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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.<\/p>\n
Why Academy?<\/strong><\/p>\n Essentially, with Academy we hope to offer a one stop shop where pregnancy help leaders can access sector specific training that will help them and their organizations continue to serve their clients and communities with excellence. We recognize the difficulty of trying to research where to go get training on raising funds, leading organizations, serving clients, while simultaneously doing all of those things so our goal is to come alongside you to make it a bit easier. With our new learning plans feature, it\u2019s even easier to identify what you need to know about any given topic and locate those trainings and resources that you need to raise funds, lead your organization, serve clients, etc.<\/p>\n What\u2019s in the Academy?<\/strong><\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t take much effort in today\u2019s age to find a piece of information or training video online, but what sets Academy apart is our training goes beyond social work, christian counseling, nursing education, instead offering training and information through a Christian worldview specific to our pregnancy help community. With the expertise that we tap into through our faculty we\u2019re able to provide sector specific trainings which means we\u2019re not just training nurses in the physics and technical stuff on ultrasound, but training nurses\u00a0 to perform ultrasound in a pregnancy help organization as part of the process of building a relationship with that client. Not just the latest information chemical abortion, but how best to respond to clients in this shortened window of opportunity. Now with our learning plan feature added in, even if you don\u2019t know where to start, and don\u2019t know what you don\u2019t know you have a built-in guidance system of sorts to help make sure you find the right training for you.<\/p>\n Where does training happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n When Heartbeat Academy was first launched, we focused on building the online piece, that was what we were missing, but we\u2019ve been working really hard over the last 9 months to bring those virtual and in-person worlds together so that now by completing the surveys offered onsite you can receive credit for the training you\u2019re doing in person with Heartbeat as well as online, recorded all in one place in the Academy. So for example, the individuals who attend the Heartbeat International Annual Conference or attend Pregnancy Help Institute not only receive LAS credit, but also now have progress in their related learning paths to keep track of what they\u2019ve learned so far and other areas to be aware of or look to for future training.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ make_equal=”on” use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ specialty=”on” bg_img_1=”https:\/\/maternity-housing.extend.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/happy-young-woman-1980.jpg” background_size_1=”cover” use_background_color_gradient_1=”off” background_color_gradient_overlays_image_1=”on” admin_label=”Hero” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ inner_width=”100%” inner_max_width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false” top_divider_style=”graph” top_divider_color=”gcid-087136c8-e980-4127-8cc6-06298179692c” top_divider_arrangement=”above_content” bottom_divider_style=”graph” bottom_divider_color=”#FFFFFF” bottom_divider_flip=”horizontal” bottom_divider_arrangement=”above_content” use_custom_width=”on” width_unit=”off” custom_width_percent=”100%” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-087136c8-e980-4127-8cc6-06298179692c%22:%91%22top_divider_color%22%93}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ height=”300px” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ specialty_columns=”2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row_inner custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ background_color=”gcid-primary-color” custom_padding=”150px|6%|150px|6%|true|true” custom_padding_tablet=”150px|6%|150px|6%|true|true” custom_padding_phone=”50px|6%|150px|6%|false|true” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-primary-color%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]