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.