Three Little Birds offers various training packages and options for perinatal professionals, loss parents/advocates and photographers seeking to incorporate bereavement education into their professional or personal background as a way to give back to support the perinatal loss community. Our training program is available for purchase and facilitation here in the Philadelphia/South Jersey region or to groups who may want to start their own Three Little Birds chapter in their own community. There are also options to purchase material support items - all of which are a tax deductible donation to support Three Little Bird's mission.

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Goals of this training

This training program has been designed to be self-paced and virtual for the benefit of the trainees. The intended learning outcomes of the virtual training include:

 

• Be familiar and more comfortable with the discussion of perinatal loss at any trimester

• Understand the need for medical professional training to walk the journey with these families

• Recognizing the importance of having non-clinical advocates available to bridge the gap for families and providers

• Be open to discussing difficult topics, learning about new concepts and opening your heart to new perspectives

• Be prepared to dedicate a few hours a week to reading, viewing videos, engaging in conversation with others

• Be ready to empower themselves with knowledge and empathy

• Understanding the sacred bonds between parent and child do not end at death and we can help strengthen those bonds through memory making and photography

• How to effectively hold space, utilize empathy to enter the fog of grief and differentiate between sympathy and empathy

• Cultivate cultural competency and death rituals

• Use effective communication to connect with parents through scripts

• Validate families in all scenarios

• Gauge grief reactions and when to present options and understanding the influence of generational, cultural and religious influences when dealing with end-of-life situations

• Have a general understanding of and provide the gift of infant remembrance portraiture and memory making

• Be familiar with using scripts to communicate and utilizing resources to assist in decision making

• Be confident in understanding basic posing and photography concepts and using a DSLR camera

• Understand the rights of the family and the immediate resources available to them to support burial/cremation and post-partum support

• Utilize concepts presented in training during hands-on scenarios

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Training format

• Weekly emails with video content covering specific topics and required reading are provided. Videos range from 10-60+ minutes/week (40 hours total) over the course of six weeks. The training is designed to be self-paced to ensure flexibility with schedules.

• Weekly tests are conducted via Google Forms and graded to ensure basic concepts, methodologies and relevant content has been reviewed and retained.

• The final test includes choosing a real life scenario, walking the journey with them via a Google Form test and providing a gallery of photographs taken utilizing a doll or teddy bear to demonstrate an understanding of a basic Three Little Birds session.

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Certification

Upon successful completion of the course content and final test, trainees will receive a certification of completion and access to basic resource materials. This certification is good for one year from issuance and includes several perks to be trained by our organization.

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Please note, at this time we are unable to provide Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for this training. The tuition payment, however, is a tax deductible donation and trainees who complete certification will be gifted our basic resources package.

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Ideal trainees

Our current training options are available for perinatal professionals and loss parents/advocates. This includes physicians, nurses and birth professionals seeking to develop a Bedside Bereavement Program at your facility or for loss parents/advocates that want to develop a community of support for families walking the journey of loss.

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Coming soon!

We will be offering other packages/mini trainings for volunteer photographers and mental health professionals seeking to develop support groups and events to support perinatal loss.

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Tuition rates

Please see our Registration page for more information on package options and scholarship opportunities!

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