2026 Continuing Education (CE)

The 2026 NCDA Global Conference registration includes continuing education based on your attendance of sessions. Anyone registering for the conference is eligible to receive contact hours. These hours are NCDA and NBCC approved. The contact hours will be posted to your NCDA account and available to print after the event. The number of hours available depends on your attendance - either for the full conference, one day only, the Professional Development Institutes (PDI) and the virtual event.

Please refer to the registration choices to determine specific number of continuing education hours available.

2026 Continuing Education Details

Professional Development Institutes (PDIs - requires additional registration fee)

Full Conference Registration

Virtual  Event Registration

Questions about the 2026 continuing education options may be address to Brianna Navarro at bnavarro@ncda.org

Instructions for Retrieving Continuing Education Transcripts:

Go to the NCDA website and login to access your account. Once logged in, go to your Profile. Find View My CE History. You will be able to see your earned CEs and print out transcripts. Members may access this page anytime in the future by logging in. If you are not a member of NCDA, please contact NCDA headquarters:  (918) 663-7060.

The NCDA Career Development Conference CEs are approved for all NCDA credentials.

National Career Development Association (NCDA) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 1003. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit be identified. NCDA is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

NBCC CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

NCDA is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP). For proposals to be eligible for NBCC Continuing Education (CE), the chair or lead presenter must meet specific presenter qualifications and present on topics appropriate for his/her level of experience/training. The CHAIR or LEAD PRESENTER must indicate an appropriate category for the session to be NBCC CE approved.

Category I presenters are qualified to present on topics including, but not limited to:

• Theories, principles, and techniques of counseling as applied to work and career
• Career counseling processes and resources, including, but not limited to, those applicable to
  specific communities and populations
• Career/life planning and decision-making models
• Life-work role transitions, including, but not limited to, outplacement and retirement counseling

Category II and III presenters may be accepted for topics including:

• Career development program planning, resources, and program evaluation
• Assessment of workplace environment for purposes of job placement
• Trends in job search
• Career avocational, educational, occupational, and labor market information, and resources and career information systems

Presenters are asked to select a category that matches their expertise:

• Category I: Holds a graduate degree in mental health field from a regionally accredited
  educational institution and is qualified by appropriate education, experience, and/or training to
  present/author the particular subject matter, or author the publication concerning the subject
  matter.
• Category II: Holds a graduate degree from a regionally accredited educational institution directly
  related to the subject matter presented and be qualified by appropriate education, experience,
  and/or training to present/author the particular subject matter, or author the publication
  concerning the subject matter.
• Category III: Be qualified by appropriate education, experience, and/or training to
  present/author the subject matter, or author the publication concerning the subject matter.