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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/
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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/
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