Breastfeeding Meetings and
Related Professional Conferences

'Attachment Parenting International' Founders visit Dallas!

Natural Beginnings and DAPE (Dallas Association of Parent Education)
held a meeting with Attachment Parenting International
Co-founders on Monday, February 22, 2010.

You may join this yahoo group to receive regular updates on
Professional Breastfeeding Conferences
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/BabyConferences/

Dallas Lactation Consultant Association (DLCA)
A Chapter of the USLCA which is an affiliate of I.L.C.A.

2010 MEETING SCHEDULE:

May 27 - July 29 - Sep 23 - Nov 18

Meetings held at:
Fogelson Forum Building
Ground Floor Classroom C
Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Complex
8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, Tx 75231

For ILCA Affiliate or Program information,
Contact DLCA President,
Judy Eastburn, IBCLC (972) 549-0050

Dallas Area Breastfeeding Alliance (DABA)

Meetings are currently held the 1st Tuesday of each month from
12 - 1 pm. The goal is the promotion of breastfeeding and education
by local professionals. http://www.dallasbreastfeeding.org
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The Dallas Area Breastfeeding Alliance is an inclusive group of
breastfeeding supporters. We strive to promote breastfeeding
as the birthright of every child.

Our Mission
The mission of the Dallas Area Breastfeeding Alliance is to protect,
promote, and support breastfeeding in Dallas, Texas and the United
States. The DABA exists to ensure the rightful place of breastfeeding
in society. The DABA works to achieve the following goals:

GOAL I: Increase access to comprehensive, current, and
culturally appropriate lactation care and services for all women,
children, and families.
GOAL II: Ensure that breastfeeding is recognized as the normal and
preferred method of feeding and nurturing infants & young children.
GOAL III: Ensure that all state and local laws relating to child welfare
and family law recognize and support the importance and practice of breastfeeding.
GOAL IV: Increase protection, promotion, and support for
breastfeeding mothers in the work force.

September 2003, which are adapted from the USBC goals. http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/

The DABA is a volunteer, non-profit group.

Childbirth & Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA)

Contact: Michele Weatherford, Trainer - 661.860.1675 yourbirthyourway@aol.com
Cost: $350 Register: www.andthencamebaby.com

What You Will Learn:
* Goals/Roles of the Lactation Educator
* Historical Look at Breastfeeding
* Anatomical, Physiological, & Hormonal Aspects of Lactation
* Benefits of Breastfeeding/Hazards of Formula Feeding
* Successful Starts with Breastfeeding
* Working with the Hospital
* Maternal/Infant Challenges
* Pumping/Expressing Breastmilk
* Medications and Mothers Milk
* Fathers/Partners and Breastfeeding
* Teaching To Adult Learners
* Marketing Your Practice

Benefits of this program:
* You can teach in a variety of settings, from private classes to hospital
* You will understand the necessity of advocacy, promotion and support
of breastfeeding
* You will be able to market and target your audience
* You will begin the process of certification with CAPPA

For complete certification information, see www.cappa.net
-Michele Weatherford- CD, CPD, CLE, CTSP, CCCE DASC
Director of Membership CAPPA Director of Lactation Programs
CAPPA Postpartum Doula Trainer, CAPPA Lactation Educator Trainer
Santa Clarita, CA 661.860.1675 www.andthencamebaby.com

Inova Learning Network

.....is offering the following courses
(all located in metro Washington DC) Lactation Management Courses Directed By Vergie HughesPrepare for a career as a lactation consultant or upgrade your breastfeeding support skills for your current position. Learn from a
group of the most dedicated, experienced and well-respected lactation consultants, clinicians, researchers and authors in the nation. Inova Learning Network offers a program that will meet your personal and professional goals!

• Lactation Consultant Training Clinical Internship Lactation Management Expert Series
• Breastfeeding Specialist (NICU Specialist, Inpatient Specialist, Outpatient Specialist)
  

For more information, please call the Inova Learning Network at
703-776-3160 or e-mail candice.sullivan@inova.com.

