NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF FUNERAL SERVICE

 

APPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS

(Updated June 26, 2009)

 

Please scroll to page bottom in order to view programs with multiple dates and programs available online. There are also very important instructions for the online courses.

 

                                                                                                                                                       

DATE(S):                              June 29, 2009

SPONSOR:                            Heritage School of CE – Investors Heritage       CONTACT: David Clark 800-422-2011, ext. 1021

TITLE:                                    “Ethics Module” (1) & “ Preneed Contracts on Funeral Goods & Services” (2)

LOCATION(S):                     Econo Lodge 418 Piedmont Dr. in Lexington

TIME:                                     9:00 am – 12:00 pm (1)                          HOURS: 6 total hours                          Registration fee: $40.00

                                                1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (2)

 

DATE(S):                              July 14, 2009

SPONSOR:                            NCFDA – District 1                             CONTACT: Chris Noe 910-455-1281

TITLE:                                    “Whirlwinds & Whirlpools – Handling Decisions in Funeral Service”

LOCATION(S):                     Tony’s Seafood 1345 Western Blvd in Jacksonville

TIME:                                     7:00 pm – 9:00 pm                 HOURS: 2 hours credit                        Registration fee: $15./$20

 

 

DATE(S):                              July 16, 2009

SPONSOR:                            Arnold Wilbert Corporation                               CONTACT: Vickie Zimmerman  919.735.5008

TITLE:                                    “Navigating Through the Procedures & Statistics”

LOCATION(S):                     Arnold Wilbert Corporation 1401 W Grantham St. in Goldsboro

TIME:                                     8:30 am – 12:30 pm                               HOURS: 3.5 hours credit                     Registration fee: $25.00

 

DATE(S):                              July 16th      

SPONSOR:                            Regulatory Support Services                             CONTACT: David Partridge 804-784-7347

TITLE:                                    Annual OSHA Training:  When A Band-Aid Won’t Work”  (3 hours credit)

LOCATION(s)                        Lea Funeral Home 2500 Poole Rd in Raleigh (1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)

 

                                                                                                                                                                     Registration Fee: $ 95.00

 

DATE(S):                              July 16, 2009

SPONSOR:                            National Funeral Directors Assn.                      CONTACT: Shari Foucault  262-814-1551

TITLE:                                    “Veterans Tributes & US Flag Etiquette for Funeral Homes”  (Web Seminar)

TIME:                                     1:00 pm – 2:00 pm                 HOURS: 1 hour credit                          Registration fee: Free/$149.

 

DATE(S):                              July 27 – 29, 2009

SPONSOR:                            National Funeral Directors Assn.                      CONTACT: Shari Foucault 262-814-1551

TITLE:                                    “NFDA Leadership Conference”

LOCATION(S):                     The Chateau on the Lake in Branson, MO

TIME:                                     8:00 am – 9:30 am  HOURS: 1 hour credit (July 29th)                        Registration fee: $405./$505.

                                                                                                (Preneed:  How Does Your State Rate?)

 

MULTI-DATE PROGRAMS

SPONSOR:                            Vision Insurance Programs        CONTACT:  Michael Wilson  336-877-3960

DATE(S):                              SEE DATES BELOW

TITLE:                                    “Professional Ethics & Funeral Funding for the 21st Century”

LOCATION(S)                       October 14th      Golden Corral I-85 & Huffman Mill Rd, Exit 141 in Burlington

                                                November 6th    Sagebrush Steakhouse 117 Turnersburg Hwy in Statesville

                                                November 18th  Sagebrush Steakhouse 1302 Collegiate Dr. in Wilkesboro

                                                December 2nd    Ryan’s Steakhouse 2900 E Franklin St. in Gastonia

                                                December 9th     Golden Corral I-85 & Huffman Mill Rd, Exit 141 in Burlington

                                                December 16th   Golden Corral I-40 & Lenoir Rhyne Blvd in Hickory

TIME:                                     9:00 am – 3:20 pm       HOURS:  5 hours credit              Registration fee: $65.00

 

 

SPONSOR:                            Integrity Insurance Training                              CONTACT: Frank Pait  336.667.7304

DATE(S):                              See Below

TITLE:                                    “Ethics, Final Expense & Preneed”

LOCATION(S):                      October 20th           Sagebrush Steakhouse 117 Turnersburg Hwy in Statesville

                                                November 4th         Sagebrush Steakhouse 1302 Collegiate Dr. in Wilkesboro

                                                November 17th       Ryans Steakhouse 2900 E Franklin St. in Gastonia

                                                December 1st          Golden Corral I-40 & Lenoir Rhyne Blvd in Hickory

TIME:                                     9:00 am – 3:20 pm HOURS: 6 hours credit                        Registration fee: $65.00

 

 

SPONSOR:                            Homesteaders Life Co.                        CONTACT: Steve Whitaker  515.440.7750

DATE(S):                              November 10 & 11, 2009

TITLE:                                    November 10th       “Insurance Ethics in Client Relationships”

