3rd Annual Conference
29 September - 2 October 2007
Birmingham, UK
 
     
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Bereavement support programme (provisional)

 
SATURDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 2007

      Evening Welcome Reception

 


SUNDAY 30th SEPTEMBER 2007

9:30
JOINT PLENARY
  N Long / J Gardosi
UK
Welcome and Introduction
  ISA Board   The Work of the International Stillbirth Alliance
  ISA Parents
 
ISA Parents Advisory committee
  S Guy
UK
A father's experience of the death of a baby
10:30     Coffee / Tea
11:00
THE IMPACT OF A BABY'S DEATH - FOR FAMILIES AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
  M Berman
USA
From tragedy to healing - An obstetrician's perspectives on perinatal death
  S Taavoni
Iran
A comparison of maternal attachment in first time mothers and after a stillbirth
  S Wallbank
UK
A study of the impact of stillbirth on health professionals
  C Stephenson
UK
Children and bereavement
12:20

Poster Session

   
13:00     Lunch
13:40
Living, Loving, Remembering - Memorial Time led by Suzanne Pullen
14:00
ENABLING PARENTS BY PROVIDING INFORMED CHOICE
  L Christoffersen
NOR
Parents tell their story - a users perspective of the health care system
  S Ilse
USA
How to care for bereaved families: protection v preparation
  I Radestad
SWE
Long term outcomes for mothers who have and have not held their baby
  A Goodfellow
AUS
'Walking the talk' - Enabling women to have meaningful input into decision making
15:20     Coffee / Tea
15:40

WORKSHOP A - PROVIDING CARE AND LOOKING AFTER YOURSELF - FOR CARERS AND FAMILIES led by M. Berman and S. Ilse

WORKSHOP B - HELPING GRIEVING DADS FIND THE RIGHT TOOLS (open to partners and care givers as well as fathers) led by T. Nelson and S. Hale

17:00
Sands AGM
18:00
End of Day 1
      Mediaeval Banquet
      Back to main programme

 

 
MONDAY 1st OCTOBER 2007

8:15
ISA AGM
9:30
JOINT PLENARY
 
Sum-up
  Overview of previous day (Bereavement & Scientific)
 
S Springall
UK
Life after stillbirth: a mother's experience
 
R Sharma
UK
Individual grief and cultural influences
10:30     Coffee / Tea
10:50
CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS ISSUES IN BEREAVEMENT
 
A Chalmers
UK
Experience of training midwives in Abu Dhabi and Singapore
 
HL Sun
Taiwan
Experience of loss in Taiwan and the adaptation of guidelines with cultural/religious issues
 
J Schott / A Henley
UK
Culture, religion and childbearing losses
 
R Sadiq
UK
Tradition or Religion? Supporting families as a Muslim chaplain
12:20

Poster Session

   
13:00     Lunch
14:00
DIVERSITY OF DIFFERENT NEEDS IN DIFFERENT PREGNANCIES
 
V Culling
NZ
Five precious hours: Lessons from the tiny life of Raja
 
J Fisher
UK
The difficulties around making the decision to end a pregnancy because of abnormalities
 
C Clay
UK
When one of a twin survives
 
K Smith / F McGuire
AUS
The death of a baby in a lesbian relationship and subsequent pregnancy care
15:20     Coffee / Tea
15:40

WORKSHOP A - COMMUNICATING ACROSS LANGUAGE BARRIERS; FAMILIES AND LOSS - AN INTERACTIVE SESSION led by J. Schott and A. Henley

WORKSHOP B - UNDERSTANDING COUPLES DIFFERENT WAYS OF GRIEVING AND HOW TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER (open to care givers as well as parents) led by S. Ilse and T. Nelson

17:00
End of Day 2
      Dinner & Dance
      Back to main programme

 

 
TUESDAY 2nd OCTOBER 2007

9:30
JOINT PLENARY
 
Sum-up
  Overview of previous day (Bereavement & Scientific)
 
S Pullen
USA
Life after stillbirth: hope with a heartbeat
10:15
Presentation of abstract(s) of Best Poster Prize
10:40     Coffee / Tea
11:00
HELPING PARENTS THROUGH THEIR GRIEF
 
MF Chan
China
Factors affecting nurses attitude towards bereavement care - A Chinese study
 
T Stacey
NZ
The positive effects of parents being involved in studies
 
L Davis
AUS
Grief in the Workplace
 
P Brabin
AUS
Sands self help support and training parent supporters
 
T Nelson
USA
The impact of other losses in bereavement
 
C Bodkin
UK
Coping with grief: as an individual and in a couple
13:00     Lunch
14:00
MODELS OF CARE
 
L Davis / R Richardson
AUS
Empowering bereaved parents - their contribution to the PSANZ clinical guidelines
 
M Groot-Noordenbos
NL
The importance of psychosocial care following perinatal death
 
V Culling
NZ
Taking baby home - developments in support of bereaved parents, families & whanau in NZ
 
J Schott / A Henley
UK
The new Sands guidelines for professionals
 
H Patterson
NI
Care pathway following pregnancy loss
15:30     Coffee / Tea
16:00
WORKSHOP - BEYOND THE FIRST YEAR - CARE NEEDS AND WAYS OF REMEMBERING led by L. Davis, V. Culling, L. Christoffersen, E. Thorp, S. Isle, T. Nelson, R. Richardson
17:00 - 17:30
Closing of conference
      Back to main programme