Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts

APPROVED CORRESPONDENCE/HOME STUDY PROGRAMS

Last Updated: Monday,  June 29, 2009

The following programs are all of the correspondence and home study variety, and they have been approved for continuing education credit for Kansas licensed embalmers and funeral directors. The maximum Kansas credit allowed for any single correspondence or home study program is three (3) hours. Licensees cannot accumulate more than six (6) hours of credit for programs of this nature during any single two-year licensing renewal period.

For all programs added since last update we have marked ADDED with the corresponding date.


1)   The following home study on-line programs have been approved for three (3) hours credit each. They are sponsored by All Star Professional Training, PO Box 808, Arlington, TX  76004.  For additional information, please contact:  Michaele Watson at  1 (817) 259-0980 or by email: allstar@allstarce.com Their website is:www.allstarce.com

three (3) hours credit each:

"Funeral Services"
"HIV/AIDS"
"General Topics for Funeral Directors/Embalmers"

"Mortuary Science"
"Business Management/Management Functions"

2)   The following home study programs have been approved for three (3) hours credit each. They are sponsored by 100% Education (McKissock, LP.)  For additional information, please contact:  Ms. Jennifer Schutt, Regulatory Compliance Specialist, 100% Education, 218 Liberty St, Warren, PA 16365, 1-800-328-2008, email:  jenn@mckissock.com , web site:  http://www.mckissock.com 

three (3) hours credit each:

"AIDS Education"
"Balancing Your Life:  Revitalizing Your Funeral Director Career"
"Crisis: The Role of the Funeral Director"
"Formaldehyde Monitoring & the OSHA Standard"
"Marketing for the Funeral Director"
"The FTC's Funeral Rule"
"Professionalism for the Funeral Industry"


3)  The following home study programs have been approved as listed for each. They are sponsored by APEX Continuing Education Solutions. For additional information contact: APEX at 1-(800) 769-8996.  Email: INFO@CESFD.Com.  Website: www.cesfd.com currently but will be changing to www.APEXCES.com  in early 2006 when website is updated.

one (1) hour credit:

"Creative Marketing For Funeral Homes" 

two (2) hours credit:


"Funeral Service Ethics"
"Telephone Inquiry Manual for Funeral Homes"
"Understanding HIV and AIDS"

three (3) hours credit each:

"FTC Funeral Rule"
"Infant Embalming Techniques"

 "OSHA Essentials"
"Working With Difficult People"


4) The following home study programs have been approved as listed. They are sponsored by Batesville Casket. For additional information contact: Batesville Management Services at (812) 934-7557.  Email: deb.st.pierre@batesville.com

"Talking About Death With Children"      one (1) hour
"Handling Difficult Arrangements"              two (2) hours

5)  Cape School, Inc. is now offering several programs and each has been approved for three (3) hours of continuing education on line for Kansas licensees. You may call at 1(434) 969-5001 or go to  their website by clicking here: www.capecourses.com   or email: info@capecourses.com

"HIV/AIDS - How Far Have We Really Come?"
ADDED 6-16-09
"Undertaking Ethical Issues in Funeral Home Services"

6) "The American With Disabilities Act: ADA" ;  The "Formaldehyde Safety" and "Blood borne Pathogen Safety" programs are sponsor by: Gary Finch, Compliance Plus, Drawer Ten, Nixon, Texas 78140, (800) 950-1101. They have been approved for three (3) hours each of credit.
7)  The following home study programs have been approved for three (3) hours credit each. They are sponsored by Continuing Education for Licensing. For additional information contact: Sharon Trussell, c/o Continuing Education for Licensing, Route 6, Box 738, Canton, Texas 75103, or call 1-903-567-1370:

"How We Die"
"The Art of Condolence"

"The Mourning Handbook"


8)  "Clarity Net"  courses "Bloodborne Pathogens" and "Respiratory Protection" have each been approved for one (1) hour of continuing education for Kansas licensees. These programs are being sponsored by Coastal, Inc. To register, contact Mike Hall at (757) 498-9014, or email:  mhall@coastal.com.  Their website is www.coastal.com

