Continuing Education Information Resources
100% EDUCATION - ONLINE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION "AIDS Education" 4 CEU's
ALL STAR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, INC. Distance Learning - Self Study "Continuing Education for Funeral Directors and Embalmers" 12 CEU'sInformation: Charlotte Marsalis, Administrator, 817.385.1136 or charlotte@allstarce.com
APEX CONTINUING EDUCATION SOLUTIONS Distance Learning - Self Study "Green Burial 101" 2 CEU's"The Funeral Director and Organ and Tissue Donation" 2 CEU's "Understanding Grief" 3 CEU's "Restoration of a Tissue Donor" 3 CEU's "Working With difficult People in Conflict" 2 CEU's "Funeral Service Ethics" 2 CEU's "Funeral Rituals and Mental Health" 4 CEU's "OSHA Essentials" 4 CEU's "The FTC Funeral Rule" 4 CEU's "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace" 4 CEU's "Creative Marketing Ideas for Funeral Homes" 2 CEU's "Telephone Inquiry Manual for Funeral Homes" 2 CEU's "Infant Embalming Techniques" 3 CEU's "Understanding HIV and Aids" 3 CEU's Information: Remo Portelli, Chief Educational Officer, 800.769.8996 or www.apexces.com
C.O.E. CONTINUING EDUCATION Home Study Series "Funeral Counseling" 3 CEU's"Funeral and Religious Customs" 4 CEU's "HIV/AIDS and Sanitation" 4 CEU's "Practice of Embalming" 2 CEU's Information: Mrs. Richardson, 800.795.3004 or coecontinuingedu@aol.com or www.coecontinuingeducation.com
EDUCATION WORKERS GROUP On-Line Home Study Series "Understanding Hospice and Palliative Care" 1 CEU"Understanding Modern Funeral Customs" 1 CEU "Upselling Without Upsetting the Client" 1 CEU "Funeral Products and the Environment" 2 CEU's "Limiting Exposure to HIV/AIDS" 2 CEU's "OSHA Compliance for Funeral Homes" 2 CEU's "Complying with the FTC Funeral Rule" 2 CEU's "When Children Die - Guidance for the Final Arrangements" 1 CEU "Helping Parents Cope with Unexpected Death" 1 CEU "Helping Parents Help Children Cope with Death" 1 CEU "Burial with Military Honors" 3 CEU's "Ethics, Attitude and Customer Service" 3 CEU's Information: Brian Stefanelli, 718.701.0385 or admin@workshopsexpress.com or www.funeralcontinuingeducation.com
FUNERALCE Home Study Series "Basic Embalming Practices" 5 CEU's"Basic Funeral Customs for 21st Century Funeral Directors" 2 CEU's "Bloodborne Pathogens" 3 CEU's "Decision Making in the Funeral Industry" 2 CEU's "Effective and Ethical Communication with Seniors" 12 CEU's "Ethics of Making Funeral Arrangements" 3 CEU's "Funeral Customs with Military Honors" 3 CEU's "Funeral Rule" 2 CEU's "Goal Setting in the Funeral Industry" 2 CEU's "Handling the Obese Case; What Every Funeral Director Should Know" 5 CEU's "History of Preserving Human Remains" 1 CEU "HIV/AIDS" 2 CEU's "Insuring Funeral Homes" 6 CEU's "Intercultural Burials" 5 CEU's "Managing Grief: A Guide for the Funeral Professional" 5 CEU's "Maximizing Integrity in Decisions with Seniors" 12 CEU's "OSHA Practice Standards for Funeral Professionals" 4 CEU's "Personalization in the Funeral Industry" 4 CEU's "Pre-Need Planning" 4 CEU's "Public Speaking for Funeral Directors" 5 CEU's "Rational Thinking in the Funeral Industry" 1 CEU "Stillborn Support" 1 CEU "Targeting Your Primary Markets in the Funeral Industry" 2 CEU's "The Funeral Director as an Event Planner" 5 CEU's "Understanding the At-Need Customer's Buying Motivations" 2 CEU's "Understanding Social Security: Case Studies for the Funeral Director" 4 CEU's "Working with Difficult People in the Funeral Industry" 1 CEU Information: www.funeralce.com or 800.488.9308
