The B.L.A.C.K. Course 45 Hours Lactation Education Course
The B.L.A.C.K Course is facilitating the 45 Hour Lactation Course led by and for aspiring Black lactation professionals and Non Black Accomplices supporting Black Communities. The Course will be taught virtually; Wednesday, October 4 to Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Class will not be held on Saturday and Sunday. This 45 hours course qualifies towards to IBLCE 95 lactation specific educational hours required for the IBCLC exam.
Cost: $750.00
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This is a live, virtual training event.
This training event meets from October 4 to October 10.
Meets Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
This training event meets 7 times for a total of 45 hours.
Simkin Center for Allied Birth Vocations
Want more information about our Birth and Postpartum Doula Workshops? Are you interested in becoming a birth or postpartum doula? Are you a practicing doula looking for ideas? Do you have questions about the Doula Certification process via DONA? Meet with our Birth and Postpartum Doula Instructors! to get your questions answered!
Cost: $0.00
Instructor(s): Laurie Levy, Kim James & Tracy McPhillips
This is a live, virtual training event.
Meets Monday October 9 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
This training event meets once for 1 hours.
This is your chance to dive deeper and truly become the birthing expert in every room. Your chance to experience what it feels like when the birth team starts to actually listen to you because what you recommend works. Time after time. Certified BRM® pros are easy to spot because they are confident and intentional — they know what to do and when to do it! They know the biomechanics of the pelvis intimately and understand precisely how to use their in-depth knowledge to help their clients get the outcomes AND experience they dream of. Invest in yourself to invest in your clients. This is a live, online 5-month workshop from October 2023 - February 2024.
Cost: $1950.00
Instructor(s): Lindsay McCoy, Lauren Ohayon, Gail Tully, Denise Bolds, Adrienne Caldwell, Ja'neen Washington, Lindsey Vestal
This is a live, virtual training event.
This training event meets from October 12 to December 28.
Meets Thursday from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time
This training event meets 12 times for a total of 32 hours.
The Martha Browning Bryant Memorial Lecture 2023
Join us for a transformative daylong conference, The Martha, as we mark the 30th anniversary of this empowering event. Designed exclusively for birth workers, this year's conference will focus on updates in mental healthcare, the importance of doula services, and techniques for calming our nervous system. Together, we will explore innovative approaches, share best practices, and foster a supportive community dedicated to enhancing birth experiences. This is a celebratory year for our event as it is the 30th Memorial Lecture program honoring the namesake, Martha Browning Bryant who was tragically murdered on her way home from a birth. A beloved friend and colleague, her memory has lived through this program, bringing brilliance and community together year after year.
Cost: $150.00
Instructor(s): Telia Anderson, Linda Chamberlain, Jessica Harrison, Ellen Tilden, Kristen Mackiewicz
This is a live, virtual training event.
Meets Saturday October 14 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
This training event meets once for 8 hours.
The 2023 conference will be a multi-day event held in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. We are planning for interactive live sessions where participants will gain important new skills while also connecting with doula colleagues. The in-person aspect of the event will once again bring us together to learn, grow, reflect, and celebrate the work of the doula and the future of our profession. EARLY BIRD REGISRATION APRIL 1 - MAY 15. The Summit focuses on key areas for professional growth offering continuing education hours for recertification with DONA International. Full attendance meets both the birth doula and postpartum doula recertification requirement. The DONA International Summit is one way we continue to provide the highest standard of evidence-based training and education to our members. The core conference qualifies as formal continuing education for doula recertification and trainer reapproval with DONA International and most other certification organizations.
Cost: $595.00
Instructor(s):
This is a live, virtual training event.
This training event meets from October 18 to October 23.
Meets Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM Pacific Standard Time
This training event meets 4 times for a total of 15 hours.
