South-West

Challenges to Exclusive Breastfeeding: How to assess and manage for a positive outcome

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:20:39 -0600

Start: 02/27/2012

Timezone: US/Pacific

Presented by LLL Pacific Horizons Area and Children's Hospital of Orange County

9:30 Breastfeeding Friendly Jaundice Management
11:00 Overcoming Breastfeeding Challenges of Diabetic
Mothers
1:15 Initiating Supplementation in the Hospital
2:45 Assessing Feeding Adequacy in Newborns

Faculty:
Basia Tcheng, MD
Susan Wu, MD
Susan Aldana, IBCLC
Karen Peters MBA, RD, IBCLC

The Lactation Counselor Certificate Training Program (CLC) Healthy Children

pam — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:20:20 -0500

Start: 02/27/2012

End: 03/02/2012

Timezone: US/Central

What is the CLC course?

Principles of Lactation Management - Texas WIC

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:59:41 -0600

Start: 03/06/2012

End: 03/07/2012

Timezone: US/Central

This course is designed to prepare health-care providers to appropriately and adequately support breastfeeding women and their infants. The material is presented at a level to fill the gaps in professional education. DSHS believes that a positive, proactive approach to breastfeeding promotion and support can only be achieved through team effort. Thus, all levels of health-care workers directly affecting breastfeeding women and their infants are encouraged to attend.

New Mexico Breastfeeding 18th Annual Conference Advanced Concepts in Breastfeeding "Exclusive Breastfeeding: Achieving the Goal"

pam — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:53:37 -0600

Start: 03/08/2012

End: 03/09/2012

Timezone: US/Arizona

The New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force Presents

At the conclusion of this conference, the participant will be able to:

• Identify policies/procedures that impact breastfeeding initiation and duration rates.
• List the contraindications to breastfeeding.
• Identify maternal and infant risk factors that can impact breastfeeding.
• Implement five supportive hospital maternity practices that significantly extend breastfeeding duration
among mothers of healthy, term infants, regardless of socioeconomic status.

1st Annual Breastfeeding Conference for Physicians and Healthcare Professionals “Breastfeeding the Premature Infant"

pam — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:09:32 -0600

Start: 03/10/2012

Timezone: US/Arizona

Speaking:
Nils Bergman, MPH, MD, PhD is a world renowned physician, has a Masters Degree in Public Health and a PhD in clinical Pharmacology. He developed and researched the concept of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for premature infants. This concept dramatically changed the paradigm for neonatal care and improved the survival of premature infants. He currently is Lecturer and Research Associate in the Department of Human Biology, Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town in South Africa.

Lactation Counseling and Problem Solving - Texas WIC

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:31:28 -0600

Start: 04/17/2012 - 8:30am

Timezone: US/Central

This course is designed for health professionals who counsel breastfeeding mothers and would like to improve problem-solving skills. The emphasis is in critical thinking and the helping process. It is an intermediate level course and is activity oriented. Course content is reviewed on a regular basis by the authors in accordance with the Standards of Practice set forth by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE).

Fourth International Congress on Donor Human Milk Banking Sponsored by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America

pam — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:49:56 -0500

Start: 04/23/2012

End: 04/24/2012

Timezone: US/Mountain

Embracing Human Milk in the 21st Century - Practice Research and Results

Conference Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
• Provision of evidence in support of the use of donor human milk in the NICU.
• Explore the effects of storage and processing of human milk.
• Provision of information in support of breastfeeding and use of human milk.
• Increase knowledge about the operation of milk banks including the experience of milk donation.
• Increase understanding of milk banking in selected countries.

Foundations for Best Practice in Lactation Care: "The 5 Day Course" hosted by Evergreen Perinatal Education

pam — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:33:16 -0600

Start: 05/07/2012

End: 05/11/2012

Timezone: US/Arizona

This in-depth and in-person professional education in breastfeeding and lactation course, provides 37.5 theoretical hours for the new IBLCE exam eligibility requirements beginning in 2012.

Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate as a Lactation Educator and each participant will be given the knowledge to work with other healthcare providers to to ensure continuity of care for breastfeeding mothers and infants

The Lactation Counselor Certificate Training Program (CLC) Healthy Children

pam — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:22:59 -0500

Start: 06/04/2012

End: 06/08/2012

Timezone: US/Pacific

This research and competency based lactation management training provides

Comprehensive breastfeeding management training
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Practical skills that will make you more effective in your job
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Time-saving hospital strategies that make breastfeeding a success
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Strategies and tips for special circumstances - premies, Down Syndrome,
newborns affected by medications, and more
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How to talk to mothers in a way that encourages them to choose breastfeeding
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Advanced Issues in Lactation Consulting (ANLC/ALC)

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:13:51 -0600

Start: 08/27/2012 - 8:15am

End: 08/31/2012 - 4:30pm

Timezone: US/Hawaii

This interactive course provides IBCLCs and CLCs with the opportunity to earn advanced certification in lactation management while verifying the insight, knowledge and skills essential to the development and implementation of management strategies for complex problems related to breastfeeding and human lactation. Participants will examine actual challenging cases, and develop management strategies using knowledge of psychology, sociology, infant development, gender studies, professional interrelations and ethics.