FUNERAL REVIEW.COM On-line Home Study Series "Funeral Service Ethics" 3 CEU's"Grief Management and the Role of the Funeral Service Practitioner" 6 CEU's "Public Speaking - Comfortably" 2 CEU's "The Funeral" 4 CEU's "Deathcare Marketing 25 FAQ's" 6 CEU's "Managing Grief" 6 CEU's "Embalming Perspectives and Paradigms Challenged" 6 CEU's "What Matters Most" 6 CEU's "Personnel Management" 4 CEU's "Profits by Pleasure" 4 CEU's "Understanding Pre-Need" 4 CEU's "Understanding and Creating Exceptional Funeral Experiences" 3 CEU's "Marketing a Funeral Home for Long Term Profitability" 3 CEU's "Learning to be a Leader" 3 CEU's "HIV/AIDS" 2 CEU's "Communicalbe Disease" 2 CEU's "Hazard Communications" 1 CEU Information: Jillian Holzhueter, 727.822.4700 or www.funeralreview.com
HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA On-line Home Study "Living with Grief: Before and After Death" 1.0 CEU"Pain Management at the End of Life: Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge and Practice" 1.0 CEU "Living With Grief: Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life" 1.0 CEU "Living With Grief: Alzheimer's Disease" 1.0 CEU "Coping With Public Tragedy" 1.0 CEU "Living With Grief: Loss Later in Life" 1.0 CEU "Caregiving and Loss: Family Needs, Professional Responses" 1.0 CEU "Living With Grief: At Work, At School, At Worship" 1.0 CEU "Living With Grief: Who We Are, How We Grieve" 1.0 CEU "Living With Grief: When Illness is Prolonged" 1.0 CEU "Living With Grief: After Sudden Loss" 1.0 CEU "Living With Grief: Children and Adolescents" 3.0 CEU's "Diversity and End-of-Life Care" 3.0 CEU's "Cancer and End-of-Life Care" 3.0 CEU's Information: Chester Velasco, 202.457.8511 or Cvelasco@hospicefoundation.org or www.hospiceonline.com
INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF THE GOLDEN RULE "Videotape Programs" "Live Distance Audio Seminars" Information: Karen Gentles, Director of Membership, 800.637.8030 or kgentles@ogr.org
NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION NFDA Online Learning Center Courses "NFDA Home Study Courses""Home Reading Home Study Series" "Audio Tape Home Study Series" "Audio Tapes/CD ROMs Home Study Series" "Video Tapes/DVDs Home Study Series" "CPC Correspondence Course" Information: Member Service Representative, 800.228.6332 or www.nfda.org 1 - 16.0 CEU's
PRACTICUM STRATEGIES "Practicum Strategies Home Study Courses"Information: www.pshomestudy.com 1 - 6.0 CEU's
THANOS INSTITUTE Home Study Courses - "A Student Dies, A School Mourns...Are you
Prepared?, Bereavement & the Funeral Director, Embalming, Management Skills for Funeral Directors,
Ethics in Funeral Service, Funeral Customs Past and Present, Forensic Pathology for Funeral Directors,
Restorative Art and Cosmetology, Unexpected, Traumatic Death and the
Funeral Director, Grief Counseling for the Funeral Director" OSHA Compliance & FTC Rules - Please note: this course does not
qualify for annual OSHA training. Information: Mary Rizzo, Program Director, 800.742.8257 or mrizzo@thanosinstitute.com
ONGOING COURSES AURORA CASKET COMPANY "Advanced Arranger Training" 4, 6, or 8 CEU's BATESVILLE CASKET COMPANY, INC. "Batesville Plant Tour and Product Knowledge""Remaining Bullish in a Bear Market" "A Better Way to Assist Today's Value Driven Consumer" "Googled...The Internet: My Friend and Occasional Enemy" "Research to Results" "Communicating With Families - Making More Effective Arrangements" "Getting to Know the Cremation Consumer - An Initial Action Plan" "The Zero Turn Lawnmower and Your Funeral Home Website" "Seven Secrets Families Don't Share" "Creating Value for Families Through Meaningful Funeral Experiences" "Using E-Business to Create a Meaningful Funeral Experience" "Acting on Cremation Challenges Together" "Vaulting into the Future" Location: Batesville, Indiana Information: Deb St. Pierre., 812.934.7557 or deb.st.pierre@batesville.com 1.0 - 3.0 CEU's "Batesville Casket Company Mobile Tour Center - Honoring Lives" BROWN-WILBERT, INC. "Funeral Home Hygiene and Hazmat Remediation" 2 CEU's"Disinterment Hazrards, Precautions and Procedures" 1 CEU "Ceremonial Alternatives Within Funeral Service" 1 CEU "When a Child Dies" 1 CEU "Committal - The Final Goodbye?" 