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Registration for the 2025 Sands NZ & VCA Student Series is closed.
If you'd like to register for the 2026 full course that starts in February, please click here. Scroll down for info on the shorter 'Intro to Baby Loss' course.
Sands NZ & VCA invites students who will be working with bereaved whānau upon graduation to join us for the 2026 Student Series. This includes midwifery, nursing, psychology, medical, counselling and sonography students. And we also invite new graduate midwives in their mentorship year.
We will be offering 18 topics over 10 months in 2026. You will have access to online content and also be invited to join our monthly discussion webinars with bereaved whānau.
The 2026 Student Series will start on Monday 2nd February and end on Monday 30th November 2026.
The 18 topics for the full course are -
Grief and Baby Loss; Models of Care; Memory-Making When a Baby Dies; Baby Loss Legalities and Definitions;
Self-Care; Caring for Māori Whānau; What Should I Say and Not Say?; Early Loss; Decision-Making Following an Unexpected Diagnosis; Perinatal Hospice; Ending a Wanted Pregnancy; Pregnancy and Parenting After Loss; When a Baby Dies in NICU; Rainbow Inclusive Care in Baby Loss; Fathers/Partners and Baby Loss; Perinatal Pathology; Loss in a Multiple Pregnancy; and Informed Pregnancy.
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Short course for students - Intro to Baby Loss
We also offer a shorter course for those who have a busy year ahead and know you won't be able to do the whole 18 topics. The Intro to Baby Loss course covers five essential topics and take 5.5 hours to complete.
The topics are - Grief and Baby Loss; Baby Loss Legalities & Definitions; Memory-Making When a Baby Dies; What Should I Say & Not Say? and, Self-Care for Professionals Working with Baby Loss.
The 2026 Intro to Baby Loss course will be offered three times in 2026:
Monday 2nd February - Friday 1st May 2026 (Click here to register)
Monday 1st June - Monday 31st August 2026 (Click here to register)
Monday 7th September - Friday 4th December 2026 (Click here to register)
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The Student Series is free, thanks to the generosity of Sands NZ.
If you have any questions, please email me on [email protected]
If you'd like to register for the 2026 full course that starts in February, please click here. Scroll down for info on the shorter 'Intro to Baby Loss' course.
Sands NZ & VCA invites students who will be working with bereaved whānau upon graduation to join us for the 2026 Student Series. This includes midwifery, nursing, psychology, medical, counselling and sonography students. And we also invite new graduate midwives in their mentorship year.
We will be offering 18 topics over 10 months in 2026. You will have access to online content and also be invited to join our monthly discussion webinars with bereaved whānau.
The 2026 Student Series will start on Monday 2nd February and end on Monday 30th November 2026.
The 18 topics for the full course are -
Grief and Baby Loss; Models of Care; Memory-Making When a Baby Dies; Baby Loss Legalities and Definitions;
Self-Care; Caring for Māori Whānau; What Should I Say and Not Say?; Early Loss; Decision-Making Following an Unexpected Diagnosis; Perinatal Hospice; Ending a Wanted Pregnancy; Pregnancy and Parenting After Loss; When a Baby Dies in NICU; Rainbow Inclusive Care in Baby Loss; Fathers/Partners and Baby Loss; Perinatal Pathology; Loss in a Multiple Pregnancy; and Informed Pregnancy.
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Short course for students - Intro to Baby Loss
We also offer a shorter course for those who have a busy year ahead and know you won't be able to do the whole 18 topics. The Intro to Baby Loss course covers five essential topics and take 5.5 hours to complete.
The topics are - Grief and Baby Loss; Baby Loss Legalities & Definitions; Memory-Making When a Baby Dies; What Should I Say & Not Say? and, Self-Care for Professionals Working with Baby Loss.
The 2026 Intro to Baby Loss course will be offered three times in 2026:
Monday 2nd February - Friday 1st May 2026 (Click here to register)
Monday 1st June - Monday 31st August 2026 (Click here to register)
Monday 7th September - Friday 4th December 2026 (Click here to register)
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The Student Series is free, thanks to the generosity of Sands NZ.
If you have any questions, please email me on [email protected]
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- home
- about
- the call for change
- vca online learning
- other learning providers
- informed pregnancy
- resources for bereaved whānau
- Whetūrangitia
- baby loss research
- holding on & letting go
- rainbow communities and baby loss
- baby loss directory
- baby loss resources
- podcasts
- conferences
- articles (blog)
- connect