Lactation Counseling and Problem Solving - Texas WIC

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).

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.

Topics include:
* Assessment of the Breast
* Overcoming Breastfeeding Challenges in the first week
* Overcoming Breastfeeding Challenges after the first two weeks
* Maternal use of Medications, Herbs, and Recreational Drugs
* Infant Assessment for Breastfeeding
* Infant Oral Anatomy and How it Relates to Breastfeeding
* Common Concerns of the Breastfed Infant
* Infants with High Risk Anomalies for Breastfeeding

Registration fee includes conference materials, continental breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, and "Breastfeeding Management for the Clinician: Using the Evidence" by Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC.

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