1 CEU "Can I Be Honest With Myself?" 1 CEU "Full Disclosure Versus Compliance" 1 CEU "Media Influence on the Funeral Consumer Culture" 1 CEU "Surviving and Serving" 1 CEU "Art & Memorialization Workshop" 2 CEU's "Cremation: Options and Alternatives" 3 CEU's "HONOR: A New Age in Funeral Service" 1 CEU "Issues Affecting Veterans" 1 CEU "Profiles of the Interment Persuasion Seminar" 1 CEU "The Informed Consumer/The Dynamics of Dialog" 1 CEU "Words Have Meaning, Context and Compliance" 1 CEU "Value and Viability: Adaption in a Changing Funeral Market" 2 CEU's Location: contact for location Information: David Gavin, 651.631.1234 FUNERAL DIRECTOR CEU'S.com "Teleconference" "Principles and Practices of Green Burial in North America"Information: Robin Heppell, CFSP, 250.744.3595 or www.FuneralDirectorCEUs.com FUNERAL REVIEW.COM "People Skills Advanced" 7 CEU's"Executive Development Plan" 14 CEU's "Cycle of Excellence: Phone Skills" 7 CEU's "Cycle of Excellence: Phone Skills Refresher" 4 CEU's "Cycle of Excellence: People Skills" 7 CEU's "Cycle of Excellence: People Skills Refresher" 4 CEU's "Cycle of Excellence: People Management Module II" 7 CEU's "Cycle of Excellence: Introductory Arranger Training" 4 CEU's "Cycle of Excellence: Introductory People Management" 7 CEU's "Cycle of Excellence: Funeral Director Skills - Module I" 7 CEU's "Cycle of Excellence: Funeral Director Skills - Module II" 7 CEU's "Cycle of Excellence: Funeral Director Skills - Module III" 7 CEU's "Cycle of Excellence: Cremation" 7 CEU's "Cycle of Excellence: Value Training" 7 CEU's Location: contact for location Information: Jillian Holzhueter, 727.822.4700 or www.funeralreview.com LifeSource "Donation Updates/Embalming the Organ and Tissue Donor" 1 CEULocation: Minnesota Funeral Homes Information: Mike Burakowski, 651.603.7888 or mburakowski@life-source.org MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CASKET DIVISION "Cremation" 3 CEU's"Cremation - Seeing the Arrangement Process Through the Consumer's Eye" 3 CEU's "The Ethics of Funeral Arrangements Seminar" 2 CEU's "The Devil is in the Details - Customer Loyalty" 2 CEU's "90 Minute Miracle and MFG Plant Tour" 6 CEU's "A Fresh Look at the Future" 8 CEU's "Focus on Your Future Seminar" 12.25 CEU's "Focus on Your Future - Consumers and Their Power to Shape the Future" 4 CEU's "Hardwood Casket Construction and Manufacturing Plant Tour" 2 CEU's Location: York, PA Information: Ms. Jay Diaz, 412.995.1669 or jdiaz@matw.com
January 7 - 11, 2013 "In-Sight Institute - Certified Funeral Celebrant Training" January 9, 2013 "Cremation Association of North America - Crematory Operators Certification Program" January 10, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - Embalming Risk Management" January 10, 2013 "Dobratz-Hantge Funeral Chapel - Grief Myths: How They Affect Children, Adults and Healthcare Professionals" January 20 - 24, 2013 "Selected Independent Funeral Homes - 2013 NextGen Seminar" January 24, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - Don't Settle for Satisfied! Build Customer Loyalty"
February 5, 2013 "Cremation Association of North America - Crematory Operators Certification Program" February 6 - 7, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - 2013 CANA and NFDA Spring Symposium" February 7, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - New Insights into Ways Consumers Really Think" February 11 - 14, 2013 "Graystone Associates, Inc. - Summit 2013" February 21, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - Talking with Families about Natural Burial and Green Funerals" February 22 - 24, 2013 "In-Sight Institute - Certified Funeral Celebrant Training" February 23 - March 2, 2013 "American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service - 2013 Funeral Business and Technology Workshop Cruise" February 27 - 28, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - Certified Preplanning Consultant Program" February 27 or 28, 2013 "Murphy Granite Carving, Inc. and Little Falls Granite Works - 2013 Sales Training Seminar" Februay 28, 2013 "International Order of the Golden Rule - Growing Your Firm in Today's Economy"