The 2023 conference will be a multi-day event held in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. We are planning for interactive live sessions where participants will gain important new skills while also connecting with doula colleagues. The in-person aspect of the event will once again bring us together to learn, grow, reflect, and celebrate the work of the doula and the future of our profession. REGISTRATION OPENS SOON. The Summit focuses on key areas for professional growth offering continuing education hours for recertification with DONA International. Full attendance meets both the birth doula and postpartum doula recertification requirement. The DONA International Summit is one way we continue to provide the highest standard of evidence-based training and education to our members. The core conference qualifies as formal continuing education for doula recertification and trainer reapproval with DONA International and most other certification organizations.
Cost: $595.00
Instructor(s):
This is a live, virtual training event.
This training event meets from October 18 to October 23.
Meets Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM Pacific Standard Time
This training event meets 4 times for a total of 15 hours.
Would you like to help birthing parents learn what really matters to have the birth of their dreams? Through BirthWorks, you can help women have more trust and faith in their knowledge that their body already knows how to give birth. This is a unique and innovative approach that through the practice of human values integrates the mind, body, and spirit, helping to increase confidence and decrease fear in birth. This comprehensive, high-quality workshop is part of our certification training program to become a certified BirthWorks Childbirth Educator. If you chose to also do your Certification, the additional fee is $550US, including a home-self study program one-to-one personal mentorship through your training!
Cost: $525.00
Instructor(s):
This is a live, virtual training event.
This training event meets from October 20 to October 23.
Meets Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
This training event meets 4 times for a total of 20 hours.
Would you like to be both a Childbirth Educator and a Doula at births? The “BirthWorks Experience” is the best way to support women before and during birth. Your doula clients will sit right in your childbirth classes! Save time and money by attending BirthWorks combo immersion ACED (Accelerated Childbirth Educator and Doula) Workshop! Receive streamlined requirements, your own personal Mentor and a home self-study program. (This immersion is only for those motivated to complete two BirthWorks certification training programs simultaneously – Childbirth Educator and Birth Doula).
Cost: $700.00
Instructor(s):
This is a live, virtual training event.
This training event meets from October 29 to November 5.
Meets Monday, Saturday, Sunday from 12:00 PM to 11:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
This training event meets 4 times for a total of 40 hours.
Black Breastfeeding Peer Counselors Are Essential! The B.L.A.C.K Course is facilitating the 24 Hour Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Training led by and for aspiring Black lactation professionals and Non Black Accomplices supporting Black Communities. The Course will be taught virtually; Friday, November 3 to Sunday,November 5, 2023. Why Take The Blactavist Peer Counselor Support Training? Many in the lactation field started their careers as breastfeeding peer counselors. Actually, The B.L.A.C.K. Course team started in peer capacities. If you are a breastfeeding/lactating person who would like to support your community this is the course for you! This 24 hours course provides students with entry level lactation specific education to provide optimal peer support. Students will learn the basics of counseling, latch and position, milk production, how to prepare for breastfeeding, and facilitating breastfeeding support groups. All from the Black perspective!
Cost: $250.00
Instructor(s):
This is a live, virtual training event.
This training event meets from November 3 to November 5.
Meets Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
This training event meets 3 times for a total of 24 hours.
Simkin Center for Allied Birth Vocations
Want more information about our Birth and Postpartum Doula Workshops? Are you interested in becoming a birth or postpartum doula? Are you a practicing doula looking for ideas? Do you have questions about the Doula Certification process via DONA? Meet with our Birth and Postpartum Doula Instructors! to get your questions answered!
Cost: $0.00
Instructor(s): Laurie Levy, Kim James & Tracy McPhillips
This is a live, virtual training event.
Meets Monday November 13 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
This training event meets once for 1 hours.
Learn how to reduce postpartum discomforts with African-American practices in this one-day, six-hour intensive, live webinar.
Cost: $750.00
Instructor(s): Shafia Monroe
This is a live, virtual training event.
Meets Tuesday November 14 from 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM Pacific Standard Time
This training event meets once for 6 hours.
