EMPATHY. RESILIENCE. TRANSFORMATION.
CONTINUING EDUCATION WITH A LARGER PURPOSE
Beyond Compliance Toward Transformation
Earn the credits you need. Develop the competence your clients and communities deserve.
The ERT Continuing Education Membership officially launches on November 2, 2026.
Enroll now to reserve your membership and become part of a professional learning community created for social workers and helping professionals who want continuing education to strengthen more than their licensing record.
PRE-LAUNCH ENROLLMENT IS NOW OPEN
Help Build the ERT Professional Learning Community
Founding Members are the first professionals to join the ERT Continuing Education Membership.
Enroll before the official launch to secure the limited Founding Member rate of $299 per year.
Member course access, live programming, and the ERT learning portal will become available beginning November 2, 2026.
Live and on-demand learning. Practical tools. Socially responsive education. Professional transformation.
Stay Compliant. Grow Professionally. Strengthen Your Practice All Year Long.
Get affordable, high-value access to live and on-demand CE courses designed to help social workers and helping professionals meet requirements, strengthen practice, and grow with confidence.
40+ CE Credits
10 On-Demand Courses
12 Live CE Webinars Per Year
20+ Category I Live Hours
Bonus CPC Credential ($500)
WHY TRUST US ?
ASWB ACE Approved Provider
ACE Approved
2026 –2029
Empathy, Resilience & Transformation (ERT) Institute, LLC, #1981, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2026 -03/31/2029.
Every activity that offers continuing education credit will clearly identify the credit hours, course level, target audience, learning objectives, delivery method, and completion requirements.
Why This Membership exists
Continuing education should improve more than your Licensing record
Many professionals approach renewal season searching for enough hours to remain compliant. They complete disconnected courses, collect certificates, and return to work with little support for applying what they learned.
ERT Institute takes continuing education further.
Our membership is designed to help you strengthen your knowledge, examine your practice, expand your professional capacity, and apply what you learn in real-world settings.
You will not simply complete courses. You will gain frameworks, tools, and strategies that can help you become more effective in your work with individuals, families, organizations, and communities.
Membership Benefits
More Than a CE Library
A PRofessional Transformation Community
Your ERT Continuing Education Membership provides meaningful learning experiences centered on ethics, professional practice, leadership, resilience, cultural responsiveness, and social justice.
Your membership includes:
Approved Continuing Education
Complete eligible, high-quality continuing education courses developed to support professional growth and applicable licensing requirements.
Live and On-Demand Learning
Participate in live educational events and complete available on-demand courses according to your schedule.
Practical Practice Tools
Receive ethical decision-making tools, reflection exercises, implementation guides, case applications, and other resources you can use in practice.
ERT Transformation Labs
Move beyond theory through interactive sessions focused on applying course concepts to realistic professional challenges.
Exclusive Member Savings
Receive preferred pricing on eligible ERT Institute workshops, certificate programs, professional-development experiences, and certification pathways.
Quarterly Masterclasse with
Dr Buckingham
Participate in masterclasses and learning experiences led by Dr. Dwayne L. Buckingham, known professionally as
The E.R. Doctor.
Purposeful Learning Pathways
Select learning experiences that support your goals in ethics, professional practice, leadership, social justice, cultural responsiveness, trauma-informed care, and resilience.
40+
CE Credits
Access a robust library of CE learning designed to help you meet requirements and expand your practice
10+
On Demand Courses
Complete courses at your own pace, on your own schedule.
12
Live Webiner / Year
Attend one live training each month on the 2nd Friday, from 9:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
20+
Category I Live Hours
Earn live hours in topics that matter for compliance and practical growth.
Specific course availability, credit eligibility, instructors, and live-event schedules are subject to change as new programming is introduced.
