Professionals
Pregnancy Loss Support Program staff has experience training professionals from many disciplines including nurses, doctors, social workers, genetic counselors, child-life specialists and other healthcare providers to become crucial means of support for those dealing with pregnancy loss. We will work with you to offer a training tailored to any workplace setting.
Topics for Pregnancy Loss Support Training:
- Understanding and Responding to Grief after Pregnancy Loss:
- Audience: All healthcare providers, social workers, child-life specialists.
- Topics: Identifying and validating grief reactions, navigating different types of loss (miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth), cultural and religious perspectives on grief, effective communication and listening skills, self-care strategies for providers.
- Communicating with Patients about Pregnancy Loss:
- Audience: Doctors, nurses, midwives, genetic counselors, social workers.
Topics: Delivering bad news with empathy and compassion, tailoring communication to individual needs and cultural backgrounds, answering common questions, managing patients' expectations, providing clear information about next steps and resources.
- Supporting Partners and Families Coping with Pregnancy Loss:
- Audience: Nurses, doctors, social workers, therapists, chaplains.
- Topics: Recognizing the unique needs of partners and family members, supporting communication within families, addressing guilt and blame, navigating relationships after loss, facilitating open conversations about pregnancy loss.
- Building Resilience and Finding Hope after Pregnancy Loss:
- Audience: Patients and families experiencing pregnancy loss, support group facilitators, bereavement counselors.
- Topics: Normalizing the emotional journey after loss, identifying coping mechanisms and self-care strategies, exploring paths to healing and hope, navigating future pregnancies, connecting with support groups and resources.
- Creating a Supportive Workplace Environment for Pregnancy Loss:
- Audience: Hospital administrators, managers, human resources personnel, all healthcare providers.
- Topics: Developing protocols for acknowledging and responding to pregnancy loss, policies for paid leave and bereavement support, building a supportive peer network, training staff on appropriate language and communication, addressing stigma and taboo surrounding pregnancy loss.
Other workshops could include:
- Men/fathers experiencing pregnancy loss: Addressing unique challenges and offering tailored support.
- Child-life specialists: Supporting children through parent(s) experiencing pregnancy loss.
- Spiritual and religious leaders: Offering guidance and support from a faith-based perspective.
If you are interested in working with the Pregnancy Loss Support Program of NCJW of New York to offer a workshop at your organization, please email us or call us at 646-884-9464.
Additional resources:
Resolve Through Sharing/Gundersen Medical Foundation