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Heartbeat International Academy offers life-affirming leaders, staff members, volunteers, and supporters with access to online webinars and courses on a wide variety of topics. In the Academy, you'll find trainings on our core foundational materials, as well as on topics on everything from the history of abortion in the United States to fundraising basics, and from prenatal diagnostic tests to implementing STI testing in your center.

Attention New Students: Heartbeat Academy is getting a new home! Course subscriptions purchased after March 1, 2021 are now found at www.HeartbeatAcademy.org.

Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you need assistance locating your courses or migrating your account to the our new home. 

Use the links below to explore the different ways you can use the Academy to enhance the knowledge and skills of you and your organization.

Upcoming Webinars

Solution Focused Therapy

October 26, 2021 at 12pm EST
Presented by Valerie Humes

Solution Focused Therapy is practical for every role in the housing ministry and is not exclusive to professionals! This webinar on Solution Focused Therapy will equip participants with practical strategies to apply SFT techniques in their daily interactions with residents. SFT focuses on empowering the resident to independently construct solutions to barriers of life. This approach does not require residents to relive or discuss their past experiences but instead allows them to address their present feelings and the future that lies ahead.

Preparing Your Center for Dobbs V Jackson Women's Health Organization (3-part series)

As the Supreme Court gets ready to hear the Dobbs vs Jackson Women's Health Organization case, your staff, donors, board, and community members will have questions. This webinar bundle (complimentary for affiliates!) will give you the information to navigate these times with confidence.

Part 1: October 27 @12pm EST - The Results of Dobbs and the Impact on Clients 
Presented by Beth Diemert and Sara Littlefield

As we anticipate a possible change in Roe, this is a perfect time to evaluate & plan for client programs that deliver hope and a future in response to their cultural worldview. Join us as we explore the ways you can help your clients be best informed in the valley of decision, now, and as we await the Dobbs oral arguments in November and their outcome likely in late June.

Part 2: November 2 @12pm EST - Dobbs for Donors - Advancement Perspective 
Presented by Cindi Boston

Given the weight of the Dobbs case at the Supreme Court, it presents a unique opportunity to tell our stories. It is an exciting time to communicate with donors, create & execute a strategic plan for client programs, and enlist your financial partners in your bigger plan to deliver hope and change in your community -- with or without a change in Roe. Join us as we explore the ways you can inspire your donors as we await the Dobbs oral arguments in November and the outcome likely in late June.  

Part 3: November 9 @12pm EST - Communications Strategy: Tools & Approaches for working with Media 
Presented by Andrea Trudden

Journalism has changed a lot over the years, and remains a key form of communication. With eyes on pregnancy help and the pro-life movement in general, is your center ready to accept a call from a reporter? Do you have a media plan? Join us as we walk through how to message your organization to anyone and provide you with the tools your center needs to have an effective Communications Strategy. 

>> Click here for our recent webinar series on Coronavirus and Your Pregnancy Help Organization!

And remember, you can always access our recorded webinar archives by clicking here. 

Fall 2021 Courses 

• ConCERT

  8-week course, starting September 13, 2021
  The next session of ConCERT will cover consulting considerations, fertility, conception, fetal development, sexual integrity, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, abortion risks, and much more. By the end of this training, you will earn enough CEU's to apply for or renew your Life Affirming Specialist Designation. Learn more

• Courageously Pro-Life

  12-week course, starting September 27, 2021
  This training will not only cover the sanctity of human life from multiple perspectives using history and scripture, but will equip staff and volunteers with a practical knowledge of how this information applies to their work in a pregnancy help organization. Learn more

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