What makes ERT different
social justice is not simply one course in our catalog
At ERT Institute, social justice is a professional responsibility reflected throughout the learning experience. Our courses help professionals examine how culture, race, power, policy, trauma, bias, and institutional practices can influence:
Assessment and diagnosis
Client engagement
Treatment and service planning
Ethical decision-making
Supervision and leadership
Access to services
Organizational culture
Client and community outcomes
We believe culturally responsive and socially responsible practice requires more than awareness. It requires reflection, accountability, skill development, and action.
WHY THIS MEMBERSHIP
Continuing education should do more than help you renew your license.
Too many professionals wait until renewal season, scramble for credits, and end up paying too much for courses that offer little practical value.
The ERT Institute™ CE Membership offers a better path.
Instead of buying courses one at a time, you gain year-round access to continuing education designed to help you stay compliant, stay prepared, and continue growing as a professional. Our courses are practical, board-conscious, professionally relevant, and built for real-world application.
"This is not just about earning hours. It is about becoming stronger in the work you do every day."
THE ERT FRamework
A Clear Path from Understanding to action
ERT Institute courses are grounded in a transformational learning process built around three essential principles:
EMPATHY - The Foundation
Deepen your ability to understand people, lived experiences, cultural perspectives, and professional situations with greater awareness and humanity.
RESILIENCE - The Engine
Strengthen the emotional, ethical, and professional capacity required to navigate complexity, adversity, conflict, and change.
Transformation - The Outcome
Convert knowledge and insight into intentional changes in behavior, professional practice, leadership, systems, and outcomes.
Every learning experience encourages you to consider:
1. What do I need to understand more deeply?
2. What professional capacity do I need to strengthen?
3. What must I do differently?
LEARNING AREAS
Build a Learning Experience Aligned With Your Work
Membership courses and events may include:
• Ethics and ethical decision-making
• Structural racism and systemic inequities
• Advocacy and community transformation
• Social justice in behavioral health and social work
• Cultural responsiveness and humility
• Implicit bias in professional practice
• Working with underserved and marginalized populations
• Personal and professional resilience
• Trauma-informed and resilience-focused care
• Empathy and therapeutic relationships
• Emerging issues affecting helping professionals
• Cultural competence through the ERT Framework
• Clinical assessment and client engagement
• Leadership, supervision, and organizational culture
• Professional burnout and compassion fatigue
• Veterans and military-connected populations
• Certified Trauma-informed Practitioner (CTIP)
• Certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner (CEIP)
• Certified Empathy-Driven Leader (CEDL)
New learning opportunities will be introduced as the membership continues to grow.
Applied learning & Practice Tools
Learning That Reaches the Real World
Information alone does not create transformation. ERT Institute courses are designed to help you connect professional knowledge to real decisions, real people, and real systems.
Depending on the course, you may receive:
Case-based learning activities
Ethical decision-making frameworks
Guided reflection exercises
Client-engagement strategies
Organizational assessment tools
Supervisor discussion guides
Equity and cultural-responsiveness checklists
Practice implementation plans
Downloadable professional resources
Thirty-day ERT Practice Commitments
Our goal is not simply to help you know more. Our goal is to help you practice differently.
WHO SHOULD JOIN
Designed for Professionals Who Want Their Learning to Matter
The ERT Continuing Education Membership is designed for:
• Social workers and clinical social workers
• Behavioral health professionals
• Counselors and therapists
• Case managers and supervisors
• Social work educators
• Healthcare professionals
• Nonprofit and community-service professionals
• Organizational leaders
• Professionals committed to ethical and culturally responsive practice.
This membership is especially valuable for professionals who believe continuing education should improve more than their resume or licensing record. It should improve how they serve.
CE Membership Plans
Choose the membership option that fits you
Simple pricing. Real value. Year-round growth.
Founding Member
$299
/ year
Full annual membership benefits beginning November 2, 2026
Live and On-Demand Courses
Monthly ERT Transformation Labs
Quarterly Masterclasses with Dr. Buckingham
Founding Member recognition
Early access to selected new offerings
Opportunities to provide feedback
A locked-in $299 renewal rate while membership remains continuously active and in good standing.
Available for a limited time and may be limited in quantity.