Texas Department of State Health Services
Breastfeeding Training Courses

Principals of Lactation Management

Breastfeeding Trainings:
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/wichd/lactate/courses.shtm

Sponsored by
The Department of State Health Services and TALWD

Objectives

• To increase health-care providers’ knowledge of the need
  to promote and support breastfeeding. To increase health-care providers’ knowledge of breastfeeding
  management. To promote consistency of information given to breastfeeding
  mothers. To encourage the adoption of policies that promote and support
  breastfeeding.
• To encourage communities to work together to promote and
  support breastfeeding.

These courses are designed to prepare health-care providers to appropriately and adequately support breastfeeding women and
their infants. The material is presented at a level to fill the gaps
in professional education. 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.

Questions or comments about DSHS Breastfeeding Training Courses
should be directed to:
Hellen Sullivan (512) 458-7111 ext.3598 or (512) 458-7609.

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The Department of State Health Services and TALWD

Peer Counselor Trainer Workshop:

Questions about the Peer Counselor Trainer Workshop:
Jewell Stremler jewell.stremler@dshs.state.tx.us

The purpose of LLLI's Peer Counselor program is to develop support
systems within targeted communities that will provide ongoing access
to breastfeeding information and support by training those interested
in learning more about breastfeeding promotion, management, support
and techniques to help mothers breastfeed. These courses offer ideal instruction for those who wish to support, protect and promote
breastfeeding such as nurses, midwives, dietitians, childbirth educators,
doulas, social workers, teachers, corporate human services personnel,
health-care service office personnel, mothers, grandparents and
breastfeeding peer counselors.

NOTE: The Texas Department of Health (TDH) has merged with other agencies and is now part of the new Department of State Health
Services (DSHS), resulting in the following e-mail address format
change for all employees: firstname.lastname@dshs.state.tx.us.

International Lactation Consultants Association [ILCA]

Check out ILCA's Educator / Student Resources for
Breastfeeding Education Events All Over The World!

Provides Resources for Study Courses and Internships

La Leche League International

Lactation Specialist Workshops

Educational Offerings - Dates and Locations details at:
http://www.llli.org/LLLIeducation.html?m=0,2,0The ongoing series of Lactation Specialist Workshops are designed
for nurses, physicians and lactation specialists who work in a variety
of settings including hospitals, clinics and physicians' offices.

The workshops provide a post-graduate course for lactation specialists
on current breastfeeding information, and the skills and tools needed to assist breastfeeding mothers in prenatal and postnatal situations. Note: For the past 46 years, La Leche League International has been assisting mothers to breastfeed their babies. La Leche League is
recognized as the world's foremost authority on breastfeeding: educating lactation consultants, physicians, peer counselors, LLL Leaders, dietitians, nurses, and parents.

LLLI provides this series of lactation workshops for the individual who
desires more specific expertise in the field of lactation. With increasing
rates of breastfeeding initiation, it is essential that lactation specialists
have access to the skills, information, and education that will enable
them to meet the needs of mothers and babies.

By developing a knowledge base you can help to assist mothers in
achieving their goals will result in increased breastfeeding duration.

Breastfeeding Outlook

Marie Biancuzzo's Lactation Exam Review Course

http://www.breastfeedingoutlook.comPrepare for your lactation exam review with an intensive, two-day
"crash course" designed to help you tackle even the toughest topics
with confidence! Review pertinent facts and principles related to all
14 categories of the IBLCE exam in an interactive and responsive
learning environment. Learn effective test-taking strategies, engage in discussion of clinical scenarios, and get help interpreting more than 150 pictures in this seminar.

This is the only course where you'll get an individualized assessment
with an on-the-spot,computer-generated analysis of your strengths
and weaknesses for the exam. You'll also get a study guide with
practice questions, a 150-page binder of reference materials, and
a one-year subscription to the Breastfeeding Outlook newsletter.

barbara@breastfeedingoutlook.com
Printable registration form and further information at website

Breastfeeding Outlook - Ethics Course

"When Ethics and Evidence Collide: Solving Breastfeeding
Problems" with Marie Biancuzzo, RN MS IBCLC

http://www.breastfeedingoutlook.com/index.php?pageID=7

Goal:
To integrate ethical standards and principles into lactation practice. Objectives:
- Describe obstacles to and facilitators of the classic ethical principles associated with health care.
- Recognize how the sale and marketing of commercial feeding products
poses a conflict of interest and an ethical dilemma for the health care provider.
- Debate whether informed consent should be obtained for common
perinatal practices that have a negative impact on breastfeeding
(e.g., supplementation, circumcision, maternal epidural anesthesia).
- Using real-life scenarios, identify possible obstacles to ethical
decisions and choose ethical courses of action.
- Recognize and avoid common violations of intellectual property rights.

