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The Rio Grande Valley Breastfeeding Coalition is a non-profit organization of local agencies joined in a collaborative effort to promote, educate, and support breastfeeding.

Our Coalition is proud to celebrate August Breastfeeding Awareness Month with our signature event.

5th Annual Breastfeeding Education Conference:
“Breastfeeding: Connecting the Puzzle Pieces Together Toward Success”

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Knapp Medical Center
Convention Center
Weslaco, Texas
Contact: Veronica Riojas
1-800-889-5595

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This five-day program is designed for individuals who are already credentialed as an IBCLC or have attended a comprehensive professional breastfeeding education program within the past 3-5 years. These individuals should have a strong background in working clinically with breastfeeding families. A teaching background is also desireable.
For more information, contact Laura Pearson, RN, PHN or Leslie Anderson, RN at Golden Start Breastfeeding Initiative. 218-736-8625 or goldinit@lrhc.org

08 / 17
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Start: 08/16/2010
End: 08/20/2010

This five-day program is designed for individuals who are already credentialed as an IBCLC or have attended a comprehensive professional breastfeeding education program within the past 3-5 years. These individuals should have a strong background in working clinically with breastfeeding families. A teaching background is also desireable.
For more information, contact Laura Pearson, RN, PHN or Leslie Anderson, RN at Golden Start Breastfeeding Initiative. 218-736-8625 or goldinit@lrhc.org

08 / 18
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Start: 08/16/2010
End: 08/20/2010

This five-day program is designed for individuals who are already credentialed as an IBCLC or have attended a comprehensive professional breastfeeding education program within the past 3-5 years. These individuals should have a strong background in working clinically with breastfeeding families. A teaching background is also desireable.
For more information, contact Laura Pearson, RN, PHN or Leslie Anderson, RN at Golden Start Breastfeeding Initiative. 218-736-8625 or goldinit@lrhc.org

08 / 19
(all day)
Start: 08/16/2010
End: 08/20/2010

This five-day program is designed for individuals who are already credentialed as an IBCLC or have attended a comprehensive professional breastfeeding education program within the past 3-5 years. These individuals should have a strong background in working clinically with breastfeeding families. A teaching background is also desireable.
For more information, contact Laura Pearson, RN, PHN or Leslie Anderson, RN at Golden Start Breastfeeding Initiative. 218-736-8625 or goldinit@lrhc.org

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9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. • Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
Kathryn Weil Center for Education
Medical Arts Building • 415 N. 26th St., Suite 400 • Lafayette

This event is sponsored by the Greater Lafayette Breast Feeding Coalition and St. Elizabeth Regional Health.
Visit www.ste.org/kwce for more information.
Symposium schedule
9 – 9:30 a.m.: Registration and welcome
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.: “The Control and Production of Human Milk”
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.: Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.: “Using Medications in Breastfeeding Mothers”
12:15 – 1:30 p.m.: Lunch on your own

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This two-day conference features Vergie Hughes, RN, MS, IBCLC, FILCA who will speak on the following topics:
1. Identifying breasts and nipples that will need intervention
2. Demonstrating and assisting mothers in correct positioning
3. Assisting with latch-on techniques
4. Assessing stages of readiness to feed
5. Assessing milk transfer from mother to baby

08 / 20
(all day)

This five-day program is designed for individuals who are already credentialed as an IBCLC or have attended a comprehensive professional breastfeeding education program within the past 3-5 years. These individuals should have a strong background in working clinically with breastfeeding families. A teaching background is also desireable.
For more information, contact Laura Pearson, RN, PHN or Leslie Anderson, RN at Golden Start Breastfeeding Initiative. 218-736-8625 or goldinit@lrhc.org

(all day)

This two-day conference features Vergie Hughes, RN, MS, IBCLC, FILCA who will speak on the following topics:
1. Identifying breasts and nipples that will need intervention
2. Demonstrating and assisting mothers in correct positioning
3. Assisting with latch-on techniques
4. Assessing stages of readiness to feed
5. Assessing milk transfer from mother to baby

