Charlotte Perinatal Bereavement Conference
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Target Audience
Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Social workers and all other healthcare providers interested to learn about this topic.
Description
Working with parents who lose a baby is hard and heartbreaking. You need skills and compassion to support them through their grief. Join us for the Charlotte Perinatal Bereavement Conference, an event in partnership with Gemma's Hope, a nonprofit that helps families after perinatal loss.
You will learn from experts and peers how to:
Communicate and support parents effectively and empathetically.
Provide parents with appropriate resources after loss.
Understand the fears and decisions parents face about their baby's last moments and/or body.
By attending the conference, you will make a difference in the lives of those you serve.
Guest Speaker
Sherokee Ilse
Parent Advocate, bereaved mother, author, International Speaker, President Babies Remembered and Baby Loss Family Advisors™ and co-founder Baby Loss Doulas®. Sherokee has conducted over 2,000 workshops, seminars, support groups and other trainings in the US and internationally; Ilse has had 3 babies who died and is the author of 18 books/booklets on loss.
In-Person Location
Levine Dickson Hospice House
11900 Vanstory Drive, Huntersville, NC 28078
ADA Statement
If you need any auxiliary aids or services identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act in order to attend this conference, please contact Alex Smyre by email alex.smyre@atriumhealth.org.
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Objectives
- Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate with and provide empathetic support to parents.
- Discuss the ability to support parents with appropriate resources after loss
- Examine fears & decision making parents face when dealing with baby's last moments and/or body.
Electives
- Status
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Open
- Date(s)
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Oct 18, 2024
- Time
- 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Eastern Time
- Check-In Time
- 8:00 AM
- Location
- Live Webinar
- Room
- Zoom