(Payment Plans available) This event meets the workshop requirement for International Board Certification through MaternityWise for the CLD, CPD and CLSE programs. You will also have eClasses to complete as well as reading and written work along with mentoring assignments and hands-on evaluations with clients. This is a concise way to learn the practical aspects of becoming a full scope maternity caregiver. While there are no pre-requisites, a basic understanding of birth is important. Labor Doula Focus EpiDoula (reducing epidural complications) Postpartum Doula Focus Lactation Support and Educator Focus Birth Business Focus --- Many topics within each focus overlap, so this is the most efficient way to get all 3 skill sets covered at once.
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In-Person Event
Cost: $1475.00
Instructor(s): Anne Wallen, Hilary Colson, Cate Fish, Simone Junious
This training event meets from December 8 to December 10.
Meets Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 9:00 AM to 6:00 AM
This training event meets 3 times for a total of 24 hours.
Large, Private Hosted Residence
1432 S 20th St, Philadelphia PA 19146
929-547-9473
Labor Doula + EpiDoula + Postpartum Doula + Lactation Support & Educator - All Virtual in a Super Combo weekend workshop! You can attend from the comfort of your own home, if you can't make it to an in-person workshop. Do you feel "called" to this kind of work? We get it - we do too! It's such a special honor to work with pregnant, birthing and freshly postpartum families. During this workshop weekend, you will learn the skills from beginning to end. How to set up your practice, what to include in prenatal, postnatal visits, navigating the twists and turns of the childbearing experience and help your clients enjoy the journey into breastfeeding and precious, early parenthood. This workshop is just one of the requirements for the certifications: CLD, CPD, CLSE - Enrollment is completely covered in the cost of this workshop. For more details on the certification process, please see our website. :)
Cost: $1275.00
Instructor(s): Anne Wallen, Simone Junious, Hilary Colson, Catherine Fish
This is a live, virtual training event.
This training event meets from December 8 to December 10.
Meets Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
This training event meets 3 times for a total of 24 hours.
Simkin Center for Allied Birth Vocations
Want more information about our Birth and Postpartum Doula Workshops? Are you interested in becoming a birth or postpartum doula? Are you a practicing doula looking for ideas? Do you have questions about the Doula Certification process via DONA? Meet with our Birth and Postpartum Doula Instructors! to get your questions answered!
Cost: $0.00
Instructor(s): Laurie Levy, Kim James & Tracy McPhillips
This is a live, virtual training event.
Meets Monday December 11 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
This training event meets once for 1 hours.
National Black Doulas Association
Birth Doula Training (Hybrid in NJ), December 15-17, 2023 This training is IN-PERSON at The Birth Center of NJ for hands-on experience! Should you wish to join us virtually you may do so through ZOOM! We cannot fix maternal disparities by creating disparities in trainings and education modules. Birth justice is a tenet of doula work but so is evidence-based birth advocacy. Understanding more than just the stages of labor, but how to doula within them and recognize when birth needs interventions is crucial for safe and empowered birthing families. Join doula who feel READY to start their doula journey after training since business training is also added. Mentoring is required for certification.
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In-Person Event
Cost: $825.00
Instructor(s): Michelle Gabriel-Caldwell
This training event meets from December 15 to December 17.
Meets Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
This training event meets 3 times for a total of 24 hours.
The Birth Center of NJ
1922 Route 22, Union NJ 07083
9733092045
Have you been looking for new, evidence-based tools to help expectant parents manage psychological distress during pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting? Have you been searching for simple practices to enhance your own personal well-being and avoid professional burn-out? Have you been curious about ways to build new cognitive habits to reduce physical, psychological, and relational suffering? Come see what 100,000+ expectant parents, perinatal and mental health professionals in 40+ countries, and 15+ years worth of scientific research have been saying — the Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) program trains participants in life-changing skills for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. You can now learn more about the benefits of perinatal mindfulness and experience them for yourself in our online Foundations of MBCP course for perinatal and mental health professionals (now eligible for 25 ACNM CE hours).
Cost: $1500.00
Instructor(s):
This is a live, virtual training event.
This training event meets from March 7 to May 16.
Meets Thursday from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
This training event meets 5 times for a total of 25 hours.