NYSFDA is committed to providing state-of-the-art education and training opportunities to New York State’s funeral services professionals. Our Webinar Series provides regularly-scheduled training sessions to help licensed funeral directors fulfill Continuing Education requirements and mandatory OSHA training. Webinars cover a range of topics, ensuring members stay on top of their profession.
Missed a webinar, or want a refresher? We now offer links to recorded programs (log-in required).
2025 Webinars
Wednesday, June 18 | 1-2pm
Working with People with Dementia
Presenter: Marc Markell, professor of psychology at Worsham College of Mortuary Science
Dementia can be a difficult diagnosis to receive and a challenging life to live. When a person with dementia experiences the death of a significant person, the care providers, usually the family, may need support to decide how to tell the person, how to cope with possible intense emotional reactions, and even if they should have the person attend the funeral or memorial service. Ultimately care providers may decide not to tell the person and may not have them attend the service; the funeral director can be a resource as decisions are made.
Wednesday, July 16 | 1-2pm
Bona Vita Health Insurance Webinar
Presenter: Terry Gorman
Bona Vita Benefits Group is a new NYSFDA Member Advantage Partner. They specialize in health insurance and have already saved many of our members money! Join us as they explain health insurance as a whole, things you should be considering as you purchase health insurance, and how they might be able to save you money.
Please note, this is an informational webinar and not eligible for continuing education credits. Pre-registration is not required. Use this link to log in on July 16. If you're unable to participate live, a recording of the webinar will be available.
POLICY: Webinars provided by NYSFDA are intended to be viewed over a computer, smartphone, and/or tablet. In order to obtain credit for the webinar, you must be logged into GoToWebinar for at least 50 minutes of the webinar. If you are unable to log in and instead use the phone call only feature, you will need to notify NYSFDA AND provide proof of being on a phone call for at least 50 minutes. The phone call only feature does not allow you to ask questions of the presenter and therefore will be counted as a non-live credit.
Reminders: As of April 1, 2022, to receive credit for NYSFDA webinars you must pre-register through your membership portal or over the phone. If you do not, you will not receive credit. If multiple people from your funeral firm are looking for credit for any of the webinars offered, everyone should register individually. Or, if you'd like assistance processing a group registration, call Michelle at 800.291.2629. This will help NYSFDA process credits even faster, ensuring your profiles are up-to-date. Many thanks in advance for your help!
NYSFDA webinars are considered LIVE CEU credits.
*Please note, each course can only be taken once per biennium.
