Webinars
Join our live webinars to elevate your knowledge and skills. Connect with experts and peers, learn new strategies, and stay up-to-date on the latest topics relevant to family support professionals.
Our upcoming webinars are designed to provide you with the latest research, practical resources and information, and the innovative strategies you need to make a lasting impact.
Why attend a live webinar?
- Expert-Led Content: Learn directly from leading professionals and thought leaders in the field of family support.
- Interactive Q&A: Get your questions answered in real-time and engage in insightful discussions with presenters.
- Connect with Peers: Share experiences and build your network with other professionals who understand the unique challenges and rewards of your work.
- Stay Ahead: Keep your knowledge and skills current with the latest best practices and emerging trends.
Upcoming Webinars
Browse our schedule and register for a session that interests you. We look forward to seeing you there!
Archived Webinars
Couldn’t make it to a live session? No problem! Our archive is full of recorded webinars you can watch anytime, anywhere. Browse our library to find valuable insights and practical tips on a wide range of subjects designed to help you in your important work.
The death of a baby during pregnancy or infancy can be one of the most traumatic experiences parents will ever endure. Health professionals who work with these families have an opportunity to provide support and guidance that significantly impacts their grief journey and mental health for years to come. This session will review the unique nature of perinatal loss, how to support bereaved families, and resources that are available for families and health professionals.
Presented by Lindsey Wimmer DNP, CPNP, IPPE-C
Handouts link: Click here
This session will share evidence-based strategies for addressing and responding to reproductive coercion in home visitation and family support settings. Specifically, learners will engage with the CUES framework, which stands for Confidentiality, Universal Education and Empowerment, and Support. CUES offers healing-centered support by talking to all caregivers about safe and healthy relationships in effective and trauma-informed ways. They will learn how to use CUES to have supportive conversations with caregivers about reproductive coercion and discuss strategies for harm reduction. Learners will leave with an understanding of a variety of harm reduction strategies, and their specific safety implications for survivors of intimate partner violence, including options for discrete contraception, safe and timely access to emergency contraception, and prevention medication for HIV.
The Critical Role of Birth Workers and Making an Impact
This three-series session will empower birth workers to deepen their understanding of maternal hypertension and apply their knowledge and skills to their practice. Participants will gain the confidence and skills to recognize, respond to, and support birthing people at risk of or experiencing perinatal hypertension.
About the Facilitator: Kara Hoppe, DO, PhD, is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at UW Health and a professor in the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She specializes in high-risk pregnancies and complex maternal medical conditions and is passionate about enhancing knowledge and improving pregnancy-related care.
Presented by Emily Brach & Michelle Lund
This presentation will address the need for resources for children and youth with special health care needs. It will highlight the creation of Wisconsin Wayfinder: Children’s Resource Network by the Department of Health Services to address those needs to better support families and caregivers. Presenters will provide an overview of how Wisconsin Wayfinder works, who it is for, and how these free, confidential services can be shared and accessed, with a focus on how home visitors can utilize this resource in the communities they serve.
Early childhood programs use health literacy strategies to improve communication, reduce health disparities, and advance health equity. Health literacy practices at the personal and organizational levels help families and staff to find, understand, and use health information.
In this session we will introduce the Health Literacy Toolkit for Early Childhood Programs, describe the Health Literacy Guiding Principles for Families, and share strategies for using the toolkit to support positive health outcomes for children, families, and staff in your program.
Links from the Health Literacy Webinar:
Contraceptive information and services are fundamental to the health and human rights of all individuals. This session will review a contracption sample kit. Each method included in the contraception sample kit will be reviewed with participants to better understand how Home Visitors, PNCC providers, doulas and all Family Support Professionals can discuss these contraceptive options with clients, and assist them using shared decision-making, patient education and client-centered counseling.
Join us in learning more about ways to advance health equity during the lactation period.
We know this is the perfect time to uplift the importance of human milk and learn more about the best approaches to support families for initiation and sustaining of human milk during the first year of life.
Lead poisoning doesn’t have symptoms and the affects can last a lifetime. Come find out what you can do to help. Learn the common sources of lead poisoning and simple ways families can protect children in their home. Wisconsin recommends children be tested for lead early on in life, find out what those recommendations are and where children can be tested. Finally leave with resources for you and families to provide education and assistance.