Reproductive Loss 101: Facilitating the Grieving Process [3 CEUs]
Approximately two million couples experience reproductive loss through miscarriage or abortion every year in the United States. Studies indicate that many of these couples silently mourn without the social support necessary to make sense of their loss. As a mental health professional you are in a unique position to identify unresolved grief and to facilitate a healthy grieving process.
"I appreciate the specific clinical tools and skills that I can directly use." - Social Worker, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital
Educational Goals & Learning Objectives
- Describe the prevalence of reproductive loss.
- Recognize the emotional meaning and impact of reproductive loss.
- Differentiate disenfranchised grief from typical grief reactions.
- List three therapeutic strategies for amelioration of reproductive grief.
- Understand the relationship between grief and trauma related to the healing process.
- Formulate a comprehensive assessment incorporating reproductive loss.
- Apply evidenced-based theoretical models for conceptualizing grief.
- Establish, discuss, and evaluate treatment planning.
- Learn and implement at least three interventions.
Reproductive Grief Care [2 Contact Hours]
Life Perspectives Reproductive Grief Care education for medical professionals helps physicians, nurses, and other medical providers to recognize reproductive loss, grief reactions, and learn to help patients actualize the loss, validate the grief, and begin to cope with those experiences. This course equips healthcare providers with a variety of effective communication modalities, cultural and spiritual competency skills, various options for memorialization, practical applications, and personal self-care strategies to positively impact the grief trajectory and promote healing for the bereaved.
Educational Goals and Objectives
- Describe the prevalence of reproductive loss.
- Depict the impact of reproductive loss on the patient and the healthcare system.
- Recognize the emotional meaning and impact of reproductive loss.
- Differentiate disenfranchised grief from typical grief reactions.
- List at least three therapeutic strategies for amelioration of reproductive grief.
Reproductive Grief Care Course
One in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage and one in four women in the US will have an abortion by the age of 45. Although these losses occur very differently, the grief experience is similar and affects men, women, family members, and friends.
Our unique Reproductive Grief Care Course for health care professionals, pregnancy centers and clinics, universities and social service agencies, can bring hope and healing to hurting people who may be suffering alone.
Educational Goals & Objectives:
- Broaden your understanding of grief and loss after miscarriage and abortion.
- Provide you with essential knowledge and empathetic listening skills.
- Help you explore how to be a safe place for hurting men and women, and provide healing resources to support those in your community.
Reproductive Grief Care Education
Reproductive Grief Care Course is a 2.5-hour seminar for faith-based leaders who want their organizations to bring hope and healing to hurting people who may be suffering alone.
The Course will help broaden the understanding of grief and loss after miscarriage and abortion, providing essential knowledge, skills, and empathetic listening tools. It will also explore how to be a safe place for hurting men and women, and provide practical resources to support those in the community.
This course is also ideal for family and friends of people who have been impacted by reproductive loss, to help them in their healing journey.
Educational Goals & Objectives
- Broaden your understanding of grief & loss after miscarriage and abortion.
- Explore how to be a safe place for hurting men & women.
- Provide healing resources to help those in your community.
“Religious leaders can be unprepared for dealing with pregnancy loss and they may fumble because they don’t know what to say. We need to be a safe place for compassion and healing. We have the capacity and the heart.”
Paul Mulligan, CEO, Catholic Charities Phoenix
Achieve the Gold Standard of Care!
Life Perspectives Reproductive Grief Care Organization Certification suits those centers and clinics seeking to provide the very highest level of care to patients and families. With courses and practical resources for your entire team, it equips your organization to create an environment where a person feels safe to disclose his or her reproductive history, and adequately support individuals in the midst of, or after, a loss. Organization Certification positions you as a center of excellence to provide the gold standard of reproductive grief care in your community.
This certification is awarded to centers that adopt Life Perspectives' Commitment of Care, appoint a Reproductive Grief Care Coordinator and demonstrate:
- Reproductive grief care competency among all staff and key volunteers
- Compliance with grief care best practices and protocols
- Adoption of adequate self-care policies
Life Perspectives offers live webinars on our Learning System. Check our the catalog to register for future events.
