Education
and Training

Knowledge. Compassion. Better Care.

Evidence-informed education, consultation, and resources for professionals supporting families after pregnancy & infant loss.

Partner With Us

Choose Your Learning Path

Find the education or support that fits your goals.

CE COURSES

Self-paced, on demand courses designed for healthcare and support professionals. Earn CE while building practical, real-world skills.

Browse Course Catalog

WEBINAR SERIES

Live, interactive webinars featuring leading experts and timely topics in perinatal bereavement care.

View Webinar Series

TRAINING & CONSULTATION

Customized training, program development, and consultation for hospitals, health systems, and community organizations.

Explore Our Services

You are not alone in this work.

Providers caring for families after pregnancy & infant loss often navigate this work with limited training, few resources, and little opportunity to connect with others who understand it’s unique challenges.

The National Perinatal Loss Collaborative was created to bridge those gaps through education, community, consultation, and shared learning.

Training & Topics We Cover

Education for every role in the continuum of care

Hospital & Health Systems

  • Perinatal Bereavement Care

  • Miscarriage in the ED

  • Pregnancy After Loss

  • TFMR (Termination for Medical Reasons)

  • Staff Wellbeing & Secondary Trauma

Community & Public Health

  • Building Local Resource Networks

  • Supporting Families After Loss

  • Public Health Approaches to Bereavement Care

  • Healthy Start & Home Visiting Programs

  • Community-Based Support Models

Mental Health & Support Professionals

  • Perinatal Grief & Loss

  • Pregnancy After Loss

  • TFMR

  • Group Facilitation

  • Trauma-Informed Care

  • Self-Care & Professional Resilience

Specialized Topics

  • TFMR

  • SIDS & Infant Death

  • Adoption & Loss

  • LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Care

  • Cultural Humility in Bereavement Care

Recent Trainings & Presentations

See how we’re advancing perinatal bereavement care across the country.

Ready to bring education or support to your team?

We’d love to help you build knowledge, confidence, and compassionate care in your organization.

Request Information
Schedule a Consultation

Provider interactions during pregnancy and infant loss have a lifelong impact on a family’s healing and wellbeing. We partner with health professionals and organizations to ensure they have the training, emotional support, and resources they need to confidently care for families at one of the most tragic moments of their journey towards parenthood.

People sitting, taking notes, and reading in a classroom or lecture setting.

Staff Training

The Collaborative offers virtual and in-person trainings for anyone who works with individuals and families affected by perinatal loss. Every training is tailored to the specific needs of your organization.

We've partnered with hospitals, birthing centers, public health programs, Healthy Start and Head Start programs, home visiting programs, SIDS and FIMR coordinators, and Departments of Health and Mental Health, among others.

Our training catalog covers the full spectrum of perinatal loss care, from building clinical knowledge of the mental health impact of loss to practical tools and best practices that improve outcomes for families.

Core training topics include:

  • Supporting Parents and Families Through Perinatal Loss (hospital and community settings)

  • Miscarriage in the Emergency Department

  • Pregnancy After Loss and Parenting After Loss

  • Communicating with Parents, Partners, Fathers, and Siblings

  • Staff Wellbeing: Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Trauma

Specialized topics include:

  • Program development and sustainability

  • Building support groups

  • Creating local resource guides

Start a Conversation

  • "My facility has been using your brochures for our bereaved families on our L&D unit, in our PACU (for patients we may not see but have a loss), and in the OBGYN office. We find them to be very well done and a good resource for our patients."

    —Ashley M., The Family Center, Exeter Hospital

  • "The RTZ Hope brochures are incredibly helpful for both parents and staff, and I am grateful to have such a wide selection to choose from."

    —Yolanda K., MedStar Washington Hospital Center

  • “I learned the importance of looking for more ways to support staff when they have a client who experiences pregnancy loss or infant death.”

    —Former Training Attendee

  • “I learned that saying the right words to a mother who lost her baby is so important.”

    —Former Training Attendee

  • “Everything that was shared with me I will try to remember and take with me because it was all so important and crucial to helping families who have lost their child. It will change the way I support families in this process and it makes me feel more certain that I can be of a better support this time to my families.”

    —Former Training Attendee

  • “There is nothing I would have changed about this presentation. It was well presented and I wish it would have lasted longer.”

    —Former Training Attendee

  • “I utilized the RTZ brochures to completely revamp our perinatal bereavement care processes. I got all the staff on board, involved the resident physicians, and we had a very successful program in place when I left. The patients were very receptive to the handouts, but the card that had the website on it that lists the available community support was one of the most requested information pieces.”

    —Victoria R., Ochsner-LSU Shreveport St. Mary’s

Additional Support

A workspace with a laptop, open notebook, pen, vase with flowers, coffee mug, and small glass container with tea on a wooden table near a window.

Coaching and Consulting

The Collaborative provides one-on-one coaching calls to support hospitals, clinics, and other organizations working with bereaved parents. The purpose is to support and promote the sustainability of your programs. We encourage you to bring in case studies of areas that are challenging.

Let’s Connect →

People sitting at a desk, taking notes in notebooks with pens in a classroom or meeting setting.

Needs Assessment and Implementation Planning

We will support and guide your organization through the execution of a needs assessment regarding the current quality of care provided for families experiencing pregnancy and infant loss at your organization. Based on this assessment, we will co-create a set of goals and an implementation plan.

Learn More →

Woman with long brown hair working on a laptop at a white table in a bright, modern workspace.

Continuing Education

Our CE-accredited courses are designed to equip social workers, nurses, mental health professionals, and other care providers with the knowledge and tools to offer empathetic, informed, and culturally sensitive support to bereaved families.

Explore CE Courses →