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SUMMARY:Monthly Peer Supporters' Circle (Feb-June 2026)
DESCRIPTION:Every second Tuesday of each month from February – June 2026. \n\n10am-11:30am PT\n\nThese groups will provide support for peer supporters\, interactive learning\, networking with other perinatal peer supporters across the state\, and time for questions. These monthly consultation groups are for WA state professionals doing 1:1 peer support or facilitating support groups. Bring your challenges and questions about peer support for perinatal families.  Zoom link and reminders sent out monthly and you may choose to attend any session(s). These groups are intended for WA state professionals who have attended a Group Peer Support Facilitator Training or Peer Parent Support Training through Perinatal Support Washington. \nLocation: Zoom \nCost: FREE \nDate & Time:\nEvery second Tuesday of each month (February – June 2026) from 10am-11:30am PT. \n\nQuestions regarding the training\, please email: training@perinatalsupport.org\n\n\nThese sessions take place live and a recording will not be sent out after the sessions. \nRegister HERE
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/monthly-peer-circle-feb-june2026/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:ContinuingEducation,Provider Training
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SUMMARY:Grief and Loss in the Perinatal Period
DESCRIPTION:A training for Washington State providers who serve families IN Whatcom County. \nJoin us for a multimodal training to deepen understanding of perinatal grief and loss\, build practical\, trauma-informed skills to support families and provider well-being\, and advance a shared community standard of compassionate care. \nThis training will create a compassionate space for shared learning\, healing\, and connection around perinatal grief and loss—honoring lived experiences\, strengthening clinical and community care\, and supporting the well-being of both families and providers. Together\, we aim to align personal\, professional\, and systemic responses toward a collective standard of compassionate\, equitable care. \nParticipants will understand the spectrum and impacts of perinatal grief and loss\, including how systemic inequities shape experiences and access to care. Sessions will focus on building compassionate\, trauma-informed practices for assessment\, support\, and referral while addressing provider impacts such as secondary trauma and moral distress. Participants will learn integrative grounding practices and identify community networks to strengthen individual care and a shared standard of care. This training is open to WA state providers who serve families in Whatcom County. \nDate: Wednesday\, March 18\, 2026 \nTime: 8:30am-4:30pm PT \nCost: FREE\nLunch will be provided by Guud Bowls. \nTrainers: Marquita Straus\, MSW\, LICSW and other panelists \nLocation:\nPeaceHealth St. Luke’s Community Ed. Center\n3333 Squalicum Pkwy\, Bellingham WA 98225 \nRegister Now\nLearning Objectives: \n\nUnderstand the full spectrum of grief and loss in the perinatal period\, its impact on\nindividuals\, family units\, and communities\, and how systemic inequities shape experiences\nand access.\nIdentify and strengthen skills in best practices for compassionate care to build strong\ntherapeutic relationships when assessing\, treating\, and referring perinatal individuals\nexperiencing grief and loss.\nRecognize the impacts of secondary trauma\, compassion fatigue\, and moral distress on\nproviders.\nDevelop grounding and emotional regulation practices\, deepen supportive supervision\nstrategies\, and identify community support networks that uphold grief work.\nConnect individual practice to broader systems of care and to local and regional advocacy\nin developing a community standard of care for perinatal grief and loss.\n\nContinuing Education: \n\n6.25 CEUs approved for LICSW\, LMHC\, LMFT.\nThis Program has been approved for 6.25 CEUs for Licensed Social Workers\, Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists by the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work.\n6.25 Contact Hours approved for RNs: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing\, Provider Number 17084 for 6.25 contact hours.\n\nThis is a live training and will not be recorded. Questions regarding the training\, please email: training@perinatalsupport.org \nKeynote Speaker: Marquita Straus (she/they)\, MSW\, LICSW\, is a perinatal grief and trauma therapist\, death doula\, and bereaved parent with over 15 years of experience supporting families through pregnancy loss and birth trauma. She is the founder of Imani’s Light\, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting BIPOC families through perinatal grief and advancing compassionate\, trauma-informed care. \nPresented free of charge by the Whatcom Perinatal Mental Health Task Force with support from DCYF and Perinatal Support WA.
