current embalming techniques
may 7, 2025 @ 1:00 PM
Category a - 1 cec

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Presenter: Jeff Chancellor CFSP, Director of Education ,
Training and Research - H.S. Eckels & Company

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Children, the forgotten mourners;
What funeral directors need to know
may 21, 2025 @ 1:00 PM
Category a - 1 cec

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Children are often not given the same level of support or understanding during the mourning process as adults receive. Though adults have good intentions of protecting children from the pain of loss, they often do more harm than good. Even when adults include children, they usually don't understand how to talk to or listen to children about what they need. Discover what children at different developmental levels understand and need when grieving and what you can do to ensure children are included in the funeral or memorial planning process.

Presenter: Marc Markell, PhD

Marc Markell is a professor emeritus from St. Cloud State University. He teaches at Worsham College of Mortuary Science and Edgewood College with his sister, Katie. He also teaches Our Whole Lives for K-1st and 4-5th graders and Death Education to 2 and 3rd graders and 6th and 7th graders at Mayflower United Church of Christ.

Marc earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in Educational Psychology. He is a certified Professional Development Specialist, Thanatologist, and Death and Grief Studies. Marc has earned certifications: End of Life Doula, Crematory Operator, Funeral Arranger, and Celebrant.

Marc has published books, book chapters, and numerous articles.

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