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Experience the land of natural wonder.
Visit 4 Ports. Unpack Once.
A roundtrip cruise from Seattle, Washington August 20, 2010 to August 27, 2010
Juneau, Alaska Skagway, Alaska Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska Victoria, British Columbia
Cruising the Inside Passage
Outside Cabins including meals from $700 per person, double occupancy (plus port fees and taxes—subject to availability! Best prices if booked by March 20, 2010)
HEALTHY CHILDREN PROJECT’S Center for Breastfeeding

FACULTY

08 / 21
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08 / 25
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Speaker: Cheryl Scott, PhD, RN, IBCLC, RLC

08 / 26
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Dr. Jack Newman will speak about The First Hour, Controversies in Breastfeeding, When the Baby Refuses the Breast & Just One Bottle.

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Speaker: Cheryl Scott, PhD, RN, IBCLC, RLC

08 / 27
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Speaker: Cheryl Scott, PhD, RN, IBCLC, RLC

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09 / 8
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Course Dates and Times: Septermber 8,9,10th and 15,16 and 17th, 2010 from 8:30-5:30 each day

Instructor: Dixie Whetsell, MS, IBCLC
Email: dixie.whetsell@pcc.edu
www.pcc.edu/lactation

09 / 9
(all day)
Start: 09/08/2010
End: 09/17/2010

Course Dates and Times: Septermber 8,9,10th and 15,16 and 17th, 2010 from 8:30-5:30 each day

Instructor: Dixie Whetsell, MS, IBCLC
Email: dixie.whetsell@pcc.edu
www.pcc.edu/lactation

09 / 10
(all day)
Start: 09/08/2010
End: 09/17/2010

Course Dates and Times: Septermber 8,9,10th and 15,16 and 17th, 2010 from 8:30-5:30 each day

Instructor: Dixie Whetsell, MS, IBCLC
Email: dixie.whetsell@pcc.edu
www.pcc.edu/lactation

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Hosted by Saskatoon Health Region Speech-Language Pathology and Saskatoon Breastfeeding Center
Speakers: Catherine Watson Genna, BS, IBCLC Lisa Sandora, MA, CCP-SLP, IBCLC
The targeted audience for this conference includes speech-language pathologists, lactation consultants, and breastfeeding practitioners. This is an advanced practice conference; material and cases presented will be complex.
Topics will include: • Oral anatomy and physiology • Assessing suck/swallow/breathe • Helping infants suck correctly • Posterior tongue tie • Treatment options and case studies

Start: 08:00
End: 17:00

Diana West, author of Making More Milk, will be speaking at the next conference hosted by the Western PA Lactation Consultant Association. Diana is a frequent speaker at international conferences and is recognized as an expert on this subject.

The date for this conference is Friday, September 10, 2010, at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. CERPs and CEUs are being applied for. The cost will be $75 for members and $100 for non-members.

Registration and more details about this conference will be available at our website, http://www.wplca.net

09 / 11
(all day)
Start: 09/08/2010
End: 09/17/2010

Course Dates and Times: Septermber 8,9,10th and 15,16 and 17th, 2010 from 8:30-5:30 each day

Instructor: Dixie Whetsell, MS, IBCLC
Email: dixie.whetsell@pcc.edu
www.pcc.edu/lactation

(all day)

Hosted by Saskatoon Health Region Speech-Language Pathology and Saskatoon Breastfeeding Center
Speakers: Catherine Watson Genna, BS, IBCLC Lisa Sandora, MA, CCP-SLP, IBCLC
The targeted audience for this conference includes speech-language pathologists, lactation consultants, and breastfeeding practitioners. This is an advanced practice conference; material and cases presented will be complex.
Topics will include: • Oral anatomy and physiology • Assessing suck/swallow/breathe • Helping infants suck correctly • Posterior tongue tie • Treatment options and case studies

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