2026 SGM Training Conference Registration Form

Sufficient Grace Ministries provides support for families facing a life-limiting diagnosis in pregnancy as well as those enduring miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal, or infant loss. SGM Comfort Doulas provide support, offer comfort and hope, and help families celebrate the lives of their precious babies.

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Nurse or Birth Professionals not planning to serve as an SGM Volunteer or Affiliate, can register for the training weekend by choosing to participate in the 16 or 40 hour training. Both options require in-person attendance on Friday from 1-5p and Saturday-Sunday from 9-5p. (Descriptions below)
- 16 hr = $300, 40 hr = $350
Current and those planning to be SGM Comfort Team Volunteers or SGM Affiliates will have the opportunity to registrer for the training weekend, with the 16 or 40 hour training automatically being selected based on previous SGM involvement. New attendees are required to attend in-person training on Friday from 1-5p and Saturday-Sunday from 9-5p. Existing Volunteers and Affiliates will be required to attend Saturday-Sunday from 9-5p.
- New Affiliate = $300, Existing Affiliate = $250
- New Volunteer = $100, Existing Volunteer = $0

SGM Partnering Hospitals and groups qualify for scholarships and discounted rates. If you do not work for an SGM Partnering Hospital, additional scholarships or payment plans may still be available.

To become an SGM Volunteer or Affiliate, you must apply and be approved before registration is completed.
To become an approved SGM Comfort Team Volunteer (in Ohio), please apply HERE.
To become an approved SGM Affiliate (outside of Ohio), please apply HERE.

This training equips nurses, chaplains, social workers, physicians, doulas, volunteers, and caregivers to implement a more comprehensive family-centered approach to caring for families facing a perinatal/neonatal loss or life-limiting diagnosis in pregnancy with the following learner results.

• Recognize the bereaved parent’s perspective and the need for options and resources.
• Describe the caregiver’s responsibility in helping to create a lasting, tangible memory for bereaved parents experiencing perinatal loss.
• Apply companioning methods when forming a comprehensive family-centered perinatal loss support program in the hospital setting and beyond.
• Prepare a collaborative, multi-faceted palliative care team plan for perinatal hospice patients.

Perinatal & Neonatal Loss Support Companioning Method (16 contact hours)
Training focuses on bereavement support, companioning families, establishing a perinatal loss program, perinatal hospice, labor support (optional), and demonstrating/role play support for a family experiencing perinatal loss through labor and beyond. (See Purpose & Objectives above)

Training includes:

16 nursing contact hours of Perinatal Loss Training
SGM Perinatal Loss Support Training Manual
Access to videos, and telephone/online support from trained SGM Perinatal Loss Support professionals

Perinatal & Neonatal Loss Support Companion/Doula Certification (40 contact hours)
(16 hr. faculty-directed workshop & 24 hr. independent study)

Training focuses on bereavement support, establishing a perinatal loss program, labor support (for Doula Certification), and demonstrating/role play support for a family experiencing perinatal loss through labor and beyond. Completion of an independent study module is also required.

Training includes:

Full 40 nursing contact hours of Perinatal Loss Training
Independent Study Module
SGM Perinatal Loss Support Training Manual
Access to videos, and telephone/online support from trained SGM Perinatal Loss Support professionals

This continuing education activity was approved by the Ohio Nurses Association, an Ohio Board of Nursing approver. (OBN-001-91) ONA# 2023-0000000703

This education activity is approved by the National Catholic Chaplains Association for 4 contact hours.

Please call Kelly Gerken at 419-278-7640 for more information about contact hours.

If you work for an SGM Partnering Hospital or have a group that would like to attend the training, you qualify for a discounted rate. Please email training@sufficientgraceministries.org for more information. Also, if you do not work for an SGM Partnering Hospital, but would like to request a discount or payment plan, please email the reason the discount is needed, a bit about your background, and your heart and plans for serving families.

To become an SGM Volunteer or Affiliate, you must apply and be approved before registration is completed.

To become an approved SGM Comfort Team Volunteer (in Ohio), please apply HERE.

To become an approved SGM Affiliate (outside of Ohio), please apply HERE.

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Please note that all payments are non-refundable. Training fees are used to cover training costs and support bereaved parents through outreach programs.

Prior to the training you will a receive an informational packet including details about the independednt study portion of the training (required for Doula Certification) and the training schedule.

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