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Supporting Families Through Perinatal Loss: Practical Guidance for Community Providers

Perinatal loss often leaves families needing continued support in the weeks and months that follow. Community-based providers, including doulas, therapists, social workers, home visitors, and lactation professionals, are often the ones supporting families during this time. This webinar offers practical guidance for out-of-hospital providers caring for individuals and families experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth, termination for medical reasons, or infant death. Participants will explore trauma-informed language, scope of practice considerations, lactation after loss, referral pathways, and strategies for sustaining compassionate, coordinated support in community settings.

Cost: $35.00

Instructor(s): Christina Winterbourne, CD, PMH-C

This is a live, virtual training event.

Meets Friday June 5 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Pacific Standard Time

This training event meets once for 1 hours.

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MaternityWise International

Become a Childbirth Educator - Triple Certification with Breastfeeding and Newborn Care Educator!

You will get certified to teach all 3: Childbirth Preparation (CBE) Breastfeeding Readiness (CLSE) Newborn Care Classes (NCE) utilizing the gold standard of curriculums! ​ Our next cohort is online and Self-Paced. Our virtual flow format will have an interactive lessons posted and available as soon as you start! Many clinics, hospitals, birth centers and community-based pregnancy care centers want to provide 3 main classes to their patients (yep, you guessed it! CBE, Newborn Care and Breastfeeding!) and you will be qualified to do all 3. ​ If you have your own practice as a doula, nurse, midwife, OBGYN, or other maternal health provider, you can incorporate these classes into your own business and broaden what you have to offer birthing families. ​ If you simply want to be an educator in a private practice of your own - you can do that too! This is a great place to start! ((Payment Plans Available))

Cost: $2000.00

Instructor(s): Anne Wallen, Cheylah Branch

This is a live, virtual training event.

This training event meets from June 24 to July 19.

Meets Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

This training event meets 12 times for a total of 36 hours.

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Mother Rising

Recognizing Perinatal Anxiety Disorders for Doulas - Virtual

Because doulas are a trusted members of a family’s support system, this training focuses on helping birth workers recognize common perinatal anxiety mental health concerns, respond supportively, and refer appropriately. We will cover: Perinatal Anxiety vs Perinatal OCD, Birth Trauma & Postpartum PTSD, Postpartum Psychosis Warning Signs, Intrusive Thoughts & Safety Fears, Reassurance-Seeking & Compulsions, Trauma-Informed Communication, The EPDS Screening Tool, Referral Pathways & Emergency Response, Birth Debriefing Support for Doulas, and Case Examples & Discussion

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In-Person Event

Cost: $55.00

Instructor(s): Shauna Rich, MSW. LISW

Meets Wednesday June 24 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

This training event meets once for 2 hours.

Virtual
137 Main Street, Chardon OH 44024
4406558985

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MaternityWise Intl

Virtual Live Combo Doula Training Workshop

Get certification that allows you to work with CARROT, TRICARE and MEDICAID! Labor Doula + EpiDoula + Postpartum Doula + Lactation Support & Educator! Attend from the comfort of your own home. Do you feel "called" to this kind of work? We get it - we do too! It's such a special honor to work with pregnant, birthing and freshly postpartum families. During this workshop weekend, you will learn the skills from beginning to end. How to set up your practice, what to include in prenatal, postnatal visits, navigating the twists and turns of the childbearing experience and help your clients enjoy the journey into breastfeeding and precious, early parenthood. This workshop is just one of the requirements for the certifications: CLD, CPD, CLSE - All inclusive fees - Enrollment is completely covered in the cost of this workshop. See the schedule and for more details on the certification process, please go to our website. Payment Plans Available!

Cost: $1375.00

Instructor(s): Anne Wallen, Catherine Fish, and others!

This is a live, virtual training event.

This training event meets from June 26 to June 28.

Meets Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

This training event meets 3 times for a total of 27 hours.

