Essential Bereavement Skills
This course is in beta testing and will become available for purchase and credit April 2019, please check back or email coned@ccms.edu to be notified of course launch date.
Credit: 1 CEU/Hour
Cost: $20
Accessing Your Course
We know life can get busy, so we structure courses that work around your schedule! Purchase a course today, access it anytime within 45 days using the course link provided in your purchase confirmation email.
Simply use the form at the bottom of this page to purchase your course and be immediately directed to our ProfessionalCE course page. It is easy to set up your user profile (this is quick, required, and even gives you a one-stop hub to store all of your completed course credit transcripts!)
About Course
This sixty minute online course highlights the essentials of communicating effectively with the bereaved. Topics include: Defining Grief, Communication Styles and Influencers, Communicating and Conveying Empathy, Importance of First Contact, Setting the Stage for Success, and more!
Course Layout
Includes a brief Introduction video and four 10-minute lesson videos, each concluded by a two question quiz. Must complete each video lesson and two question quiz to progress to next lesson.
Course Certificate Requirements
75% pass score (6 of 8 total questions answered correctly)
Course Approvals
Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice (for CFSP)
Ohio Board of FD and EMB (for LFD, LEMB)
Applications for approval are pending for:
Association for Death Education and Counseling (for Certificates and Fellows in Thanatology)
Ohio Board of Counselors and Social Workers
Request for approval application in any state is welcomed by contacting coned@ccms.edu
Questions?
Beth Williams, ProfessionalCE coned@ccms.edu or 513-761-2020.
Purchase course today, complete it anytime within 45 days of purchase!

