Lactation Courses
The Center for Breastfeeding courses are indispensable for
professionals working in the area of breastfeeding and human lactation. This
includes physicians, nurses, nutritionists, public health providers, educators,
lactation consultants, hospital staff, public health/WIC personnel, childbirth
educators, public health nurses, nurses who work with pregnant or postpartum
women, OB/GYNs, visiting nurses, pediatricians, family practice physicians,
breastfeeding advocates, midwives, perinatal outreach workers... To
download a summary of these courses, plus the registration form, click
here. Please note: the course catalog does not have the dates of the
trainings! They can be found on this page (below) or please call us for
more information.
Healthy Children's Center for Breastfeeding has the expertise to meet
your career and personal development needs with a wide range of lactation
training programs. Enhance your community or hospital through these
courses. And as a dual benefit, for those seeking CLC re-certification, the
advanced programs listed here, as well and those listed under conferences,
can be used for CLC renewal.
The Lactation Counselor Certificate Training Program
This research based training provides
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
This comprehensive, evidence-based, breastfeeding management course includes practical skills, theoretical foundations and competency verification. Technical issues are explored within the context of counseling the mother in the hospital and in public health and community settings. This course prepares participants for professional work helping mothers and babies: this program trains participants how to gain insight into clients' problems, with a strong focus on counseling skills.
The CLC offers continuing education
credits for RNs (45 contact hours through ANCC), RDs (45 CPEUs through CDR),
IBCLCs (45.0L CERPs through IBLCE) and Nurse-Midwives (3.9 CEUs through ACNM), 3
college credits (MCH 330, only for students at Union Institute and University).
The Lactation Counselor Certificate Training Program (CLC) is accredited by the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice and the ANCC Commission on Accreditation as a Nursing Skills Competency Program. It is also approved through the Accreditation and Approval Review Committee (AARC) on Education in Human Lactation and Breastfeeding. AARC, jointly sponsored by ILCA and IBLCE, is the formal accreditation and approval body for education in the lactation consultant profession.
For a list of current dates, please click here.
Advanced Issues in
Lactation Practice:
Advanced Nurse Lactation Consultant (ANLC) and
Advanced Lactation Consultant (ALC)
Certification
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 and the ANCC Commission on Accreditation as a Nursing Skills Competency Program.
September 27 - October 1, 2010 in Albany, NY
January 31 - February 4, 2011 in Duluth, MN
March 28 - April 1, 2011 in Cheyenne, WY
RNs: 45 Contact Hours; RDs: 34; CLCs: 45 Contact Hours; IBCLCs: 39L and 6E CERPs; College Credits: 3, MCH 431
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 cases, and develop management strategies using knowledge of psychology, sociology, infant development, gender studies, professional interrelations and ethics. Click here for a flyer.
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.
Pre-requisite:
For Advanced Nurse Lactation Consultant Certification: IBCLC or Healthy Children CLC and current RN license.
For Advanced Lactation Consultant Certification: IBCLC or Healthy Children CLC plus successful completion of the course Maternal Infant Assessment for Breastfeeding and Human Lactation.
Community
Breastfeeding Educator
September 22 - 24, 2010 in Houston, TX
RNs: 20 Contact Hours; RDs: 20; IBCLCs: 20L CERPs
This foundation course for community workers in
maternal child health focuses on providing services to pregnant women to
encourage the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding. Strategies
for providing anticipatory guidance and support in order to prevent
breastfeeding problems and to address barriers to breastfeeding, and to
enable women to overcome any perceived or actual breastfeeding
problems. To download the flyer and registration form, click here.
Maternal and
Infant Assessment for the Breastfeeding and Human Lactation
September 20 & 21, 2010 in Houston, TX
December 2 & 3, 2010 in Cincinnati, OH
February 7 & 8, 2011 in Tampa, FL
RNs: 13 Contact Hours; RDs: 14; IBCLCs: 13L CERPs; College Credits: 2,
MCH 331
This course examines assessment parameters and
skills within the role of
case finding, reporting, noting change and documenting the assessment.
Major topics covered in the course are normal and gross anatomy of
mother and infant, normal and abnormal development of the anatomy and
physiology of the breastfeeding mother and baby, infant assessment
scales, breast and maternal assessment, lexicon of assessment and
documentation. Click here for the flyer.
Take the 20 Hour Course
Calhoun, GA on September 21 - 23, 2010
RNs: 20 Contact Hours; RDs: 20; IBCLCs: 20L CERPs
Take the 20 Hour Course over 3 days. This course
fulfills the UNICEF recommendations for those who work with mothers
and babies. Based on the new 20 hour curriculum in support of the Ten
Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, this course was developed with
support from the US Department of Health and Human Services for the US
Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. Please click here to download the flyer.
Learn to Teach the 20 Hour Course
(Applied Teaching
Methods in Lactation Education for Health Professionals, Educators and
Staff who Support the WHO/UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative)
March 22 - 26, 2010 in Hyannis, MA
December 6 - 10, 2010 in Cincinnati, OH
RNs: 45 Contact Hours; RDs: 34; IBCLCs: 45.0L CERPs; College Credits: 2,
MCH 332
This course is designed to train those who will
teach the 20 hour course required by the Baby-Friendly Hospital
Initiative for training health professionals, educators and staff.
This offering provides a weeklong learning laboratory to assist
participants in mastering the materials, methods and scientific
evidence that form the basis of the 20 Hour Course (as developed by
UNICEF and the World Health Organization, and adapted for the US by
Healthy Children Project). This course is organized around the
concepts, strategies and applications involved in adult learning,
Utilizing these concepts, participants will present sections of the
20 hour course to other participants (topics and materials will be
assigned on-site). In addition, barriers and strategies to
implementing the Ten Steps will be addressed. It is recommended that
learners have a firm understanding of the basic concepts of
lactation before taking this course. Click here for the file.
Case
Studies in Lactation Practice: Skills and Strategies
TBA
RNs: 13 Contact Hours; IBCLCs:
13L CERPs
This course provides a new framework for evaluating
and solving breastfeeding problems. Case studies will be examined
through an 8 level process. Working in large and small groups,
participants will gain insight and direction for solving lactation
problems. Learn from the authors who wrote the book on Case Studies
in Breastfeeding!
Working
Together: Communication and Teamwork Strategies for Reclaiming
Breastfeeding
TBA
RNs: 13 Contact Hours; RDs: 12; IBCLCs:
13L CERPs
This course explores the theories of team and group
processes including the use of teamwork tools, participatory action
research, data driven planning, quality improvement processes and
evidence-based practice using a framework of breastfeeding promotion,
protection and support. Breastfeeding coalitions, WIC programs,
hospital staff and others can benefit from this training.
Click click here to download the flyer.
Developing and Implementing Evidence Based
Clinical Practices
Distance Learning course being offered Fall 2009. Call for
more information.
College Credits: 2, MCH 430
Evidence based practice is an emerging model for
objectively examining the validity of common health practices. Its
practice entails careful formulation of the presenting problem,
evaluation of existing knowledge and research regarding treatment
options and integration of new information into practice. This course
explores evidence based clinical practices and provides a framework
for integrating this new paradigm into existing hospital policies and
procedures. Breastfeeding practices and the UNICEF Baby-Friendly
Hospital Initiative are used as the exemplar for the course. To download the flyer, click here.
Learn at Home Modules
Self Study Modules for you to take at home
Credits available for RNs, RDs, IBCLCs, and CLCs
Read about a topic that interests you, answer
questions about the reading, and earn contact hours for continuing
education. Click here to
download a flyer, or request more information on the request form
below.
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