How to Sponsor this Workshop in Your Area
You can help bring this workshop to your area by becoming a sponsor. Your job would be to do the local legwork that can't be done as easily from a distance, e.g. help find a location and promote the workshop through flyers and ads. The related expenses will be covered by A Safe Passage and you will also be able to attend the workshop for free as long as the minimum requirement of 10 participants is met. For more details, see our printable two-page Sponsorship Agreement for Individuals information sheet.
Agency Training Opportunities
Customized training and seminars are available for agencies who work with women in the childbearing year and provide services such as pregnancy outreach and residential services for pregnant women. Requests for continuing education are typically in the following areas:
- Impact of abuse on the childbearing year
- Childbirth education and birth planning for the abuse survivor
- Comfort measures for labour and birth
- Postpartum and the Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivor: Foundation and Support Strategies
Please contact us for further information about bringing a speaker, training seminar or workshop to your agency.
For groups and/or organizations who wish to sponsor a private function, please contact the workshop coordinator to negotiate the terms of your contract.
Certification
A Safe Passage Counseling Services is proud to announce the availability of the certification program "Support Person for women Survivors of Abuse in the childbearing year". This certification is available to participants of A Safe Passage training (workshop or distance education mentorship program) and allows you to use of the designation A Safe Passage Provider (ASPP).
Taking steps to becoming certified demonstrates your deep commitment to understanding the impact abuse has on the lives of women and children and the implications for childbearing women.
Due to the safety issues involved in working with women who have experienced abuse, the requirements for completing this certification package are time intensive, rigorous and will require you to have a high degree of personal self-awareness combined with a strong understanding of how abuse issues (both past and present) impact women in the childbearing year. Applicants will need to sign a statement of undertaking which states that you clearly understand and will commit to working within your scope of practice and training.
Requirements for certification include a combination of readings, electives, video submissions, written assignments and projects.
For registration, prices and payment options, please see the page on Registration and Payment Options.