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The Lactation Counselor Training CourseDownload the 2018 Spring Flyer or 2018 Fall Flyer for more information. |
• Maternity units in hospitals and birth centers. |
Research has shown that the education required of CLCs prior to certification is associated with improved breastfeeding outcomes.
Working in a variety of settings, including hospitals, WIC agencies, health departments, clinics, health care provider offices, and private practice, nationally certified CLCs are key to the US strategy of increasing breastfeeding rates in our communities, advocating for positive change in societies attitudes and behavior regarding breastfeeding, teaching breastfeeding classes, and assisting mothers to optimally breastfeed.
This research and competency based lactation management training provides
• Comprehensive breastfeeding management training |
This comprehensive, evidence-based, breastfeeding management course includes practical skills, theoretical foundations and competency verification. Clinical issues are explored and validated within the context of counseling the mother in the hospital and in public health and community settings. This course prepares partipants for professional lactation care.
Contact Hours: RNs: 45; RDs: 45; CLCs: 45 Contact Hours; IBLCs: 45 L-CERPs; College Credits: 3, MCH 330
Now Available! Additional 175 Contact Hours
Healthy Children Project Inc. is pleased to offer an additional 175 hours of online learning that can be taken in conjunction with the Certified Lactation Counselor Training Course. These hours are only being offered to participants who successfully complete the entire CLC course. The participant has up to six months after taking the training to register for the additional 175 contact hours. Once the participant has selected the optional 175 additional hours, they will have six months to complete the course work.
The additional 175 hours consist of the following topics and areas of concentration:
Lactation Counseling Practice utilizing the Pocket Guide to Lactation Management (Cadwell and Turner-Maffei).
The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative including the United States BFHI Standards, the 4-D Pathway to becoming Baby-Friendly, suggestions on getting started and training requirements, and the UK BFHI Standards used as a model of care.
Supporting ongoing breastfeeding with a focus on breastfeeding and the workplace. Resources include; The Business Case for Breastfeeding; the CDC Intervention Guide; and the USBC Background Paper: Workplace Accommodations to Support and Protect Breastfeeding.
Physiological and emmotional challenges to birth and breastfeeding utilizing Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth.
Cultuarlly sensitive treatment of mothers and families in lactatin care utilizing Cultural Completency for the Health Professional (Rose).
Anatomy and physiology of lactatin utilizing Breastfeeding and Human Lactation (Wambach).
In addition to the above mentioned resources, several supporting videos will be viewed.
There are multiple choice tests administered online in segments throughout the 175 hours. Participants must pass one segment before being allowed to move on to the next segment.

Tuition Lactation Counselor Training Course
Regular Tuition | Early Bird Tuition** | |
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Individual | $625 | $575 |
Group (4 or more from same agency) |
$575 | $525 |
Application & Exam Fees (per person) The Certified Lactation Counselor Exam is administered by the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice (ALPP). The cost includes Certified Lactation Counselor exam fee of $100, plus application fee of $20 |
$120 | |
Textbook (Pocket Guide for Lactation Management, 3rd Edition) |
$55 | |
Additional 175 Hours Option (must be combined with full course and exam) | $350 | |
** Early Bird: an early registration discount of $50 is available if your check or credit card information is received 4 weeks (28 days) prior to the training. |
The Advanced Issues in Lactation Practice – Advanced Nurse Lactation Consultant (ANLC) Advanced Lactation Consultant (ALC) Certification Program is accredited by the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice.
2018 | |
May 7 - 11 |
Carlsbad (Oceanside), CA |
November 12 - 16 |
Germany |
December 3 -7 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
Contact Hours: RNs: 45; RDs: 34; CLC's: 45 Contact Hours; IBLCs: 39L and 6E CERPs; College Credits: 3, MCH 431
This interactive course provides IBLCs 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 cases, and develop management strategies using knowledge of psychology, sociology, infant development, gender studies, professional interrelations and ethics.
Who should attend?
Nurses, lactation consultants and counselors, midwives, physicians, doulas, childbirth educators, volunteer breastfeeding helpers, speech/language/occupational therapists WIC breastfeeding and nutrition staff.
"Last year I attended the Advanced course and this was a great way to test competency within the field of lactation, seeing mothers with tricky situations and problems that needed in depth questioning, rationalizing and plan of care actions. This is the first time I was given the opportunity to use my skills in a settling that tested my competency as an IBLC. I feel like this was a great way to test the skill set of a lactation counselor. It was different that the usual sitting through a lecture for CERPS, it put you in the drivers seat. Lecture type competencies are good for keeping abreast on new research and continuing education, but they do not let you use your skill set to help a client in need." |
Prerequisite:
For Advanced Nurse Lactation Consultant Certification: IBLC or Healthy Children CLC and current RN license.
For Advanced Lactation Consultant Certification: IBLC and Healthy Children CLC plus successful completion of the course Maternal Infant Assessment for Breastfeeding and Human Lactation.
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Healthy Children Project, Inc. is pleased to announce that on April 5, 2011, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a registration certificate for the certification mark Certified Lactation Counselor®. The Certified Lactation Counselor® mark communicates to the public that individuals authorized to use the mark have met the Healthy Children standards of excellence and possess knowledge and skills essential to competent practice in lactation management and counseling.
Certified Lactation Counselor® is a registered certification mark owned by Healthy Children Project, Inc. LCTC & CLC Exam is a certification mark owned by Healthy Children, Inc.