The Breastfeeding Doula Course
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Brand new course for 2022!
Doulas: Advance your breastfeeding knowledge and support skills! Barbara Robertson, MA, IBCLC has been training doulas for over 17 years. We know the skills you need to help your clients reach their breastfeeding/chestfeeding goals.
This course uses a hybrid-learning model: 15 hours of independent pre-work (reading, videos, podcasts, and assignments) done at your own pace, and then two live Zoom days of discussion, working with families, and practicing skills.
2023 session
- The pre-work will open January 1, 2022
- Live Zoom days: Saturday, February 26 and Sunday, February 27, 2023 from 8:00 AM EDT to 5:30 PM EDT
Cost for this 30 hour training with one payment:
$399 Early bird price (ends December 1, 2022)
$469 Regular price
Cost for this 35 hour training with three payments:
$450 Early bird price (ends December 1, 2022)- Three payments of $150
$525 Regular price- Three payments of $175
For your second and third payments you will be making arrangements directly with our office.
Five Reasons You Will Love Our Course!
1
We are educators first. Then we fell in love with breastfeeding.
2
We use online technology to its fullest to provide you a rich and rewarding educational experience!
3
The combination of doing pre-work so you have the foundations and then our live Zoom days will help cement your learning.
4
By working with both birth and postpartum doulas for over 17 years we know what doulas need to know to help!
5
We offer so many resources for you so you can know exactly where to go to get accurate and current breastfeeding information.
Do you need more breastfeeding training? We can help.
Our training offers skills to help with:
- Communicating more effectively
- Sore nipples and/or breasts
- Latching and positioning issues
- Worries about breastmilk supply
- Preterm babies
- Twins and multiples
- Parents' plans for returning to work
Reasons to take this course:
- You want more concrete, hands on experience to really work with breastfeeding families
- You want instructors who work with breastfeeding families everyday
- You want the convenience of some online learning combined with the community of online Zoom work
- You want the experience of working with real breastfeeding families
- You want passionate, knowledgeable instructors who use the latest education methods for effective learning