Once again, Sands NZ & VCA are running the Summer School for Midwifery Students. We welcome all midwifery students from across the motu, at any year level, to join us in learning about how to support and work with bereaved parents, families and whānau. We will be running two sessions per week, repeating the content, so you can choose which session suits best. We invite bereaved parents to participate in the webinars which makes them all the richer.

Here are some comments from our Summer School 2020-2021...

"This was a really amazing tool to use to expand my kete of knowledge, this is not talked about often enough and we aren't really well prepared for these circumstances as a health care professional."

"The [Sands] volunteers are amazing, I cannot praise and thank them enough, thank you all for an amazing summer school and such an amazing opportunity to prepare for my 3rd year."

" I thought the seminars were fantastic. Really informative, they addressed many ways of looking at things. I think meeting some of the mothers from the Sands community was really helpful, I really appreciated them sharing their experiences to make things better for future families experiencing loss.:

Here are the dates and topics for the upcoming sessions:

Grief 101 - Wednesday 17th November, 10:00am-11:00am & Thursday 18th November, 8:00pm-9:00pm

Sands Three-Point Model of Care & Memory Making - Wednesday 24th November, 10:00am-11:00am & Thursday 25th November, 8:00pm-9:00pm

What Should I Say and Not Say? - Wednesday 1st December, 10:00am-11:00am & Thursday 2nd December, 8:00pm-9:00pm

Pregnancy After Loss - Wednesday 8th December, 10:00am-11:00am & Thursday 9th December, 8:00pm-9:00pm

Sands NZ has generously made these sessions free of charge.

If you have any questions at all, please email Vicki on vicki@vca.co.nz