9)  C.O.E. Continuing Education is sponsoring homestudy internet courses for Kansas licensees.  To register contact COE Continuing Education at 1-(800) 795-3004 or write to COE at P.O. Box 35606, Fayetteville, NC  28303-5606.   Click http://www.coecontinuingeducation.com/ to go directly to their website. Their approved programs are :

Two (2) hrs:
     “Practice of Embalmers”

Three (3) hours each:
     "Funeral and Religion Customs"
     "Funeral Counseling"
     "HIV/AIDS and Sanitation"

10)  The "Strength of Doric -- Interactive Presentation" program is sponsored by: Doric Products, Inc., P.O. Box 10, Marshall, IL 62441, 1-800-457-0671. It has been approved by one (1) hour of credit.

11) Elite CME, Inc. has the following homestudy/correspondance programs approved as listed for continuing education for Kansas licensees. To register call Todd Mowl at 1 (888) 857-6920 or write: Elite CME, Inc., 1452 N. Hwy US #1, PO Box 37, Ormond Beach, FL  32174-0037 or   website: http://elitecme.com/     email: todd@elitecme.com

    one (1) hr   -     "Professional Ethics"

    two (2) hrs  -     "HIV/Aids - Communicable Diseases and OSHA Bloodborne Standard"
    three (3) hrs -    "Funeral Services: Interpersonal Skills and Communication"
    one (1) hr   -      "Complying with the FTC Rules"
ADDED 4-22-09
    two (2) hrs -    "Religion and the Funeral Director" ADDED 4-22-09


12) The following  on-line home study courses are being sponsored by FuneralCE, P.O. Box 850127, Richardson, TX  75085.  To register contact: Ms. Bonnie Williams at 866-332-8423 , email: bonnie.williams@webce.com   website: www.funeralce.com. They have been approved as listed below.


   Three (3) hours credit:
        "Bloodborne Pathogens"
        "CSA Designation Program"

        "Effective and Ethical Communication with Seniors"
        "Ethics of Making Funeral Arrangements"
        "How To Run A Funeral Business"
        "Maximizing Integrity in Decisions with Seniors"      
        "OSHA Workplace Rights"
        "Senior Market Sales Ethics" 
      

    Two (2) hours
credit:        
         "Decision Making"
         "Funeral Customs With Military Honors"

         "Funeral Rule"
        "OSHA in the Workplace"
        "Personalization in the Funeral Industry"
        "Targeting Your Primary Markets in the Funeral Industry"

        "Understanding The At-Need Consumer"

      
    One (1) hour
credit:
         "Basic Funeral Customs"
        "Goal Setting Basic"
        "History of Preserving Human Remains"
        "HIV/Aids"
        "Rational Thinking"
        "Stillborn Support"
       
"Telephone Techniques"
        "Time Management"

        "Working with Difficult People"

13)  The following  home study course is being sponsored by Funeral Ethics Association, P.O. Box 7127, Springfield, Illinois 62791, (217) 525-1520. Their website is: http://www.fea.org. It has been approved for three (3) hours credit .

"Expanding Funeral Ethics"

14) The following on-line study programs have been approved for three (3) hours credit each for Kansas licensees. They are sponsored by Funeral Review.Com. Their mailing address is: FuneralReview.com, P.O. Box 76391, St. Petersburg, FL  33734.  Toll free 1-(866) 325-4700. For additional information - Log In@www.funeralreview.com.