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BirthPro Advanced Doula Training

BirthPro Full-Spectrum Doula Training (Birth + Postpartum)

BirthPro's Full-Spectrum Doula Training is an inclusive, evidence-based program designed to prepare doulas for real-world birth and postpartum support with confidence and skill. Ideal for new doulas and experienced birth workers expanding into full-spectrum care, the training covers labor support, postpartum care, trauma-informed practice, communication and advocacy, hospital-based birth, induction and cesarean support, professional boundaries, and business foundations. The program includes 90 total training hours: 3 live training days, weekly ongoing mentoring, and self-paced offline modules. Curriculum reflects competencies recognized in multiple Medicaid doula pathway states, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Oklahoma, Arizona, Minnesota, and Washington, and completion documentation is provided for credentialing review. Participants leave with practical tools and inclusive care frameworks. Visit our site for full details. Payment plans and limited scholarship spots available.

Cost: $850.00

Instructor(s): Lorie Michaels, PMH-C, LCCE, CD(DONA), CLC, EBB Instructor

This is a live, virtual training event.

This training event meets from June 27 to July 11.

Meets Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

This training event meets 3 times for a total of 21 hours.

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Fetal Death Certificates Explained

Jill Wieber Lens is the Dorothy M. Willie Professor in Excellence at Iowa Law and a leading legal expert in reproductive justice and rights, with a particular focus on the legal treatment of stillbirth and pregnancy loss. Her research is personally informed by the stillbirth of her son Caleb in 2017. Her book Stillbirth & the Law (UC Press) examines how federal and state laws shape the stillbirth rate, the experiences of bereaved parents, and broader cultural understandings of pregnancy loss. Her work has appeared in the Michigan Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, the New York Times, and Time, among others.

Cost: $35.00

Instructor(s): Jill Wieber Lens, J.D.

This is a live, virtual training event.

Meets Friday August 7 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Pacific Standard Time

This training event meets once for 1 hours.

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Born Again Academy

Community-based Perinatal Support and Childbirth Education

This course will train you to serve families throughout the perinatal journey - conduct prenatal childbirth education and resource navigation (connect people to housing, transportation, and food), provide physical support and comfort measures during birth that not only alleviates pain but also support progression of labor, visit the home postpartum and provide newborn parenting education, breastfeeding education, and postpartum recovery support. This is a hybrid course. There is online prework that must be completed before the LIVE Applied Intensive. The online prework open July 1, 2026 and includes about 50 hours of training through recorded video lectures, quizzes, and field projects. Then, we meet for 4 days, for 30 hours, LIVE on Zoom, to practice everything we've learned through scenarios, demonstrations, and discussions. The course has a total of 80 hours.

Cost: $1250.00

Instructor(s): Inga Goodwin

This is a live, virtual training event.

This training event meets from August 10 to August 13.

Meets Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

This training event meets 4 times for a total of 30 hours.

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Competent and Compassionate Care in Pregnancy and Infant Loss

Pregnancy and infant loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth, and neonatal death, affects patients across every specialty and practice setting. Yet many clinicians receive limited formal training in how to navigate the clinical complexities and profound emotional impact of these experiences. This session integrates current clinical guidance with lived experience to provide practical, evidence-informed approaches to caring for patients and families facing perinatal loss. Participants will explore communication strategies, trauma-informed principles, bereavement support considerations, and systems-level practices that promote compassionate, equitable care. The goal is to equip all clinicians in primary care and women’s health with the tools and confidence to respond with both clinical competence and deep humanity during some of the most difficult moments in patient care.

Cost: $35.00

Instructor(s): Alex Kaysin, MD, MPH

This is a live, virtual training event.

Meets Friday September 4 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Pacific Standard Time

This training event meets once for 1 hours.

DONA International

DONA approved birth doula workshop

Taught by a doula trainer with over 30 years of experience in Northeast Ohio and surrounding states, this two-day birth doula training workshop with optional prerequisite courses satisfies three of the certification requirements of DONA International. Learn how to understand the varied needs of diverse populations of birthing families, how to best support them during this important life experience, and how to navigate the complexities of the healthcare system, all while maintaining the doula's standards of practice and code of ethics. Schedule: optional prerequisite in-person introduction to childbirth all-day 9/25/26; two-full-days birth doula training workshop 9/26-27/26; optional virtual introduction to lactation evening 9/30/26

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In-Person Event

Cost: $650.00

Instructor(s): Sunday Tortelli

This training event meets from September 25 to September 30.

