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When Grief is Seen: Reflections & Lessons From 35 Years of Perinatal Loss Care
Each month of 2026, RTZ Hope and Jane’s Room will bring together clinicians, birthworkers, mental health providers, and community care teams for honest, evidence-informed conversations about pregnancy and infant loss. These sessions are designed to close the gaps in clinical training, build cross-disciplinary bridges, and equip providers with tools they can use the very next day. ** Our perinatal loss program has evolved over 35 years from silence and invisibility into a model that validates grief and supports both families, healthcare providers and clinicians. While progress is undeniable, the future demands renewed attention. Rising maternal mortality rates, particularly among marginalized communities, highlight the urgent need for equity, comprehensive grief literacy, and systemic support for healthcare providers. This presentation reflects on the past, honors the present, and envisions a future where every loss is met with acknowledgment, compassion and support.
Cost: $35.00
Instructor(s): Jill Kottmeier
This is a live, virtual training event.
Meets Friday April 3 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Pacific Standard Time
This training event meets once for 1 hours.
Milk Donation after Loss: A Legacy of Love
The option to donate milk is an often-overlooked aspect of perinatal bereavement care. Yet, mothers and families report great meaning in honoring their baby's legacy through bereavement milk donation. During this presentation, attendees will learn how non-profit milk banks support families through bereavement donation. Summer and Stephanie will share information about their milk bank bereavement programs, research on this topic, and family stories, with the hope to motivate providers to offer milk donation as a choice after perinatal loss. Each month of 2026, RTZ Hope and Jane’s Room will bring together clinicians, birthworkers, mental health providers, and community care teams for honest, evidence-informed conversations about pregnancy and infant loss. These sessions are designed to close the gaps in clinical training, build cross-disciplinary bridges, and equip providers with tools they can use the very next day.
Cost: $35.00
Instructor(s): Stephanie Lehman and Summer Kelly
This is a live, virtual training event.
Meets Friday May 1 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Pacific Standard Time
This training event meets once for 1 hours.
EpiDoula Workshop - Advanced Skills to Reduce Complications with Epidural Use
Many doulas have training that is specifically focused on natural, unmedicated childbirth. This is immensely important, but we hear from doulas all the time who lack skills and confidence if their client chooses an epidural, and it happens sometimes - no matter how much you help them to prepare. Sometimes they are induced, or for another reason end up benefitting from epidural pain relief. Without judgment, we need to recognize the need for specific education on how to support clients with this kind of intervention. Through this unique program, MaternityWise provides additional skills specific to the support needs of epidural pain relief. There are no pre-requisites, but a basic knowledge of birth-related anatomy/physiology and labor support would be helpful. When you've attended the EpiDoula® workshop, you will receive a frame-able Advanced Skills award to compliment all of your other achievements.
Cost: $225.00
Instructor(s): Anne Wallen, Director and Creator of EpiDoula
This is a live, virtual training event.
Meets Saturday May 4 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
This training event meets once for 4 hours.
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 will go live soon. Our virtual flow format will have a interactive lessons posted every Monday. You'll have all week to post your assignments. 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 May 4 to July 19.
Meets Monday from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
This training event meets 12 times for a total of 36 hours.
2026 Indiana Doula Conference
The 2025 Indiana Doula Conference filled critical gaps by providing continuing education, peer support, and visibility for doulas in a state with rising needs but limited infrastructure. It kick-started a movement, elevating the doula profession and better supporting perinatal care in Indiana. This year, we're scaling that impact even further—anticipating over 100 doulas, nearly 50 community organizations, and several key sponsors coming together statewide. Through deeper programming, more collaborative opportunities, and broader stakeholder engagement, this year’s conference will up-level the vital role doulas play in equity-driven maternal health.
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In-Person Event
Cost: $125.00
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Meets Saturday May 16 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
This training event meets once for 8 hours.
University of Indianapolis
1400 E Hanna Ave , Indianapolis, IN 46227 IN 46227
Collaborative Doula Collective
The Collaborative Doula Conference:
This event is designed to empower doulas who support individuals and families during life’s most profound transitions. Whether you’re a birth doula, postpartum doula, fertility doula, abortion doula, loss doula, menopause doula, end-of-life doula, death doula or supporting people somewhere in between, this conference will inspire and equip you with tools to deepen your practice.
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In-Person Event
Cost: $400.00 CAD
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This training event meets from May 25 to May 27.
Meets Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
This training event meets 3 times for a total of 24 hours.
Watson Porter Pavilion
1424 Clarke Road, London ON N5V5B9
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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