Became a Bereaved Parent - Endured a Full-Term Stillbirth Loss on November 30, 2004.
Perinatal Bereavement Advocate - 2004 to present.
Peer Support Parent -For newly bereaved families prior to birth, during and afterwards. 2005 to present.
Created the “Healing From The Start” project - 2007.
“Healing From The Start” manual – Perinatal bereavement medical & nursing coaching manual. 2007 to present (a continually updated manual.)
www.HealingFromTheStart.com.
AMEND – Participant/supporter/speaker 2005 to present.
Tampa General Hospital Speaking Engagements (OB Transitional Nurses Classes): Aug 2007, Jan 2008, July 2008 and March 2009.
Tampa General Hospital Speaking Engagement - February 5, 2009 (for the Oncology staff who take care of newly bereaved families after they have been moved from Labor & Delivery to their floor.)
Tampa General Hospital’s (Annual Perinatal Loss Memorial Service) Speaking Engagements: Oct. 2007, Oct. 2008, Oct. 2009, Oct. 2010 and Oct. 2011.
First Candle’s Peer Support Training – via conference calls & webinars 2008.
First Candle’s Online Stillbirth Loop 2008 to present.
First Candle Peer Support Volunteer 2008 to present.
Helped implement Tampa General Hospital’s Perinatal Bereavement Conference Oct. 14, 2008.
Speaker & Participant at Tampa General Hospital’s Perinatal Bereavement Conference Oct. 14, 2008.
Participant of PLIDA’s 16th Annual Perinatal Bereavement Conference in Clearwater, FL. Oct. 16, 17, 18 & 19th 2008.
Organized & led the ‘In Person’ First Candle “Peer Support Training” in Tampa, FL. Oct. 25, 2008.
Subsequent Pregnancy Peer Support Person (for bereaved parents after enduring the death of a baby and is now in a new pregnancy.) 2005 to present.
Volunteer (assistant to the bereavement photographers) for “Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep.” 2009 to present.
June 2009 – Completed the following bereavement classes from Bereavement Services >(the RTS People:) 1. Communicating with the Bereaved. 2. Theoretical Framework of Grief. 3. Caring for the Family Experiencing Perinatal Loss – An Introduction to RTS.
August 2009: Spoke to employees on Perinatal Bereavement and how to offer their bereaved co-worker grief support.
December 2009 to present: Babies Remembered Consulting (Sherokee Ilse & Associates) – Signed on with Sherokee Ilse to be a Perinatal Bereavement Consultant.
Participated in and assisted Sherokee Ilse at the Lamaze Conference in Orlando 2009 (Topic: “Unexpected Outcomes” by Sherokee Ilse.)
Spoke at the “Perinatal Loss -Beyond The Basics” Babies Remembered Workshop in Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota Memorial Hospital Feb. 22, 2010.
USF OB/GYN Physicians Group Grand Rounds guest speaker – April 7, 2010 (I spoke on “How To Support a Family after the Dianosis,” as well as “Peer Support.”)
Shadowed/Assisted a Perinatal Loss Doula during a Stillbirth and Miscarriage; offered Peer Support to the bereaved families and guidance in spending time with and creating keepsakes of their precious babies. July 2010
Facilitator of the AMEND Baby Loss Support Group – Topic: Getting Through The Holidays. November 2010
