Heartbeat Academy

 

 

This course is designed for RDMS only. No CMEs or CEUs are offered for this training.

 

 

1 hr  recorded webinar presented by Kate Connors, SRAS and Nicole Horstman, MA SRAS

Presented by Nicole Horstman, Pregnancy Resource Center of Grand Rapids

If you have a volunteer-based pregnancy center, you know how important those volunteers are. Where do they come from and how do you find them? How do you train them once they are identified? How do you keep the great volunteers you’ve invested in? This workshop will cover all of these questions and more!

Presented by Dawn Darby

Presented by Ellen Foell

This workshop aims to introduce the beauty of the Theology of the Body, focusing on how it promotes sexual integrity, emotional health, and spiritual wholeness. Participants will explore how TOB principles support healing from past wounds, including abortion recovery, and guide them toward a future of restored dignity and hope.

Presented by Adeline Georges-Khouri

Presented by Heather Featherston, A Lifetime Adoption, Vice President

This training offers two hours of credit toward the Life Affirming Specialist designation.

If your Life Ministry is searching for another fundraiser, a thrift store may be just what you are looking for and more. This webinar will have you thinking of a thrift store not only as a funding source, but also as a marketing tool for your pregnancy center. The extra benefits may surprise you! The basic steps to opening a thrift store will also be discussed to help you get a road map for this exciting journey, which will also have a few challenges.

This workshop will cover how to leverage your introverted strengths, overcome challenges, and thrive by using your natural abilities in process creation, genuine connection, and attention to detail.

Presented by Kenna Bridges

How to inspire and lead others in a way that transforms their work into something deeper—a true calling and a sense of belonging, rather than just a job. How to create a workplace that ignites passion and purpose in your team, while encouraging you to give your all to bring out the best in those around you.

Presented by Linda Francisco

Presented by Bryce Asberg

This course is intended for medical professionals gaining competence in reading ultrasound images. It includes a comprehensive review of images that are a result of limited obstetrical ultrasound exams in Pregnancy Centers. With the recommendations of professional societies, the modules have been created to use the technicalities of medicine as well as the uniqueness of Pregnancy Help Medical Clinics, molded together to give the mother the information she needs. Because some Medical Directors may perform hands-on scanning in their clinics at times, some of the information is intended for those actively scanning or for those who are instructing those who are scanning.

 

This course is designed to equip staff and volunteers in pregnancy help centers, maternity homes, and related life-affirming ministries with practical tools for supporting women who have experienced trauma. The training explores how trauma, especially adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), can influence pregnancy, parenting, and overall well-being, while offering biblically grounded strategies for fostering healing and resilience.

Students will learn the key principles of trauma-informed care as defined by SAMHSA, how trauma impacts brain development, stress response systems, pregnancy outcomes, and maternal-child bonding. Practical applications are reinforced through scenario-based learning and reflection questions.

This course is ideal for individuals working in pregnancy help organizations who want to increase their effectiveness in walking alongside women with trauma histories. It is particularly helpful for caregivers seeking both evidence-based knowledge and faith-rooted approaches to serve with compassion.

To inform about the effect of artificial reproductive techniques (ART), in terms of human embryos produced and destroyed and health problems for the mother and the babies (if born). To present a step-by-step medical flow-chart for diagnosis and treatment of couple infertility.

Presented by Dr. Giuseppe Grande, MD