March 4 - 8, 2013 "The Dodge Institute 2013 Seminar " March 14, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - Technology for Beginners" March 19, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - Meet the Mentors - Critical Components to a Successful Funeral Service Business" March 28, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - EPA and Sustainability: Funeral Homes" March 28, 2013 "International Order of the Golden Rule - Employee Concerns: Funeral Home Liability and OSHA Compliance"
April 2013 - April 2014 "Hospice Foundation of America - Improving Care for Veterans Facing Illness and Death" April 8 - 10, 2013 "North Dakota Funeral Directors Association Annual Convention" April 24, 2013 "Aurora Casket Company - Making the Emotional Connection " April 25, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - Business Management Part 1: Performance Review and Assessment" April 26 - 27, 2013 "International Order of the Golden Rule Annual Conference and Supplier Showcase " April 26 - 28, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - 2013 Professional Women's Conference"
May 1 - 3, 2013 "Selected Independent Funeral Homes 2013 Spring Management Summit" May 9, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - Annual All-Staff Funeral Rule Training" May 9 - 10, 2013 "South Dakota Funeral Directors Association State Convention" May 10, 2013 "Cremation Association of North America - Crematory Operators Certification Program" May 16 - 18, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - 2013 Asia Funeral and Cemetery Expo and Conference" May 23, 2013 "International Order of the Golden Rule - Alternatives to Embalming" May 23, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - Preparing to Comply with OSHA HazCom New Requirements"
June 6, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - In the Blink of an Eye: Preventing Distracted Driving Risks at Your Funeral Home" June 14 - 16, 2013 "In-Sight Institute - Certified Funeral Celebrant Training" June 18 - 20, 2013 "In-Sight Institute - Certified Funeral Celebrant Training" June 20, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - Business Management Part 2: Improving Your Profitability through Budgeting"
July 20 - 25, 2013 "In-Sight Institute - Certified Funeral Celebrant Training"
August 7 - 10, 2013 "Cremation Association of North America - 95th Annual CANA Convention"
September 6 - 8, 2013 "In-Sight Institute - Certified Funeral Celebrant Training"
October 19, 2013 "Cremation Association of North America - Crematory Operators Certification Program" October 19 - 20, 2013 "National Funeral Directors Association - Certified Preplanning Consultant Seminar and Exam"
November 2013 "None at this time" November 1, 2012 "National Funeral Directors Association - Business Performance Review and Improvement" November 2, 2012 "University of Minnesota Program of Mortuary Science - Continuing Education/Funeral Service Networking Fair" November 7, 2012 "Kates-Boylston Publications - 2nd Annual Cremation Strategies Conference" November 8 - 9, 2012 "Kates-Boylston Publications - 7th Annual Funeral Service Business Forum" November 13, 2012 "Sandberg Mortuary - Annual OSHA Training" November 15, 2012 "National Funeral Directors Association - Complying with Changes to the OSHA Communication Standard" November 15 - 16, 2012 "The Dodge Institute - Embalming - The Rewards and the Challenges"
December 2, 2013 "Kates-Boylston Publications - Cremation Strategies Conference" December 3 - 4, 2013 "Kates-Boylston Publications - Funeral Service Business Plan Conference" | ||
