Professional Education in Breastfeeding and Lactation A Six Day Course: February 1st-3rd and 5th-7th

Recommended for:

* Individual who wants basic preparation for becoming a board-certified lactation consultant
* IBCLC requiring CERPS or exam preparation for re-certification
* Maternity or pediatric nurse working with families with small babies
* Obstetrician, midwife, pediatrician or family medicine physician involved with the daily feeding and parenting issues of new families
* Childbirth educator
* Labor and postpartum doula
* WIC clinic staff member

* Facilitator of early parenting education
* Social worker, Early Headstart staff
* La Leche League leader who wants updates and new scientific resources
* Public health nurse or staff person working with new families
* Occupational or respiratory therapist working with breastfeeding newborns
* Registered Dietician working with pregnant women, new mothers and their babies

Course Description

This in-depth course enables participants to provide accurate, current and consistent information about breastfeeding and lactation and support new families in feeding their babies from birth through the process of weaning. Each participant will be given the knowledge to work with other healthcare providers to ensure continuity of care for the breastfeeding mother and her infant(s).

In addition each particpant will:

* practice taking a multiple choice exam in lactation
* present and learn from written projects and oral case studies
* begin preparation for the certification exam to become an IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant)
* receive a certificate of completion at conclusion of course

All areas of the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners exam grid are included, and the course content is based on current scientific research as it applies to "best practice" issues in the clinical setting.