Certified Senior Advisor (CSA)

Earn Your Certified Senior Advisor Designation!

Seeking to earn the CSA designation? Then you've come to the right place!

The Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) designation is the leading professional credential for persons seeking to work more effectively with their senior clients.

The CSA designation signifies that designees have acquired broad-based knowledge of the health, social and financial issues that are important to the majority of seniors, and recognize how the dynamics of these factors work in seniors' lives.

Professionals from many walks of life have added the CSA designation to their credentials. They've learned how incredibly gratifying it is to help seniors achieve their goals, and the seniors they've helped have learned how important it is to work with someone who truly understands their age-related circumstances. The result is successful professionals, and satisfied seniors.

Course Structure

Highly-engaging, educational and interesting, the CSA certification course covers a wide range of topics on aging. The course is offered in two versions:

• Independent Self-study with Exam
• A three-day Classroom Review of the CSA course material, followed by the Exam on the fourth day

Recommended Courses And Available Training Options

ABTrainingCenter.com offers multiple courses and training formats for earning the CSA designation. For instance, we offer the Classroom, Self-study and Fast Start formats for your training, so you can select the format that best fits how you learn.

Simply select one of the recommended courses below or search under "Licensing/Designations" in the search box thereafter for "CSA - Certified Senior Advisor".

Recommended Course(s)

• CSA Self-Study Program

CSA Designation Examination Requirements

The CSA certification exam is a 3-hour, 150 multiple-choice question exam; a passing score is 70% required. The exam is closed book and proctored, administered differently for the two methods of study:

Classroom Review Candidates:

• Take the CSA Exam in class on the fourth day of class


• Receive their test results via email within 7-10 business days

• Take the CSA Exam at a professional Computer-Based Test (CBT) center in their state (Locations)


• Receive their test results immediately

• Complete the CSA Information Profile and Disclosure Questionnaire. The Questionnaire is both a screening tool and an acknowledgement of an applicant?s agreement to comply with the CSA Code of Professional Responsibility and SCSA Membership Rules once the designation is earned.



• Pass a background check



• Pass the CSA Code of Professional Responsibility online module and sign the CSA Code and SCSA Membership Rules



• Fulfill the education/experience requirements:
  
  
  • Option 1: Complete the CSA course or its education/training equivalent AND have one year of paid work experience working with seniors OR 50 hours of volunteering with seniors in the last three years
  
  
  • Option 2: Have two years of paid work experience working with seniors OR 100 hours of volunteer experience with seniors within the last three years
  
  
  • Option 3: Have a certificate or degree in a field related to working with seniors from an accredited college or university

• Complete the CSA Membership Renewal Statement


• Submit the annual renewal fee of $175


• Fulfill the CSA Continuing Education (CSA CE) recertification requirement of 30 CSA CE credits, every three years