California Social Workers

CE Requirements for Social Workers in California: 36 hours every 2 years. You can take all of your continuing education from CONCEPT. All 36 hours can be home study because the post-test is submitted electronically. As of January 1, 2015, the CA BBS will no longer issue continuing education providers CA BBS provider numbers. Instead, the board will accept continuing education courses from a provider who has been approved or registered by a board recognized approval agency. APA is a board recognized approval agency and CONCEPT is an approved CE provider for APA.

Patricia A. Zapf, PhD

Dr. Patricia A. Zapf founded CONCEPT Professional Training in 2009 with the mission of elevating the level of practice in psychology and related professions. In 2018, Dr. Zapf brought CONCEPT Professional Training to Palo Alto University to further its mission of continuing and professional studies. CONCEPT is now Palo Alto University's Division of Continuing and Professional Studies and Dr. Zapf serves as Vice President of this Division at Palo Alto University.