As birth workers we will encounter all kinds of loss during our support of families in the childbearing years. Loss, in all of its forms has a huge emotional impact on the work we do. This four day certificate program focuses on every aspect of loss encountered by birth workers and the families they work with. Facilitated by Melissa Krawecki, loss support provider and parent educator as well as Carol Peat, a birth worker for over 20 years as well as a parent educator. This four day certificate program will include home study and a final exam. The four days curriculum is as follows:
Supporting Families Through Infant Loss:
From miscarriage through gestational loss and infant loss the trauma to childbearing women and their families is devastating. This whole day curriculum will focus on understanding how to be present with families at their time of loss. The emotional, psychological and physical impacts of loss will be covered as well as how to aid your clients in this time. We will also discuss the impacts of loss on birth workers and implement care and resources for birth workers affected by loss. Tuesday July 7, 10am-3pm
Supporting Motherless Mothers:
Supporting a childbearing woman who has experienced the loss of her own Mother is typically not a topic covered in birth worker training. This full day curriculum will explore the transition to motherhood for Motherless Mothers and how they navigate pregnancy and childbirth without the support and love of their own Mothers. The postpartum period and the effects of not having a Mother in a woman's life are so far reaching and we are so unequipped to support these women. This workshop will give you the tools to be compassionate and help women go through loss all over again as they navigate motherhood. Tuesday August 11, 10am-3pm
When Death Affects Your Own Family As a Birth Worker
The death of someone close to us as birth workers inevitably will happen and having the tools to deal with it are crucial. This one day workshop will explore how loss affects our abilities to fully be present at a birth, how to discuss our losses with our clients and how to fulfill our family, partner and client roles when loss pervades our work. Sunday September 13th, 10am-3pm
Life Loss and Birth Work
Our clients will suffer many types of loss in their childbearing years- marital loss, familial loss, loss of a home, loss of family moving away and other day to day losses. Helping our clients through loss of this kind and providing them with essential resources will be discussed in this one day workshop. The emotional aspects of shame, families of origin and their affects on resiliency will also be discussed in this one day workshop. Tuesday September 29th, 10am-3pm
This is a four day certificate program and attendance at all four days is necessary for the completion certificate. The fee is $425.00 with an early bird discount price of $400.00 for registration by May 30th. To register, email Melissa at melissa.krawecki@gmail.com