"Embalming Perspectives & Paradigms Challenged"
"Funeral Service Ethics"

"Grief Management"
"Learning to be a Leader"

"People Skills Advanced"
"Personnel Management in Funeral Service"
"The Funeral"
"Understanding and Creating Exceptional Funeral Experiences"
"Understanding and managing Grief"
"Understanding Preneed"
 "What Matters Most"

Approval for two (2) hours credit:

"Communicable Disease"
"HIV/AIDS A funeral practitioners guide to occupational exposure"
"Public Speaking - Comfortably"
Approved for one (1) hour credit:

"Hazard Communications"

15)  The following on-line study programs have been approved for one (1) hour credit each for Kansas licensees. They are sponsored by Hospice Foundation of America.  The website is: www.hospiceonline.com. The online courses are available on the Hospice Education Network' s educational website. Their mailing address is: Hospice Foundation of America, 1621 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste 300, Washington, DC 20009-1052.

    "Caregiving and Loss" Family Needs, Professional Responses"
    "Coping With Public Tragedy"
    "Living with Grief: Before and After Death"
    "Living with Grief: After Sudden Loss"
    "Living with Grief: Alzheimer's Disease"
    "Living with Grief: At Work, At School, At Worship"
    "Living with Grief: Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life"
    "Living with Grief: Loss Later in Life"
    "Living with Grief: When Illness is Prolonged"    
    "Living with Grief: Who We Are, How We Grieve"
    "Pain Management at the End of Life: Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge and Practice"


three (3) hrs credit for "Living with Grief: Children and Adolescents".  Program available December 15, 2008.

three (3) hrs  "Diversity and End-of-Life Care" will be available as of July, 2009.  It will examine how diversity influences end-of-life decision making and the impact that culture has at the time of death and during bereavement.  The program will include a special examination of hospice care and diversity, including how hospices are reaching out to diverse groups, and will also discuss the challenges that may occur when culture considerations may cause ethical concerns or moral distress.


16)  The following 2002 Videotaped Education programs have been approved for 1-1/2 hours each  and are being sponsored by International Order of the Golden Rule.  To register: call Jenny Gabbert at (800)637-8030 or write: Jenny Gabbert, 13523 Lakefront Drive, Bridgeton (St. Louis), MO  63045.

Video #1 - Alan Wolfelt
Video #2 - Karen Nilsen


17)  "Expanding Funeral Ethics" program is sponsored by the Kansas Funeral Directors Association, PO Box 1904, Topeka, KS 66601-1904 or call (785) 232-7789. Their website is: http://www.ksfda.org/.  This program has been approved for three (3) hours credit.

18)  "IS-700:  National Incident Management System" program is sponsored by the Kansas Funeral Directors Association, PO Box 1904, Topeka, KS 66601-1904 or call (785) 232-7789. Their website is: http://www.ksfda.org/.  This program has been approved for three (3) hours credit.

19) "Life Appreciation Training - Funeral Arrangements" is sponsored by Life Appreciation Training Seminars Home Study Series and On-line Learning Center courses. For more information contact: Kevin Bates at 1 (800) 877-8905. All programs have been approved for three (3) hours credit:

20) The following programs are a part of the National Funeral Director's Association Home Study Series and On-line Learning Center courses. For more information contact: Sandra Jeske, c/o Funeral Service Educational Foundation, 13625 Bishop's Drive, Brookfield, Wisconsin,  53005, 1-800-228-6332.  Please remember although they offer additional courses only programs listed below have been approved for Kansas licensees.

All programs have been approved for
three (3) hours credit:

DVD/Video Tapes/Study Guides:

"Embalming Difficult Cases: Donor Cases"
"FTC Compliance:  Handling the General Price List"
"Restorative Arts: An Artist's Perspective"
"The Art of Facial Reconstruction"
"Your Professional Image"

Home Reading/Home Study Series: 

"Creating the Ultimate Funeral Experiences Through Questioning Strategies"
"Certified Preplanning Consultant" (CPC)
"CPC Correspondence"

" Don’t Take the Last Donut: New Rules of Business Etiquette"
"Ethnic Variations in Dying, Death and Grief"
"Father Loss: How Sons Of All Ages Come To Terms"
"Funeral Home Service A-Z"
"Healing a Child's Grieving Heart"
"Healing the Adult Child's Grieving Heart"
"Healing a Friend's Grieving Heart"
"Healing a Teen's Grieving Heart"

