours = 1.2 CEUs
30 contact hours = 3 CEUs

Online courses and programs
Continuing Education offers online and partially online programs and classes for human services professionals.

Interpersonal Neurobiology (partially online)
Therapy with Adoptive Families (partially online)

Student information page: Students may access information about fees, registration, refunds and grades. In addition, there is information regarding instructors and course details.

Oregon State Board of Clinical Social Workers: The Oregon examination for licensure consists of two sections: the clinical exam by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) and the Oregon section (current law and rules; a self-test). Resources for LCSW test prep

Faculty handbook for our co-op partners:The Co-op Faculty Handbook was constructed with much helpful information to make teaching a course for Continuing Education a positive experience. Co-op partners can view or download this handbook using Acrobat Reader.

Faculty handbook for open enrollment instructors: The Open Enrollment Faculty Handbook provides much helpful information to faculty teaching a course for Continuing Education. PSU instructors can view or download this handbook using Acrobat Reader.

Customized training opportunities for human service providers: Continuing Education in the Graduate School of Education can design programs to address the specific needs of professionals within public and private agencies and institutions. These programs may be offered with customized scheduling and at on-site locations.

Graduate School of Education: Continuing Education and the Graduate School of Education work closely together. This relationship allows Continuing Education to develop and maintain quality programs that are designed to fit the needs of human service professionals.