Category I includes formally organized learning events, involving face to face interaction with a teacher for the purpose of accomplishing specific learning objectives. Examples include courses, workshops, practice oriented seminars, and training offered by accredited programs of social work education, and live, interactive, video conferencing by an approved program. The Verification of Attendance form should be retained by the LSW and submitted to the Board on request.

Category II includes professional meetings on the national, state and local levels. Events in this category involve formally structured discussions among professionals about professional issues, whereby participants increase their awareness of new developments in social work and related fields. Documentation of Category II is the same as described for Category I in (1) of this subsection.

Category III - Individual Professional Activities.

Category III consists of a variety of self-directed professional study activities and growth experiences. Examples include writing papers and books for presentation or publication; making presentations on major professional issues or programs; teaching or training assignments, engaging in research, correspondence work, televised courses, audio/visual videotapes and other forms of self-study upon approval by the Board, shown to update or enhance competence in social work practice. Social workers/teachers whose primary job responsibilities include designing new courses will be allowed to receive continuing education credit hours. Specifically, when a social worker/teacher engages in the initial preparation of a course he/she will be awarded continuing education hours commensurate to the number of semester hours of the course. If a quarter system is utilized, credit for quarter hours will be allowed utilizing the ratio of 3 quarter hours to 2 semester hours. Inherent in the nature of Category III experiences is the expectation that an individual will spend a greater number of clock hours in a self-directed activity than he/she will receive actual continuing education credit. Verification of Category III activities can be achieved by receiving prior or retroactive approval of the proposed self-directed activity and evidence of the completed project to the Board utilizing the Application for Prior Approval Category III Individual Professional Activities or the Application for Retroactive Approval Category III Individual Professional Activities.