Ohio

Susan Luddington will provide a full day of information on kangaroo care. She is a Carl W. and Margaret Davis Walter Professor of Pediatric Nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OHIO
The conference will provide the participant with info. about the origins of Kangarooo Care as well as the physiological benefits to infants and their parents.

The participant will be able to know the benefits of non-separation and discuss the effects of Kangaroo care on hormone secretion, neurotransmitter release, cortisol, pain, sleep and brain development.

1. Discuss worksite barriers for breastfeeding
2. Describe approaches to successful breastfeeding by employed breastfeeding mothers
3. Discuss barriers to exclusive breastfeeding
4. Describe approaches to improve breastfeeding rates
5. Discuss pertiment physical and developmental alterations in near term infants and mothers relative to establishing and maintaining breastfeeding
6. Describe care plans for near term infant
7. Discuss advocacy projects and programs
8. Describe making changes in work setting to advocate breastfeeding.

Comprehensive breastfeeding management training

Practical skills that will make you more effective in your job

Time-saving hospital strategies that make breastfeeding a success

Strategies and tips for special circumstances - premies, Down Syndrome,
newborns affected by medications, and more

How to talk to mothers in a way that encourages them to choose breastfeeding

Public Health/WIC strategies that work to increase breastfeeding success

Confidence building knowledge and skills

Offered by TriHealth Hospitals Breastfeeding Support Services and featuring:
Jacqueline H. Wolf, PhD - Professor of the History of Medicine, Chair of the Department of Social Medicine at Ohio University; author of Don't Kill Your Baby: Public Health and the Decline of Breastfeeding in the 19th and 20th Centuries
and
Alison K. Hazelbaker, PhD, MA, IBCLC, CST, RCST - LC private practice for 25 years; certified in Cranio-Sacral Therapy and Lymphatic Drainage Therapy; author of the Assessment Tool for Lingual Frenulum Function (ATLFF); inventor of the Hazelbaker FingerFeeder

Please visit Healthy Children site for more information.

The original Lactation Consultant Exam Review / Lactation Management Course, in its 20th season, developed by IBLCE Founder and author of Comprehensive Lactation Consultant Exam Review Linda J. Smith.

The 2011 course will be held March 21-26, 2011 at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio and is approved for a total of 45 CERPs.