Providing excellent support and care for families when a pregnancy ends unexpectedly and when a baby dies is an important element of your work. This one-hour bite-sized study session will help you feel better prepared and more confident to care for bereaved parents.
Programme
· UK baby loss statistics
· Update on current research, guidelines, protocol & pathways
· How to communicate with sensitivity
· Learning from parents lived experience
Facilitated by Paula Abramson, is a psychotherapist and training facilitator, specialising in providing bereavement support to families and training for professionals, following the death of a baby or child.
Since 2008 Paula has designed and delivered training workshops for healthcare professionals whose work includes supporting families when a baby or child dies. Learning from families lived experience is always at the heart of Paula’s training.
Paula has consulted on many national baby loss projects and initiatives and has authored or co-authored papers and journal articles. In recent years she has guest featured on a number of baby loss podcasts. In 2020 Paula was invited to join Donna Ockenden’s team as Support Service Lead for the Shrewsbury & Telford NHS Trust Maternity Review.
Paula is an ambassador for Abigail’s Footsteps, a baby loss charity providing support to families and professionals, and a trustee for First Touch, the charity supporting the neonatal unit at St George’s Hospital.