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08 / 20
Train the Trainer A Five Day Cource at Concordia College
(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

Inpatient Breastfeeding Specialist Workshop
(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

Navigating the Milky Way 2010 West Coast Symposium at Sea Continuity of Care in Breastfeeding: Finding the Path to Best Practice
(all day)

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
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08 / 25
Breastfeeding: New Strategies for Improved Outcomes
(all day)

Speaker: Cheryl Scott, PhD, RN, IBCLC, RLC
08 / 26
Western Kentucky Breastfeeding Coalition Annual Conference with Dr. Jack Newman
(all day)

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

Breastfeeding: New Strategies for Improved Outcomes
(all day)

Speaker: Cheryl Scott, PhD, RN, IBCLC, RLC
08 / 27
Breastfeeding: New Strategies for Improved Outcomes
(all day)

Speaker: Cheryl Scott, PhD, RN, IBCLC, RLC
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09 / 8
Lactation Management in the 21st Century - 45 hr Basic Lactation Training
(all day)

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
Lactation Management in the 21st Century - 45 hr Basic Lactation Training
(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
Lactation Management in the 21st Century - 45 hr Basic Lactation Training
(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

Suck/Swallow Challenges in Breastfeeding Infants
(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

A Day with Diana West, Co author of ‘Making More Milk’
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
Lactation Management in the 21st Century - 45 hr Basic Lactation Training
(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

Suck/Swallow Challenges in Breastfeeding Infants
(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
09 / 12
Lactation Management in the 21st Century - 45 hr Basic Lactation Training
(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 / 13
Lactation Management in the 21st Century - 45 hr Basic Lactation Training
(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

The Lactation Counselor Certificate Training Program (CLC)
(all day)

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

Evergreen Perinatal Education - A Five Day Course
(all day)

This in-depth course enables participants to provide
accurate, current and consistent information about
breastfeeding and lactation and to support new families in
feeding their babies from birth through the process of
weaning. Each participant will be given the knowledge to
work with other healthcare providers to ensure continuity
of care for the breastfeeding mother and her infant(s). In
addition, each participant will:
· practice taking multiple choice exams/quizzes in
lactation
· present and learn from written projects and oral case
studies
09 / 14
Lactation Management in the 21st Century - 45 hr Basic Lactation Training
(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

Evergreen Perinatal Education - A Five Day Course
(all day)
Start: 09/13/2010
End: 09/17/2010

This in-depth course enables participants to provide
accurate, current and consistent information about
breastfeeding and lactation and to support new families in
feeding their babies from birth through the process of
weaning. Each participant will be given the knowledge to
work with other healthcare providers to ensure continuity
of care for the breastfeeding mother and her infant(s). In
addition, each participant will:
· practice taking multiple choice exams/quizzes in
lactation
· present and learn from written projects and oral case
studies
09 / 15
Lactation Management in the 21st Century - 45 hr Basic Lactation Training
(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

Evergreen Perinatal Education - A Five Day Course
(all day)
Start: 09/13/2010
End: 09/17/2010

This in-depth course enables participants to provide
accurate, current and consistent information about
breastfeeding and lactation and to support new families in
feeding their babies from birth through the process of
weaning. Each participant will be given the knowledge to
work with other healthcare providers to ensure continuity
of care for the breastfeeding mother and her infant(s). In
addition, each participant will:
· practice taking multiple choice exams/quizzes in
lactation
· present and learn from written projects and oral case
studies
09 / 16
Lactation Management in the 21st Century - 45 hr Basic Lactation Training
(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

Evergreen Perinatal Education - A Five Day Course
(all day)
Start: 09/13/2010
End: 09/17/2010

This in-depth course enables participants to provide
accurate, current and consistent information about
breastfeeding and lactation and to support new families in
feeding their babies from birth through the process of
weaning. Each participant will be given the knowledge to
work with other healthcare providers to ensure continuity
of care for the breastfeeding mother and her infant(s). In
addition, each participant will:
· practice taking multiple choice exams/quizzes in
lactation
· present and learn from written projects and oral case
studies

Breastfeeding and Beyond
(all day)

Check website for updated information.

http://www.breastfeedla.org/events/upcoming.htm
09 / 17
Lactation Management in the 21st Century - 45 hr Basic Lactation Training
(all day)

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

Evergreen Perinatal Education - A Five Day Course
(all day)

This in-depth course enables participants to provide
accurate, current and consistent information about
breastfeeding and lactation and to support new families in
feeding their babies from birth through the process of
weaning. Each participant will be given the knowledge to
work with other healthcare providers to ensure continuity
of care for the breastfeeding mother and her infant(s). In
addition, each participant will:
· practice taking multiple choice exams/quizzes in
lactation
· present and learn from written projects and oral case
studies

Southern IL Breastfeeding Task Force with Nancy Mohrbacher
(all day)

Email for details.

A Touch of Life: Jumpstarting Your Kangaroo Care And Lactation Program Susan Luddington
(all day)

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.
09 / 18
Panning for Liquid Gold: Strategies to Support Human Milk Production
Start: 09:00
End: 16:00

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

Breastfeeding ABC's
(all day)

Sponsored by Bates Technical College. Approved for 6 ICEA contact hours. Advocacy, Basic Initiation and Community Resources. Satisfies the breastfeeding education required component for doula candidates seeking certification with Dona International. Elementary breastfeeding promotion, protection and support. Examine the local, and global health implications of breastfeeding support and advocacy. Review fundamental breastfeeding initiation and troubleshooting strategies and distinguish your unique role as a breastfeeding helper.
09 / 19
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