Bringing Small Moments of Ceremony to the Initial Transfer

By Angela Woosley, M.A., Inspired Journeys LLC

Friday, November 22

1:00pm-2:00pm

Zoom

REGISTRATION CLOSES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 AT 11:00PM

If you're already registered for this session, below are important items to review BEFORE the webinar: 

• By now you will have received an email from mtufto@mnfuneral.org through Zoom with the subject “Bringing Small Moments of Ceremony to the Initial Transfer Webinar Confirmation”.  This email contains your link to join your training on Zoom.  If you have not received this email, please check your spam folder and if not there, reply to this email and we’ll resend the email to you. IMPORTANT: Please make sure you have received this email from Zoom before 9:00am Friday morning to get your Zoom link resent. 
• You will need to stay logged in for the entire webinar to verify your attendance to receive your CEU. 
• Please take time in advance of Friday to make sure your Zoom application software is up to date on your device.  You can do this by opening your Zoom link.
• After completing the webinar you will receive your CEU certificate via email within two (2) business days.

Funeral Directors: 1 Professional Practices CEU

Transfer Care Specialists: 1 CEU

A transfer care specialist (TCS) must complete three (3) hours of continuing education annually on content described in clauses (1) to (3) below and submit evidence of completion with the individual's registration renewal.

(1) ethical care and transportation procedures for a deceased person;
(2) health and safety concerns to the public and the individual performing the transfer of the deceased person, and the use of universal precautions and other reasonable precautions to minimize the risk for transmitting communicable diseases; and
(3) all relevant state and federal laws and regulations related to the transfer and transportation of deceased persons.

MFDA Member Funeral Directors and Transfer Care Specialists: Free
Non-Member Funeral Directors and Transfer Care Specialists: $50

In this session, Angela will share techniques and ideas to bring ceremony to the bedside by including family and facility staff in the initial transfer. Facilitating these moments of ceremony helps families create healing memories, honors the care that health care staff provide, and creates an unforgettable first impression of your service and guidance. 

About Our Speaker:

Angela Woosley is a mortician, educator, end-of-life doula, and certified celebrant. After teaching in the Program of Mortuary Science at the University of MN for ten years, Angela founded Inspired Journeys, and works to invite and include everyone into the experience of caring for their own dead in order to demystify funeral care, break down barriers of equity and access to the dead, and build a bridge between the worlds of medical care and funeral care.  In addition to her work with Inspired Journeys, Angela served a three-year term on the board of directors for the National Home Funeral Alliance, serving as board president for part of her term. She was also part of the grassroots action group that helped legalize natural organic reduction (NOR, also known as human composting) in the state of Minnesota. Angela is actively involved with the MN Death Collaborative and connected with the MN Threshold Network. In addition, she is working with the Land Conservation Natural Burial Project, working to make conservation natural burial a reality in MN.