"Healing Your Grieving Heart"

"
Healing Your Holiday Grief: 100 Practical Ideas for Blending Mourning and Celebration During the Holiday Season"
"No Time for Good-byes"
"When All the Friends Have Gone"
"When Men Grieve: Why Men Grieve Differently and How you can Help"
"Winning Ways"

Home Reading/Home Study Series: New Approvals- three (3) hours each: 

"Customer Service in an Instant!"
"Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of  Burial"
"Traversing the Mindfield, Best Practice: Reducing Risk in Funeral-Cremation Service"


Audiocassettes-CD ROMS:

"Body Preparation and Practices for Different Religions and Cultures: Jewish, Hispanic, Mormon"
"
Cremation Due Diligence: Four Steps to Protect Your Business"
"Creating the Ultimate Funeral Experience Through Questioning Strategies"
"
FTC Compliance Update: 2008"
"Having Fun with OSHA"
"Legendary Service at the Ritz-Carlton"
"Managing Diversity"
"Military Funeral Honors and the Important Role of the Funeral Director"
"Myths of Grief"

"Potential Legal Issues Related to Embalming"

"Preneed Planning: The Importance of Being Prepared"
"Reinvent  Your Cremation Arrangements"
"Strategies for Surviving Until 2020: Tools for Adapting to the New Realities"


"The Changing Face of Death: How to Deal with the New Demographics"
"What Weddings Teach Funerals"
"You Need Hospice and Hospice Needs You"

Audiocassettes - CD Roms - New Approvals- three (3) hours each:

"Hispanic Funerals: Need to Know Insights"
"The Internet vs. Your Funeral Home: Legal Issues Created by Technology"
"Preneed Ethics In Demanding Times"
"What to Do When Families Say "No religion, please"
"The Pandemic Avian Flu: Is Your Funeral Home Prepared?"

Online Learning Center courses (web site: www.nfda.org ) 

Three (3) hours each:

"ADA Employment Compliance for Funeral Homes"
"Communicable Diseases: What Every Funeral Home Must Know" 
"Conflict Management for Funeral Directors: An Interpersonal Communication Key to Successful Funeral Practice"
"Controlling Accounts Receivable"
"Embalming the Obese Case"
"Ethics in the Real World: Guidelines for Ethical Decision-making in Funeral Service"
"Guaranteed Funerals: Is Preneed Right for You?"

"Serving Hispanic Families"     
"Time for You Annual Check-Up"
"Understanding Adult Grief: Ways to Help Adults on Their Grief Journeys"
"Understanding a Child's Grief"
"Understanding the Practice of the FTC Funeral Rule"
   

One (1) hour course online:

"Professional Ethics in Funeral Service: NFDA's Code of Professional Conduct"


Two (2) Hours each:
   
    "Delegating”
    “Essential Skills for Communicating”       
    “Essential Skills of Leadership”
    “Improving Work Habits”
    “Managing Complaints”
    “Professionalism in the Office”           
    “Providing Performance Feedback”
    “Supporting Change”


21) The following correspondence courses have been approved for three (3) hours each. For more information contact: Richard Santore, c/o Practicum Strategies, P.O. Box 1089,  8 Lenore Ct., Hammonton, NJ 08037, 1-(800) 731-4714 or fax 1-(800) 591-6391 or click here: www.practicumstrategies.com

"A Review of Basic Embalming Procedures"
"Business Morals and Ethics and The Funeral Director"
"Complying with the Funeral Rule"
"Computer Concepts for the Funeral Home"
"Computers A-Z for the Funeral Home"
"Coping With Stress As A Funeral Director"
"CREMATION: The Concept, The Client, The Caring"
"CREMATION: The Process"
"Dealing with Communicable Diseases & AIDS"
"Embalming Chemistry"