Marie Biancuzzo, RN MS IBCLC, is the author of Breastfeeding the
Newborn: Clinical Strategies for Nurses as well as more than 100 articles which have been published in some of the leading journals. She has practiced in perinatal healthcare for over two decades, mostly in
hospitals. Editor of the quarterly newsletter, Breastfeeding Outlook,
and a founding member of the United States Breastfeeding Committee,
Marie is currently President of Baby-Friendly USA. She teaches Marie Biancuzzo's Lactation Exam Review in more than a dozen cities each
year. Evidence for your practice starts here ...

barbara@breastfeedingoutlook.com
Printable registration form and further information:
http://www.breastfeedingoutlook.com

The Center for Breastfeeding -

a major focus of the Healthy Children Project Inc
Lactation Counselor Certificate Training Program (CLC)

This comprehensive, 5 day breastfeeding management course
includes practical skills, theoritical foundations, strategies and tips
for the management of breastfeeding in the hospital, public health
setting and the community within the context of counseling the mother.

Course content is guided by the Standards of Practice for Lactation Counsultants developed by the International Lactation Consultant Association and the International Board of Lactation Consultant
Examiners.

Successful completion results in the award of a certificate (CLC).

The Healthy Children Project is a non-profit research and educational institution dedicated to improving child health outcomes in partnership
with private, public and non-profit agencies.

Please visit our website at www.healthychildren.cc for more information.
The Center for Breastfeeding Healthy Children 8 Jan Sebastian Way
#13 Sandwich, MA 02563 phone 508 888 8044 (M-F 9-4:30 Eastern Time)
fax 508 888 8050 (24 hour fax line) email info@healthychildren.cc

Course Descriptions at:
http://www.healthychildren.cc/index.cfm?show=advanced

Lactation Consultant Preparation Programs

Lactation Education Consultants
$785, but for those registering one month or more prior to the start of
the course, price is $735. For four or more attendees from the same institution, paying by check or money order, please contact LEC for discount information *The core Lactation Consultant Preparation Program provides 47 clock
hours (56.4 CERPS/CEUS). Completion of a pre-course reading option and post-course practicum equals 45 contact hours 54 independent CERPS.
An additional fee is assessed for evaluation/grading of this optional independent study. Contact LECoffice@aol.com for more information.

For more information, please see our website or contact me:
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, RLC: ph 630.260.4847; email LECoffice@aol.com
Lactation Education Consultants Phone: 630-260-4847 (Central Time)
Fax: 630-260-8879 - or go to: www.lactationeducationconsultants.com

Lamaze Breastfeeding Support Specialist

18 Lamaze Contact Hours
18 Nursing Contact Hours
18 L IBLCE CERPs
An application for 18 contact hours has been made to ICEA
16 CDR Category II CE HoursThe Lamaze Breastfeeding Support Specialist workshop is designed for Childbirth Educators, Hospital-or community-based health professionals, Individuals interested in pursuing accreditation as a Lactation Consultants, Women who want to support other women both prenatally and during the early postpartum period

On the second day of this workshop, Lamaze offers the opportunity to work hands-on with breastfeeding dyads. A certificate of completion does not imply certification as a lactation consultant. Continuing education credits from this workshop can be used to satisfy some, but not all, requirements for certification as a lactation consultant. Instructors: Lamaze International selects only instructors who have the knowledge, expertise and teaching ability to provide you with the best learning opportunity. Based upon location and availability, your workshop will be presented by two of the following instructors:

Lamaze Breastfeeding Support Specialist Workshops