Course Overview
About the Course
This course prepares healthcare providers to support parents through perinatal loss in the hospital setting. It covers the types of perinatal loss, effective communication strategies for delivering life-limiting diagnoses, and guiding parents through labor, delivery, and rituals associated with parenting their baby after loss. Participants will learn compassionate care practices that foster emotional healing and resilience for grieving parents.
Learning Objectives
• Review frequency and types of perinatal loss • Compassionately communicate a life limiting or fatal diagnosis • Prepare parents for labor/delivery/procedure/death • Guide parents through the rituals associated with parenting their baby
Who Should Attend
Healthcare professionals working with families in the perinatal period. This includes mental health providers, social workers, nurses, physicians and midwives, doulas and birth workers, chaplains, lactation consultants, health educators, and more.
Meet Your Instructor
Kiley is a neurodivergent occupational therapist specializing in mental health in the perinatal period. She holds both a master’s and a doctoral degree in occupational therapy from the University of Southern California. Kiley is the co-creator of the Emmy-nominated film Return to Zero, inspired by the stillbirth of her son, Norbert. Her personal experience of profound loss—and the absence of compassionate care that followed—led her to co-found RTZ Hope, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting families through pregnancy and infant loss. She is deeply committed to increasing support for bereaved parents and helping them navigate grief with compassion and hope.
Compassionate Care Starts With You
Where compassion meets competence—providing grief-informed support with empathy and skill.
$35.00