"Employee Recruitment and Retention in Funeral Service"
"Ethics for Funeral Directors"
"Everyday Ethics in Funeral Service"
"Funeral Profession and Consumer Behavior"
"Funeral Values - The Year 2000 and Beyond"
"Grief 101 for Funeral Directors"
"Hazardous Chemicals/Toxic Substances"
"Helping Skills for 2003"
"How Do We Tell The Children?"
"Intermediate Marketing for Funeral Directors"
"Introduction To Accounting for the Funeral Director"
"Job Burnout in Funeral Service"
"Living with the FTC's Funeral Rule"

"Managing Stress in Funeral Service"
"Marketing 101 for Funeral Directors: Why Everything You Know About Marketing Won't Work For Your Business; And Why It's Not Your Fault"

"Moral Dilemmas Facing the Funeral Profession"
"Motivation and Coaching For the Successful Funeral Director"
"OSHA for Small Business"

"OSHA: A Practical Guide for Funeral Service Professionals"
"Power Communication for Funeral Professionals"
"Preneed Funeral Planning A Basic Course for the Funeral Prof."
"Pre-Planning For Funeral Home Business Interruptions"
"Professional Communications with Client Families, Part 1"
"Professional Ethics in a Changing Environment"
"Sacred/Sensitive.....and Sane"
"Stress and the Funeral Home Environment"
"The Grieving Process "
"The Vanguard of Competition for the Funeral Profession"
"Understanding & Completing the Certificate of Death"
"Universal  Precautions: A Review for Embalmers & Funeral Directors"


22) The "Grief Resolution for Co-Workers" program is sponsored by: Lowell Pugh, c/o H. L. Pugh and Associates Consulting, 400 Chestnut, Box 145, Golden City, Missouri 64748-0145, (417) 537-4412. It has been approved for two (2) hours credit.
23) The "Understanding Casket Components" correspondence program is sponsored by Gary Sokoll, 9721 Rail Road, Midwest City, Oklahoma 73130, (405) 732-0812. It has been approved for one (1) hour credit.
24)  The following fourteen (14) Independent Study Correspondence Courses are provided by the Thanos Institute. For more information contact: Mary E. Rizzo, c/o Thanos Institute, P.O. Box 1928, Buffalo, New York, 14231-1928, 1-800-742-8257.  Email is: mrizzo@thanosinstitute.com   Website is: www.thanosinstitute.com

All programs have been approved for
three (3) hours credit:

"A Student Dies, A School Mourns..Are You Prepared?"
"Bereavement and the Funeral Director "
"Children and the Funeral Rite "
"Death of an Infant "

"Embalming"
"Embalming Management "
"Ethics In Funeral Service "
"Forensic Pathology for Funeral Directors "
"Funeral Customs Past and Present "
"Funeral Service Management "
"Grief Counseling for the Funeral Director"

"Management Skills for Funeral Directors "
"OSHA Compliance and FTC Rules"
" Restorative Art & Cosmetology"
"Unexpected, Traumatic Death and the Funeral Director "


25) The following on-line home study programs have been approved as listed below. They are sponsored by 360 Training, Austin, Texas. For additional information contact: www.funeralcampus.com.

Approved for one (1) hour each:

        Hazard Communication - Basic
        Hazard Communication - Advanced
        Homeland Security - Emergency Response
        Industrial Hygiene - Basic
        Industrial Hygiene - Advanced
        Material Handling & Storage - Advanced
        OSHA Training Requirements & Techniques
        OSHA - Safety & Health Programs - Advanced
        Personal Protective Equipment - Advanced

Approved for two (2) hours each:

        Bloodborne Pathogens - Advanced
        Estate Planning
        Ethics for Insurance Professionals
        Formaldehyde & Needle Stick Safety
        Hazardous Materials
        Hazardous Materials - Advanced
        OSHA - OSHA Act & Standards

Approved for three (3) hours each:

        Dealing with Conflict & Confrontation
        Dealing with Difficult People
        Ethics for Insurance Professionals - Advanced
        Industrial  Emergency Response - Hazmat First Response
        Medicare
        Wills & Trusts


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