Foundations for Best Practice in Lactation Care: The 5 Day Course

Professional Education in Breastfeeding and Lactation

Red Lion Inn at the Park, Spokane, WA

Course Description

Foundations for Best Practice in Lactation Care: The 5 Day Course, is a complete, in-person, core program to begin practice in evidence-based breastfeeding and lactation care.  Participants will be able to provide accurate, current and consistent information about breastfeeding and lactation and be able to 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  breastfeeding mothers and infants.

Who Should Attend

• An individual who wants basic preparation for becoming an IBCLC
• An 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/or postpartum doula
• WIC Program clinic staff
• Facilitator of early parenting education
• La Leche League leader
• Public health nurse working with new families
• Occupational Therapist or Speech Language Pathologist working with breastfeeding newborns
• Registered Dietitian working with pregnant and breastfeeding women and their babies   

Course Topics

anatomy of the breast | the wonders of human milk | getting breastfeeding started | position and latch | early breastfeeding expectations | near term/late preterm/preterm infants | early clinical challenges in breastfeeding | communicating effectively with new mothers | tools and techniques of the trade | insufficient milk challenges | hyperbilirubinemia | normal breastfeeding patterns and predictable hurdles from three to six months | postpartum adaptation | breastfeeding and working outside the home | breastfeeding after six months | biological weaning from the breast | feeding and parenting issues of new families

Instructors

Molly Pessl, BSN, IBCLC and EPE Faculty.  Please take a moment to get to know  the faculty at the  Evergreen Perinatal Education's Website.                            

Education Credits

To earn any contact hour credit, daily attendance is required; no partial credits are availablae. Participants will obtain a Certificate as a Lactation Educator.

International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners, Provider Number: CLT108-4   

• 45 CERPs (43 L  & 2 E) (For IBCLCs only)
• 45 instructional hours on the IBLCE Exam Blueprint (for preparation for first IBLCE exam)              

Commission on Dietetic Registration

• 45 CPE hours, Category II (For RDs only)                                        

Provider approved by California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number: CEP 14127 5          

• 54 contact hours (50 minute hours) (For RNs only)

Registration

It is quick and easy to register for this course using this online registration form.  Click the Register Now! button below and pay using either a credit card or check.  If you work for an organization that requires the use of Purchase Orders, please contact kristi@evergreenperinataleducation.com first to make special arrangements.  Please understand we cannot confirm your attendance for this course until payment has been received and processed.

Registration requests received after the course has reached capacity are placed on a waiting list.  EPE will notify individuals immediately when space becomes available and payment must be processed promptly.

Fees
$ 895 Early bird rate available through August 10, 2012
$ 995 Regular rate available through September 4, 2012

The registration fee includes course materials, continental breakfast, lunch, breaks, and continuing education credits.

Can't make this course? Here are some of our other 2012 offerings: 

 Foundations for Best Practice in Lactation Care: The 5 Day Course

October 1-5, 2012  Minneapolis, MIn - Hosted by FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES 

October15-19, 2012  Berkeley, CA   USA - SWAG Sponsored 

Clinical Applications in Lactation Care: A 2-day practice-oriented intensive course

Bellevue, Washington - November 29-30, 2012