MORTUARY SCIENCE PROGRAM
P.O. Box 64882, St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0882
Telephone: (651) 201-3829
Fax: (651) 201-3839
Email: health.mortsci@state.mn.us
At Home Study Courses
The following courses have been approved by the Mortuary Science Program for continuing education credits.
All Star Training, Inc.
Contact Charlotte Marsalis, Administrator at (817) 385-1136 or support@allstarce.com.
Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
Continuing Education for Funeral Directors and
Embalmers (Self Study)
12
Contact organization for information.
APEX Continuing Education Solutions
Contact Remo Portelli, Chief Educational Officer at 800-769-8996 or www.apexces.com.
Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
A Brief History of Burial and Preservation Practices
1
Body Preparation, Care, or Handling
After Suicide: How to Support Survivors of the Loss
2
Professional Practices
Creative Marketing Ideas for Funeral Homes
2
Professional Practices
Working With Difficult People in Conflict
2
Professional Practices
Telephone Inquiry Manual for Funeral Homes
2
Professional Practices
OSHA Essentials
2
Body Preparation, Care, or Handling
The Funeral Director and Organ and Tissue Donation
2
Regulation and Ethics
Infant Embalming Techniques
3
Body Preparation, Care, or Handling
Understanding Grief
3
Professional Practices
Understanding HIV and AIDS
3
Body Preparation, Care, or Handling
Restoration of a Tissue Donor
3
Body Preparation, Care, or Handling
The FTC Funeral Rule
3
Regulation and Ethics
Are you Stressed? Signs & Solutions
4
Professional Practices
Funeral Rituals and Mental Health
4
Professional Practices
Preneed Planning: What Every Funeral Director Should
Know
4
Regulation and Ethics
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
4
Regulation and Ethics
1
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C.O.E. Continuing Education
Contact Mrs. Richardson at 800-795-3004 or coecontinuingedu@aol.com or www.coecontinuingeducation.com.
Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
Practice of Embalming
2
Contact organization for information.
Funeral Counseling
3
Contact organization for information.
OSHA Compliance and Ethics Standards for Funeral
Professionals
3
Contact organization for information.
Psychological Aspects of Death and Dying
3
Contact organization for information.
Psychological Aspects of Grief
3
Contact organization for information.
Funeral and Religious Customs
4
Contact organization for information.
HIV/AIDS and Sanitation
4
Contact organization for information.
Education Workers Group
Contact Barbara Cardone at 718-608-6000 or admin@workshopsexpress.com or www.funeralcontinuingeducation.com.
Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
Helping Parents Help Children Cope with Death
1
General
When Children Die - Guidance for the Final Arrangements
1
General
Helping Parents Cope with Unexpected Death
1
General
Understanding Hospice and Palliative Care
1
General
Understanding Modern Funeral Customs
1
Professional Practices
Upselling Without Upsetting the Client
1
General
The Sociology of Death
2
General
Funeral Products and the Environment
2
General
Limiting Exposure to HIV/AIDS
2
Professional Practices
OSHA Compliance for Funeral Homes
2
Regulation and Ethics
Complying with the FTC Funeral Rule
2
Regulation and Ethics
Perinatal Bereavement and Memorialization
2
General
Working With the Cemetery
2
Professional Practices
Burial with Military Honors
3
Professional Practices
Ethics, Attitude and Customer Service
3
Regulation and Ethics
Funerary Ethics and Best Practices
3
Regulation and Ethics
Restorative Art and Modern Techniques
3
Body Preparation, Care, or Handling
2
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FuneralCE
Contact www.funeralce.com or 800-488-9308.
Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
Communicating Effectively with Seniors
2
Regulations and Ethics
When Disaster Strikes: Mass Fatalities and Community
Impact
2
Professional Practices
Bloodborne Pathogens
3
Professional Practices
Conflict Resolution for Funeral Directors
3
Professional Practices
Funeral Customs with Military Honors
3
Professional Practices
Cremation Best Practices
4
Body Preparation, Care or Handling
OSHA Practice Standards for Funeral Professionals
4
Professional Practices (2 CEU’s) &
Body Preparation, Care or Handling
(2 CEU’s)
Pre-Need Planning
4
Professional Practices
Understanding Social Security: Case Studies for the
Funeral Director
4
Professional Practices
Intercultural Burials
5
Professional Practices
Managing Grief: A Guide for the Funeral Professional
5
Professional Practices
Public Speaking for Funeral Directors
5
Professional Practices
Working Ethically with Seniors
5
Regulation and Ethics
Insuring Funeral Homes
6
Professional Practices
FuneralReview.com
Contact Jillian Holzhueter, 727-822-4700 or www.funeralreview.com.
Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
Hazard Communications
1
Contact organization for information.
Public Speaking - Comfortably
2
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HIV/AIDS
2
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Communicable Disease
2
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Understanding and Creating Exceptional Funeral
Experiences
3
Contact organization for information.
Marketing a Funeral Home for Long Term Profitability
3
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Learning to be a Leader
3
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Funeral Service Ethics
3
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Personnel Management
4
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Profits by Pleasure
4
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Understanding Pre-Need
4
Contact organization for information.
The Funeral
4
Contact organization for information.
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Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
Grief Management and the Role of the Funeral Service
Practitioner
6
Contact organization for information.
Deathcare Marketing 25 FAQ's
6
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Managing Grief
6
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Embalming Perspectives and Paradigms Challenged
6
Contact organization for information.
What Matters Most
6
Contact organization for information.
Funeral Service Academy
Contact Steve Preins, Director of Education, 888-909-5906 or www.funeralcourse.com.
Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
Funeral Home Safety Overview
1
Contact organization for information.
Safety Within Funeral Homes
2
Contact organization for information.
Complying with the Federal Trade Commission
4
Contact organization for information.
OSHA Compliance Guidance for Funeral Homes
7
Contact organization for information.
Essentials for Funeral Professionals
12
Contact organization for information.
Hospice Foundation of America
Contact Kristen Nanjundaram at 202-457-5811 or educate@hospicefoundation.org or www.hospiceonline.com.
Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
Living with Grief: Before and After Death
1
General
Living With Grief: Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life
1
General
Living With Grief: Alzheimer's Disease
1
General
Living With Grief: Loss Later in Life
1
General
Living With Grief: At Work, At School, At Worship
1
General
Living With Grief: Who We Are, How We Grieve
1
General
Living With Grief: When Illness is Prolonged
1
General
Living With Grief: After Sudden Loss
1
General
Caregiving and Loss: Family Needs, Professional
Responses
1
General
Coping With Public Tragedy
1
General
Pain Management at the End of Life: Bridging the Gap
Between Knowledge and Practice
1
General
Living With Grief: Children and Adolescents
3
General
Diversity and End-of-Life Care
3
General
Cancer and End-of-Life Care
3
General
4
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International Order of the Golden Rule
Contact Karen Gentles, Director of Membership at (800) 637-8030 or kgentles@ogr.org.
Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
Videotape Programs
1
Contact organization for information.
Live Distance Audio Seminars
1
Contact organization for information.
National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) - At-Home Study (Books)
Contact Member Service Representative at 800-228-6332 or www.nfda.org.
Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
Educating the Families You Serve about the Why of the
Funeral: A Guide for Funeral Home Staff
6
Regulation and Ethics
Ethics in Funeral Service
6
Regulation and Ethics
Funeral Service Psychology and Counseling
6
Professional Practices
Reverence for the Dead
6
Professional Practices
9 Powerful Practice of Really Great Bosses
8
Professional Practices
9 Powerful Practice of Really Great Mentors
8
Professional Practices
9 Powerful Practice of Really Great Teams
8
Professional Practices
A Cemetery Should Be Forever
8
Professional Practices
The Customer Rules: 39 Essential Rules for Delivering
Sensational Service
8
Professional Practices
The Good Funeral: Death, Grief, and the Community of
Care
8
Professional Practices
The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes
Everything
8
Professional Practices
National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) - At-Home Study (Audio CDs)
Contact Member Service Representative at 800-228-6332 or www.nfda.org.
Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
30+ Innovative Price List Offerings
2
Professional Practices
Bridging the Gap Between the Funeral Home and Hospice
Caregiver
2
Professional Practices
2015 Annual All-Staff Training with the FTC Funeral Rule
Coordinator
4
Professional Practices
Advanced Cremation Arranging
4
Professional Practices
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National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) - At-Home Study (DVDs)
Contact Member Service Representative at 800-228-6332 or www.nfda.org.
Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
Beyond Price – your Guide to Mastering Cremation Phone
Inquiries
2
Professional Practices
Breathing Life into Funeral Home Marketing with
Facebook, TV … and a Sense of Humor
2
Professional Practices
Communication Skills for Connecting with Cremation
Families
2
Professional Practices
Cremation Liability Issues for Cremation & Funeral Homes
Using Third-Party Crematories
2
Professional Practices
Effective Community Outreach on a Budget
2
Professional Practices
Effective Social Media for Your Funeral Home on a
Shoestring Budget
2
Professional Practices
Embalming Risk Management
2
Professional Practices
Focus on Preneed: Spend Downs, Contract, and Consumer 2
Protection
Professional Practices
Funeral Directors are Poor Businesspeoople: Perception,
Reality or an Opportunity to Disrupt the Paradigm?
2
Professional Practices
Hospice and Funeral Service: From One Set of Caring Arms 2
into Another
Professional Practices
Inbound Marketing: The Future of Funeral Home
Marketing
2
Professional Practices
It’s Only a Matter of Time: Are You Ready for Natural
Burials and Green Funerals?
2
Professional Practices
Keys to Effectively Resolve Family Complaints and Avoid
Costly Lawsuits
2
Professional Practices
Making Cremation Profitable
2
Professional Practices
Opening a Crematory: What You Need to Know to Do It
Right
2
Professional Practices
Parasite vs Plunderer: Family Business Succession Planning 2
Professional Practices
Safeguarding Your Funeral Home from Cremation Liability
2
Professional Practices
Taking Your Funeral Home to the Next Stage of Business
Growth and Profitability
2
Professional Practices
The Removal: Professional Solutions for Challenging
Circumstances
2
Professional Practices
What They Didn’t Cover in Mortuary School: Advanced
Grief Concepts for Professionals
2
Professional Practices
Understanding the Veteran and the Grieving Military
Family
2.5
Professional Practices
The Art of Facial Reconstruction
4
Body Preparation, Care, or Handling
6
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Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
Creating Loyalty and Lifelong Memories through Creative
Customer Engagement
4
Professional Practices
FTC Compliance: Handling the General Price List
4
Professional Practices
How Green Practices Benefit Your Business
4
Professional Practices
Embalming Difficult Cases: Donor Cases
10
Body Preparation, Care, or Handling
National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) – Online Courses
Contact Member Service Representative at 800-228-6332 or www.nfda.org.
Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
Professional Ethics in Funeral Service: NFDA’s Code of
Professional Conduct
1
Regulation and Ethics
Communicable Disease: Safeguarding the Funeral
Practitioner
2
Professional Practices
Embalming Risk Management
2
Professional Practices
Five Ways to Improve Prep Room Ventilation and Protect
Your Health
2
Professional Practices
Offering Funeral Packages in Compliance with the FTC
Funeral Rule
2
Professional Practices
What to Do When Families Say “No Religion, Please”
2
Professional Practices
Funeral Service Ethics
2
Regulation and Ethics
Embalming the Obese Case
3
Body Preparation, Care, or Handing
Communicable Disease: What Every Funeral Home Must
Know
3
Professional Practices
Marketing a Funeral Home for Long-Term Profitability
3
Professional Practices
Understanging and Creating Exceptional Funeral
Experiences
3
Professional Practices
Understanding the Practice of the FTC Funeral Rule
3
Professional Practices
Understanding a Child’s Grief
3
Professional Practices
Conflict Management for Funeral Directors: Successful
Interpersonal Communication Practices
4
Professional Practices
Personnel Management in Funeral Service
4
Professional Practices
Serving Hispanic Families
4
Professional Practices
The Funeral: A Chance to Touch, A Chance to Serve, A
Chance to Heal
4
Professional Practices
Emblaming Perspectives & Paradigms Challenged
6
Body Preparation, Care, or Handling
Deathcare Marketing: 25 FAQs
6
Professional Practices
Understanding and Managing Grief
6
Professional Practices
2016 Annual All-Staff Training with the FTC Funeral Rule
4
Professional Practices
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Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
NFDA Certified Preplanning Consultant (CPC) Program
Correspondence Option
15
Professional Practices
Home Reading Home Study Series
Contact organization for information.
