Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities
Empty Arms offers bi-annual in-person, hybrid, and remote bereavement trainings open to all professionals or trainees.
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VIRTUAL Pregnancy and Infant Loss Training for Clinicians
4/28/25, 9:00-11:30 AM EST
This session is a candid exposure to the realities of what pregnancy and infant loss can be like for parents, what the normal trajectory of grief and healing looks like, and the language and strategies that help and hurt. This session will feature the contributions from bereaved parents who will share their stories and experiences.
*Credits available for nurses & social workers
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VIRTUAL Accompanying Parents When a Baby Dies: For Bedside Providers
4/29/25, 9-11:30 AM EST
This is an essential annual course for those who care for parents at the bedside when a baby dies. Perfect for nurses, doulas, doctors and midwives who are there when a family learns of their baby's death, and those who coach them through the process of delivery, time together, and saying goodbye. This session will feature the contributions from bereaved parents who will share their stories and experiences.
*Credits available for nurses & social workers
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VIRTUAL Accompanying Parents When a Baby Dies: For Bedside Providers
4/30/25, 6:30-9:00 PM EST
This is an essential annual course for those who care for parents at the bedside when a baby dies. Perfect for nurses, doulas, doctors and midwives who are there when a family learns of their baby's death, and those who coach them through the process of delivery, time together, and saying goodbye. This session will feature the contributions from bereaved parents who will share their stories and experiences.
*Credits available for nurses & social workers
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*Empty Arms Bereavement Support is approved by American Nurses Association of Massachusetts, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Nurses who attend and participate in the entire course will be awarded the pertaining amount of contact hours.
*Empty Arms Bereavement Support is approved by the National Association of Social Workers, Massachusetts chapter. Social workers who attend and participate in the entire course will be awarded credits through NASWMA.