Conferences

Comprehensive breastfeeding management training

Practical skills that will make you more effective in your job

Time-saving hospital strategies that make breastfeeding a success

Strategies and tips for special circumstances - premies, Down Syndrome,
newborns affected by medications, and more

How to talk to mothers in a way that encourages them to choose breastfeeding

Public Health/WIC strategies that work to increase breastfeeding success

Confidence building knowledge and skills

Check website for updated information.

http://www.breastfeedla.org/events/upcoming.htm

Email for details.

Susan Luddington will provide a full day of information on kangaroo care. She is a Carl W. and Margaret Davis Walter Professor of Pediatric Nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OHIO
The conference will provide the participant with info. about the origins of Kangarooo Care as well as the physiological benefits to infants and their parents.

The participant will be able to know the benefits of non-separation and discuss the effects of Kangaroo care on hormone secretion, neurotransmitter release, cortisol, pain, sleep and brain development.

DIANA WEST: Featured speaker. See web site below for full brochure

Registration Fee $60
AFTER September 1, 2010 Registration Fee $75

Agenda
9:00 - 9:30 Registration
9:30 -9:45 Overview
9:45 - 10:45 Is Baby Getting Enough Milk?
A basic discussion of accurate
evaluation of milk transfer
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Increasing Milk Production I:
Thorough discussion of techniques
to increase milk production
targeted to the underlying causes
12:00 - 12:45 Lunch
12:45 - 1:45 Increasing Milk Production II:
(continued from previous session)
1:45 - 2:00 Break

Speaker: Dawn M. Kersula, MA, RN, LCCE, FACCE, IBCLC

Speaker: Dawn M. Kersula, MA, RN, LCCE, FACCE, IBCLC

Take the 20 Hour Course over 3 days. This course fulfills the UNICEF recommendations for those who work with mothers and babies. Based on the new 20 hour curriculum in support of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, this course was developed with support from the US Department of Health and Human Services for the US Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative.

Please visit the Healthy Children site for updated information.

More information to come.

NINLCA (Northern Indiana Lactation Consultant Association)

Come enjoy the beautiful countryside in Middlebury, Indiana. The Essen Haus is famous for it's food and beautiful simple setting in Indiana. Catherine Watson Genna has established herself as a trusted expert on infant suck. Come on, relax and enjoy learning @ The Essen Haus!

In affiliation with the Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne, IN