Funeral customs through history and faith, and caring for families and yourself.
From archaically fines we know that even prehistoric man held the dead in reverence and had funeral ceremonies. Most if not all of these ceremonies became entrenched in the religious customs of the different societies that make up our world. The funeral customs that we are most familiar with are those of the Western European Judo-Christian World that over the past several centuries became uniquely American. It is these funeral customs that we think of as the “Traditional Funeral”. Moreover, as with other traditions and customs they change and are adjusted to met the needs of people. Even within the confines of the “Traditional Funeral” as we know it, there are minor differences both geographically and religiously. Over the past fifty odd years we have been seeing dynamic changes within funeral service. And, like other society changes they can be slow moving and require lengthy periods of adjustment. The successful funeral director is the one who is willing to adjust his own beliefs of the “Traditional Funeral” to met the needs of the client families s/he servers. This course looks at some of those changes and offers suggestions of ways that the modern funeral director can adjust to these changes.
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Hours and prices differ by state, because each board sets its own.
| State or province | Hours | Price | Approval |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice | 10 | $100 | 1032 |
| Alabama | 2 | $20 | 18-24-1032 |
| Arizona | 6 | $60 | 1032 |
| Arkansas | 3 | $30 | 03421 |
| Connecticut | 4 | $40 | 1032 |
| Delaware | 10 | $100 | 1032 |
| District of Columbia | 10 | $100 | 1032 |
| Florida | 4 | $40 | 384308 |
| Hawaii | 2 | $16 | — |
| Idaho | 2 | $20 | — |
| Illinois | 4 | $40 | — |
| Indiana | 4 | $40 | — |
| Iowa | 10 | $100 | 1032 |
| Kansas | 3 | $30 | — |
| Kentucky | 2 | $20 | 28-PRA-7-O-2 |
| Louisiana | 4 | $40 | — |
| Massachusetts | 4 | $40 | — |
| Minnesota | 2 | $20 | — |
| Montana | 3 | $30 | — |
| Nebraska | 4 | $40 | — |
| Nevada | 10 | $100 | 1032 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | $50 | — |
| New Jersey | 4 | $40 | 9672 |
| New Mexico | 10 | $100 | 1032 |
| New York | 2 | $20 | — |
| North Carolina | 2 | $20 | — |
| Oklahoma | 6 | $60 | 1032 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | $20 | 1032 |
| Saskatchewan | 10 | $100 | 1032 |
| South Carolina | 3 | $30 | 20-805042 |
| Tennessee | 3 | $30 | 27-348 |
| Texas | 2 | $20 | 122-26230 |
| Utah | 10 | $100 | 1032 |
| Virginia | 2 | $20 | — |
| Washington | 5 | $50 | 1032 |
| Wisconsin | 4 | $40 | APFSP approved |