Audio Tape Home Study Series
Contact organization for information.
Audio Tapes/CD ROMs Home Study Series
Contact organization for information.
Video Tapes/DVDs Home Study Series
Contact organization for information.
CPC Correspondence Course
Contact organization for information.
Practicum Strategies
Contact www.pshomestudy.com.
Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
A Review of Basic Embalming Procedures
2
Body Preparation, Care, or Handling
Business Morals and Ethics and the Funeral Director
2
General
Coping with Stress as a Funeral Director
2
General
Cremation: The Concept, The Client, The Caring
2
Body Preparation, Care, or Handling
Cremation - The Process
2
Body Preparation, Care, or Handling
Cremation - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
2
Professional Practices
Embalming Chemistry
2
Body Preparation, Care, or Handling
Employee Recruitment and Retention in Funeral Service
2
General
Ethics for Funeral Directors
2
Regulation and Ethics
Everyday Ethics in Funeral Service - What Every Funeral
Director Should Know
2
Regulation and Ethics
Funeral Profession & Consumer Behavior
2
Professional Practices
Funeral Values
2
General
Grief 101 for Funeral Directors
2
Professional Practices
Hazardous Chemicals/Toxic Substances
2
Professional Practices
How Do We Tell the Children? Helping Kids! Helping
Parents!
2
General
Introduction to Accounting for the Funeral Director
2
General
Investment Management for the Funeral Director
2
General
Job Burnout in Funeral Service - What It Is and What You
Can Do About It
2
Managing Stress for Funeral Professionals
2
General
Marketing 101 for Funeral Directors
2
General
Moral Dilemmas Facing the Funeral Profession
2
General
OSHA - A Practical Guide for the Funeral Service
Professional
2
Professional Practices
General
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Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
Power Communication for Funeral Professionals
2
General
Preneed Funeral Planning - A basic Course for the Funeral
Director
2
Professional Practices
Sacred/Sensitive And Sane
2
General
The Funeral Profession and Consumer Behavior
2
Professional Practices
The Vanguard of Competition for the Funeral Profession
2
General
Understanding and Completing the Certificate of Death
2
Professional Practices
Universal Precautions/ HIV, AIDS, Bloodborne Pathogens
4
Professional Practices
Motivation and Coaching for the Successful Funeral
Director
4
General
Dealing With Communicable Diseases and Aids
4
Professional Practices
Complying with the Funeral Rule
6
Regulation and Ethics
Living With The FTC's Funeral Rule
6
Regulation and Ethics
OSHA For Small Business
6
Professional Practices
Pre-Planning for Funeral Home Business Interruptions
6
General
Intermediate Marketing for Funeral Directors - Build a
Case for Your Business and Make More Money
10
General
Thanos Institute
Contact Richard Rizzo, Program Director at 800-742-8257 or mrizzo@thanosinstitute.com.
Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
A Student Dies, A School Mourns...Are you Prepared?
10
Professional Practices
Bereavement & the Funeral Director
10
Professional Practices
Embalming
10
Body Preparation, Care, or Handling
Ethics in Funeral Service
10
Regulation & Ethics
Forensic Pathology for Funeral Directors
10
Body Preparation, Care, or Handling
Grief Counseling for the Funeral Director
10
Professional Practices
Management Skills for Funeral Directors
10
Professional Practices
Organ, Tissue Donation and the Funeral Director
10
Professional Practices
Restorative Art and Cosmetology
10
Body Preparation, Care, or Handling
Unexpected, Traumatic Death and the Funeral Director
10
Professional Practices
University of North Dakota, Department of Pathology
Contact Karen Cisek, M.S., Project Coordinator at 701-777-6377 or www.UND.edu/death-investigation-training.
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Course Name
CEU Credits
Continuing Education Category
Death Investigation Training - Cultural Competency
2.25
Contact organization for information.
Death Investigation Training - Mental Health First Aid
3.25
Contact organization for information.
Death Investigation Training - Advanced Topics
5
Contact organization for information.
Death Investigation Training - Terminology and Diseases
6.5
Contact organization for information.
Death Investigation Training - Basics
7.75
Contact organization for information.
Death Investigation Training - Forensic Pathology for the
Death Investigator
18
Contact organization for information.
If you require an alternate format (i.e., large print), please call (651) 201-3829.
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