                                                November 11th       “An Insurance Code of Ethics”

LOCATION(S):                     Holiday Inn 4100 Glenwood Ave. in Raleigh

TIME:                                     8:00 am – 2:15 pm each day                HOURS: 5 hours each day                  Registration fee:

 

 

SPONSOR:                            InSight Institute                   CONTACT: Glenda Stansbury  405-810-9501

DATE(S):                              SEE BELOW

TITLE:                                    “Certified Funeral Celebrants Training”

LOCATION(S):                      July 19-22              Mid-South Convention Center in Tunica, MS

                                                August 21-23         Holiday Inn Express Hotel 10688 No. 6 Rd. in Richmond, BC

                                                October 19-21       Sheraton Needham Hotel in Needham, MA

                                               

TIME:                                     8:am – 5: pm                          HOURS: 15 hours credit                      Registration fee: $700.00

 

 

 

 

AUDIO SEMINARS

 

 

 

 

ONLINE LEARNING:

Important information regarding the courses listed below- Only the course content has been approved.

Licensees must submit form BFS CE5 (form available by following this link) at least 30 days prior to taking approved online courses.

There is an annual limit of 2 hours of CE credit for online courses.

 

 

DATE(S):                              ON GOING

SPONSOR:                            Practicum Strategies                            CONTACT: Richard Santore  800-731-4714

TITLE:                                    Courses Available:  (Home Study)

                                                “Bussiness Morals & Ethics & the Funeral Director”

                                                “Motivation & Coaching for the Successful Funeral Director”

                                                “Managing Stress for Funeral Professionals”

                                                “Hazardous Chemicals & Toxic Substances”

                                                “Complying with the Funeral Rule”

                                                “Grief 101 for Funeral Directors”

                                                “The Funeral Profession & Consumer Behavior”

                                                “Coping with Stress as a Funeral Director”

                                                “Sacred/Sensitive & Sane”

                                                “Funeral Values”

                                                “Moral Dilemmas Facing the Funeral Profession”

                                                “Dealing with Communicable Diseases/AIDS”

                                                “How Do We Tell the Children”

                                                “Cremation:  The Concept, The Client, The Caring”

                                                “Cremation:  The Process”

                                                “Computers A-Z for the Funeral Home”

                                                “Preneed Funeral Planning – A Basic Course”

                                                “Introduction to Accounting for the Funeral Director”

                                                “Power Communications for Funeral Professionals”

                                                “Marketing 101 for Funeral Directors”

                                                “Intermediate Marketing for Funeral Directors”

                                                “Ethics for Funeral Directors”

                                                “Living with the FTC’s Funeral Rule”

                                                “OSHA for Small Business”

                                                                                               

TIME:                                     On Going                               HOURS: 2 hours credit                        Registration fee: $16.00

 

DATE(S):                              ON-GOING

SPONSOR:                            Thanos Institute                  CONTACT: Mary E. Rizzo  800-742-8257

TITLE:                                    Courses Available:

                                                “Bereavement and the Funeral Director”

                                                “Ethics in Funeral Service”

                                                “Forensic Pathology for Funeral Directors”

                                                “Funeral customs Past & Present”

                                                “Management Skills for Funeral Directors”

                                                “Unexpected, Traumatic Death & The Funeral Director”

                                                “A Student Dies, A school Mourns……..Are you Prepared?”

                                                “Restorative Art & Cosmetology”

                                                “OSHA Compliance & FTC Rules”

                                                “Embalming”

                                                “Grief Counseling for the Funeral Directors”

TIME:                                     On-going                                               Registration fee: $45 one-time registration fee

                                                                                                                                                                                $130. course fee

 

DATE(S):                              ON-GOING

SPONSOR:                            National Funeral Directors Association           CONTACT: Kathleen Walczak  262-814-1556

TITLE:                                    Courses Available:

                                                “ADA Employer Compliance: Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act”

                                                “Communicable Diseases:  What Every Funeral Home Must Know”

                                                “Conflict Management for Funeral Directors:  Successful Interpersonal Communication Practices”

                                                “Controlling Your Accounts Receivable”

                                                “Embalming the Obese Case”

                                                “Ethics in the Real World:  Guidelines for Ethical Decision-making in Funeral Service”

                                                “Professional Ethics in Funeral Service:  NCDA’s Code of Professional Conduct”

            “Serving Hispanic Families”

            “Time for Your Annual check-up:  Financial Statements & Preneed Analysis”

            “Understanding a Child’s Grief”

            “Understanding Adult Grief:  Developing Ways to Help Adult Grief: Developing Ways to Help

Adults on Their Grief Journeys”

                                                “Understanding the Practice of the FTC Rule”

                                                “Essential Skills of Communicating”

                                                “Guaranteed Funerals: Is Preneed Right for You?”

                                                “Risk Management:  Controlling Liability Risk for Small Business”

 

TIME:                                     On-going                                               Registration fee: $95./$155.