Perinatal Loss Training for health care professionals

In this two day course, participants will:

(9am-5pm March 15&16)

Receive evidence based education regarding how to companion families through terminal and/or life limiting perinatal diagosis.

Strengthen communication skills needed with families when they are faced with difficult scenarios and/or decisions. What to say/what not to say. How to help guide families, friends in supporting parents of loss.

Practice with creating keepsakes/mementos. Explore various ways to create memories.

Hear from families who have experienced perinatal loss at various stages in their pregnancy or shortly after birth.

Create a resource list of local and online support. Make community connections to help your clients navigate difficult tasks. (funeral, keepsakes, medical decision making, etc)

Learning the importance of self care after traumatic events.

Prior to the two day, in person training, participants will be assigned online modules for completion.

Jenn Clayton is a mother, who has experienced loss. Her son, Othello, died at the age of 2 after a life filled with many medical challenges. Her personal experience led her to become a companion for loss families.

Jenn is a registered nurse (specializing in labor and delivery) and certified bereavement doula in the Jacksonville community. She has companioned numerous families through the loss of their child (early pregnancy, TFMR, stillborn, newborn and beyond). She is a Resolve Through Sharing certified bereavement coordinator, which is the joint commission standard for bereavement care in hospitals. She has hosted classes for nurses, OBGYN office staff, radiology technicians and others in various facilities throughout Florida. She has also guided doulas to be able to help their families make the most of every moment before saying goodbye. Jenn is offering this course to help strengthen the communities birth workers confidence and knowledge to care for their clients in the event of loss.

Tiffany Martin, LFM and founder of the St. Augustine Birth Collective understands the importance of having community birth professionals be trained in how to work with families of loss. Months after coming to our class, Tiffany had to utilize the knowledge she acquired, to serve a family expericing a devastating loss. She has graciously opened the ST. Augustine Birth Collective doors for this workshop.

We hope to see you there!

* there is a minimun class size of 5 For this event.

* No refunds, if you are unable to make this session, you will be permitted to join a later session.

Host or Publisher Jenn with Cherryblossom Birth and Bereavement