WIC Senior Peer Counselor Training
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Barbara Robertson, MA, IBCLC has developed a new 3 day training for the state of Michigan!
This training is designed to provide WIC Peer Counselors more information and experience in the areas of:
- The benefits of breastfeeding
- Motivational Interviewing- Communication skills
- Ethics- The role and responsibility of the WIC Peer Counselor
- How to establish an effective breastfeeding class and support group
- Assessing and breastfeeding mother and baby
- Mentoring of WIC Peer Counselors
- Identify barriers and finding solutions to breastfeeding problems
- A new look at latching and positioning
- Working and breastfeeding
- Working within WIC Peer Counselor Scope of Practice
What's Different About This Course?
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Everything!
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We promise that you will not sit and just listen to power point lectures for 20 hours.
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This extremely interactive course focuses on utilizing techniques research has shown to be effective for adult learning.
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In order to truly learn something, you have to use it in some way, not just hear it.
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We will do small group work, work with actual mothers and babies, role play, case studies, large group discussions, problem-solving, and practice, practice, practice the skills we are using focusing on how to effectively communicate with our families.
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With breastfeeding, social and emotional support are just as important as your technical knowledge.
About Barbara
Barbara D. Robertson, IBCLC, has been involved in education for over 30 years. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education in 1988 and her Master’s in Education in 1995. Barbara left teaching elementary students in 1995 to raise her two children. Barbara is now the Director of The Breastfeeding Center of Ann Arbor. Barbara has developed a 90-hour professional lactation training, a 20-hour course which fulfills the "Baby Friendly" education requirements, and is a speaker for hire on a wide variety of topics including Motivational Interviewing. Barbara volunteered for the United States Lactation Consultation Association as the Director of Professional Development for 4.5 years. She just retired as Associate Editor for Clinical Lactation, a journal she helped create for USLCA. Barbara has free podcasts, a blog, and Youtube videos which can all be found on her website bfcaa.com. She has written many articles and created a phone app for working and breastfeeding mothers. She loves working with mothers and babies, helping them with breastfeeding problems in whatever way she can.