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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.
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 September 14 to December 1.
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.
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
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 September 26 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
This training event meets once for 4 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 BRM® Professional Training - New Discount Codes Available!
Registration is open now! DoulaMatch users get an additional $100 discount that can be used on top of the early bird pricing. Use discount code doulamatch1p for 1 payment OR doulamatchpp for 12 monthly payments. ** Regular price: $2500.00. Early bird price: $2195.00. With DoulaMatch discount: $2095.00 ** Early bird pricing until July 31, 2026. This is one of the most valuable advanced workshops for birth doulas. 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.
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
Instructor(s):
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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