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/whatcom2026/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:ContinuingEducation,Provider Training
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SUMMARY:New Volunteer Training for the Parent Support Warm Line
DESCRIPTION:Come volunteer with us! \nThe Warm Line was started by parents who never wanted another parent to feel alone and not know what to do. We offer free phone\, text\, and email support where peer volunteers help parents make a wellness plan\, find resources\, share stories\, and just listen. \n  \nTraining Date: Saturday\, March 28 & Sunday\, March 29\, 2026\, 9:00 am-2:30 pm \nTraining Location: Zoom \nAre you a parent who has experienced and recovered from postpartum depression\, anxiety\, postpartum psychosis\, or other perinatal mental health issues\, or suffered a perinatal loss\, birth trauma\, or experienced the NICU? We are looking for parent volunteers\, including dads\, LGBTQ+ parents\, and BIPOC parents\, to assist those reaching out to our Warm Line for support. \n  \nAbout Peer Support \nThe line is staffed by volunteers who are parents who have experienced a perinatal mood and/or anxiety disorder and have recovered. Parents who call the line often feel alone in their feelings or ashamed of the feelings they have. Talking with another parent who has been in a similar situation validates their struggles and helps with their healing journey. Receiving and providing peer support is unique and powerful for both the volunteer and parent!  \nMake a difference in others’ lives – offer hope and community to other parents! \n  \n4 volunteer positions: \n\nEvening Volunteer: Volunteer 2 evenings\, every 4 -7 weeks by responding (same day or within 12 hours) to callers who leave a voicemail\, email\, or text.\nWeekend Volunteer: Volunteer 3 days\, every 5-8 weeks by responding (same day or within 12 hours) to callers who leave a voicemail\, email\, or text.\nDad Volunteer: On-call position\, return calls within 24 hours. Volunteer when you are available. 1 spot available\nNOT currently recruiting for: Live Answer Volunteer: Answer calls during a 4-hour weekday shift. Might have 1-2 spots available come summer.\n\nVolunteers offer peer support\, wellness planning\, and resources and referrals to callers on a short-term (2 weeks) or long-term (up to 3 months) basis.  \n  \nThe Warm Line Volunteer Experience: \n\nPerinatal Support Washington (PS-WA) provides all the training and support you need to answer calls.\nVolunteers receive training on perinatal mental health issues\, offering peer support\, building wellness plans\, and more!\nVolunteers have access during their shift (and in the evenings and on weekends) to Warm Line staff to answer questions or debrief calls.\nWarm Line volunteers receive discounted registration to most of PS-WA’s regular trainings.\n\n  \nVolunteer Training Logistics: \n\n26 hours of recorded and live virtual training.\nPlease note that the Zoom training is participatory. Learning to create and hold space for people to share their experiences requires learning what it feels like to be with one another and be present. We are creating community through learning and sharing. Volunteers should plan to be at the whole training\, video on for interactive portions\, with limited multi-tasking.  In our busy world\, with online training\, it can be very tempting to think we can do more than one thing at a time. Please give yourself and the community of learners a gift: allow yourself to be with us each day\, fully engaged.\nPlease make arrangements for childcare.\n\n  \nInterested in learning more? \n\nPlease fill out the short volunteer application below\, and we will be in touch with the next steps.\nIf you have any questions or want to learn more before filling out the application\, please contact the Warm Line Volunteer Supervisor at Melissa.burden@perinatalsupport.org\n\n  \nVOLUNTEER APPLICATION\n  \nWhat Warm Line VOLUNTEERS say about their experience: \n\n“Volunteering…allowed me to see the ability I held to help others. I could use my own perinatal experiences to provide support and understanding to those calling. I felt very isolated postpartum and craved community. Being a Warm Line volunteer allows me to extend community and resources to women like myself. I’m able to assist women in a way I wish I could have helped myself.” Emily R.\, Warm Line Volunteer\n\n\n“I have gained confidence that resources are out there and if we all work together\, we CAN support families where they’re at and get them going on their healing journeys. It is so rewarding to me to be able to listen to others’ stories and know I can be a support person\, even for a short time.” Kim G.\, Warm Line Volunteer\n\n  \nWhat Warm Line CALLERS say about their experience: \n\n“Prior to connecting with the warm line\, I felt very alone in my experience… and felt less and less hopeful with each passing day. After speaking with a warm line volunteer\, I felt hopeful. I knew someone understood my experience and was going to help create the connections with providers I was having difficulty facilitating.” Warm Line Caller\n“If WARM [Line] exists\, I am not unique or alone in my issues\, and someone out there cares and believes in the potential for health and happiness for my baby and me. With all the covid isolation\, WARM [Line] has been a candle in the darkness … “ Warm Line Caller\nClick here to read one Warm Line caller’s story.
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/warm-line-volunteer/
LOCATION:Online
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