Meets Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM

This training event meets 4 times for a total of 29 hours.

Southwest General Medical Center
18697 E Bagley Road, Middleburg Heights OH 44130
4405722574

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When Every Word Matters: Language, Story and Healing in NICU Bereavement Care

Family-centered care in the NICU goes beyond the physical. Providers communicate with family members multiple times each day, and the words they use during these updates and conversations have a large impact on the family's experience, wellness, and post-NICU healing. This webinar will address the ways that the words providers use are important, and will provide guidance on how those caring for NICU families can provide the most supportive language possible. Additionally, it will explore the ways a family's story about their time in the NICU is a powerful tool. Presented by two perinatal mental health therapists and a NICU nurse, doula, and educator, this session will provide a comprehensive perspective of ways to engage with families.

Cost: $35.00

Instructor(s): Mahaley Patel, Mary Farrelly, and Emily Souder

This is a live, virtual training event.

Meets Friday October 2 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Pacific Standard Time

This training event meets once for 1 hours.

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Body Ready Method®

2025 BRM® Professional Training

DoulaMatch users: Use discount code tyc20261103 to receive $50 off your registration price. Registration starts June 4, 2026! Elevate your role on the birth team and learn essential skills to facilitate an efficient birth: 1) Know what positions to suggest to encourage progress—delaying or even eliminating the need for medical intervention. 2) Be clear on what will work best for your client’s unique body (and why) to decrease pushing time and likelihood of injury. 3) Be prepared with specific hands-on tools to encourage progress and address delays, plus certainty on when, why and how to use them! 4) Confidently advocate for the birth your client wants.

Cost: $2500.00

Instructor(s): Lindsay McCoy, Carol Phillips, Rhonda Fellows, Ja'neen Washington

This is a live, virtual training event.

This training event meets from October 13 to March 2.

Meets Tuesday from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time

This training event meets 16 times for a total of 32 hours.

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DONA International

2026 Summit - Call for Conference Speaker Proposals

The 2026 DONA International Summit, is an opportunity to provide relevant and important continuing education for birth and postpartum professionals across the world. We invite proposals for sessions to be offered in an online format at our 2026 virtual conference to be aired October 26-27, 2026. Some proposals will be selected for live-presentations and others will be submitted ahead of time pre-recorded.

Cost: $0.00

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This is a live, virtual training event.

This training event meets from October 26 to October 27.

Meets Monday and Tuesday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Pacific Standard Time

This training event meets 2 times for a total of 16 hours.

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Navigating Therapeutic Clinical Choice Points for Bereaved Parents

Working with parents after the death of a baby can present clinicians with some of the most delicate and high-stakes moments in therapy. In these encounters, small clinical decisions often become meaningful therapeutic choice points that can either deepen safety and connection or unintentionally shut down grief. This one-hour learning module explores the nuanced moments that arise when supporting bereaved parents after miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss. Participants will examine common clinical crossroads such as when to prioritize emotion versus information, how to respond when grief expressions differ between partners or family members, and how to balance validation with gentle therapeutic direction. The module emphasizes practical, moment-to-moment interventions that help clinicians remain present with profound grief while maintaining therapeutic structure.

Cost: $35.00

Instructor(s): Elyse Springer

This is a live, virtual training event.

Meets Friday November 6 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Pacific Standard Time

This training event meets once for 1 hours.

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Provider Trauma after Perinatal Loss: Science, Impact, and Recovery

Perinatal loss providers are routinely exposed to traumatic grief which often leads to moral distress and vicarious trauma, yet the neurobiological impact of this work is often overlooked. This session explores how vicarious trauma affects the brain and nervous system, impacting long-term professional sustainability. With an emphasis on debriefing, participants will learn practical, evidenced-informed strategies to promote integration, collective resilience and sustainable recovery.

Cost: $35.00

Instructor(s): Jill Kottmeier

This is a live, virtual training event.

Meets Friday December 4 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Pacific Standard Time

This training event meets once for 1 hours.