Annual Membership
$349
/ year
Full membership access for one year.
Save $50 compared with 12 monthly payments.
Monthly Membership
Per month + Processing Fee
$33.25
The same core membership benefits with flexible monthly payments.
All plans include access to the core membership benefits described above. Premium programs, certification programs, and separately priced experiences are included only when specifically stated.
CE Membership Plans
Choose the plan that fits you
Simple pricing. Real value. Year-round growth.
On-Demand Membership
20 hours of self-paced CE
$39.99
/ year
Live Webinars
Category I Live Hours
On-Demand Courses
Certified Professional Coach (CPC)
Certified Life Coach (CLC)
Not included
Not included
10 Included
Not
included
Not
included
Full Membership
Unlimited access to 40+ hours of CE
$399
$ 599
/ year
Live Webinars
Category I Live Hours
On-Demand Courses
Certified Professional Coach (CPC)
Certified Life Coach (CLC)
12 per year
20+ hours
10 Included
Bonus
included
Bonus
included
Partnership Membership
For organizations
Custom
Team Licensing
Dedicated Success Manager
Custom Training Sessions
Reporting & Analytics
Onboarding & SSO
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Benefits of Membership
A reliable, affordable, meaningful learning system.
Our members aren't looking for random CE hours. They want a system that supports both licensure and long-term development. You don't just stay licensed. You stay ready.
Simplify your CE planning for the entire year
Save money compared to individual course purchases
Access both live and self-paced learning
Meet high-demand licensure requirements in one place
Strengthen ethics, trauma-informed care, and cultural competence
Gain bonus coaching credentials that increase your value
Reduce renewal stress and last-minute scrambling
Invest in learning that improves practice, not just compliance
CE MEMBERSHIP
Simplify your CE plan. Strengthen your practice.
Join the ERT Institute™ CE Membership and get affordable, high-value access to the live webinars, required topics, on-demand courses, and professional development experiences you need to stay compliant and grow with confidence — all year long.
WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING
The best feedback is a satisfied customer.
Testimonial
"I Have No Hesitation with Endorsing His Work…
Dr. Buckingham is a knowledgeable and dynamic speaker. He developed an outstanding training module for the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) geared towards educating social workers on the mental and behavioral health challenges facing Service Members, Veterans, and their families. He has an unwavering commitment to ensure that Veterans and military families receive quality mental health treatment, and it was a pleasure working with him. I have no hesitation in endorsing his work."
- Elizabeth Hoffler, MSW, ACSW
Special Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Social Workers Washington, D.C.
Testimonial
"I appreciated his passion and enthusiam"
"Dr. Buckingham was excellent. It is very difficult to cover that much material in a three-hour period, while also keeping people engaged over Zoom, but Dr. Buckingham was able to pull it off. It was clear he is very knowledgeable and well prepared. I also appreciated his passion and enthusiasm."
- Donna, LCSW-C
Anti-racism Course: White Gatekeepers
Frequently Asked Questions
You have questions? We've got answers.
Question 1: Is this membership only for social workers?
It is designed primarily for social workers and helping professionals who want CE access and stronger professional development.
Question 2: Are the courses ASWB approved?
Yes. ERT Institute™, LLC, #1981, is approved as an ACE provider through ASWB. Regulatory boards remain the final authority on course acceptance.
Question 3: How often are the live webinars held?
Members receive access to 12 live CE webinars per year, held on the 2nd Friday of each month from 9:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Question 4: Can I complete courses at my own pace?
Yes. The membership includes on-demand courses that can be completed according to your schedule.
Question 5: What if I only want recorded courses?
You can choose the Recorded CE Only Subscription for $20 per year, which includes 20 on-demand CE hours.
Question 6: Are the bonus certifications really included?
Yes. Full annual members receive:
• 1 Certified Professional Coach
• 1 Certified Executive Coach
Each is valued at $499.
Empathy is the Foundation, Resilience is the Engine, Transformation is the Outcome
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reaction to meaningful, measurable change.
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