The American
Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work (ABE) is the national
standard-setting organization for the profession of Clinical
Social Work. ABE sets and promotes national practice standards,
publishes position statements, maintains an online directory
of certificants, and issues credentials for advanced clinical
generalists (BCD), clinical supervisors, children/families
practitioners, and psychoanalysts.
ABE is a unit of
the Center for
Clinical Social Work. The Center is the national
organization for all clinical social workers in any practice
setting and at all levels of professional development. The
Center is an advocate and educator, upholding a National Bill
of Rights for Clinical Social Workers and serving as the national
voice of the profession and guardian of its values.
There
is a national organization for Clinical Social
Workers— the
Center for Clinical Social Work advocates and educates
for you, your clients, and your profession.
Your source for timely information
and commentary about clinical social work, mental health
and health care, and national policy.
