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Class Dates and Times:
Monday, Oct 4th, 2010 - Class I
Monday, Nov 1st, 2010 - Class II
Monday, Dec 6th, 2010 - Class III
Monday, Jan 10th, 2011 - Class IV
Monday, Jan 31st, 2011 - Class V
Monday, Feb 21st, 2011 Class VI
8:30-5:30 each day

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

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

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

Recommended for:

* Individual who wants basic preparation for becoming a board-certified lactation consultant
* IBCLC requiring CERPS or exam preparation for re-certification
* Maternity or pediatric nurse working with families with small babies
* Obstetrician, midwife, pediatrician or family medicine physician involved with the daily feeding and parenting issues of new families
* Childbirth educator
* Labor and postpartum doula
* WIC clinic staff member

* Facilitator of early parenting education
* Social worker, Early Headstart staff

Preparing to become a lactation consultant? Searching for the best course to help you pass the IBLCE exam in 2011? Here's what you need! This course will fulfill the requirement for candidate training in all disciplines and areas of the IBLCE blueprint.
Come learn from internationally-known lactation expert Marie Biancuzzo, RN MS IBCLC and special guest Ann Davis, RPh IBCLC.

The conference will be exploring the wealth of knowledge, experience and understanding we have about breastfeeding as the natural way to feed and nurture our babies. We believe that if empowered, women are able to successfully breastfeed and nurture their child naturally.

Internationally renowned speakers along with Malaysia’s own lactation experts form the exceptional list of invited guests who will be present at the conference.

Professional Points

The conference has been approved for the following CERPs:

* Total CERPs allocated: 23.75L & 4.25R CERPs

Objectives:

At the completion of the symposium, participants will be able to:

* Describe the breastfeeding promotion and support research activities in Arizona.
* Discuss major issues in researching breastfeeding promotion and support in Arizona.
* Explore how research findings may be useful in Arizona.

Topics and Faculty:

Mapping Lactation Services in Maricopa County
Amanda Watkins, MS, RD, IBCLC, Arizona State University

Characteristics of Breastfed Autistic Children
Lisa Green, BSN, RN, Arizona State University

Breastfeeding Update and Ethics in Lactation Practice, the 2-day seminar, is a unique update for anyone working with breastfeeding women, and ideal revision for IBLCE exam candidates. Day 2 (Ethics in Lactation Practice) provides the necessary Ethics CERPS for lactation consultants.

Day 1 has 6.75 L CERPS and Day 2 6.5 E CERPS. IBLCE Approval No. C21007. For New Zealand registered midwives, the New Zealand Midwifery Council has approved the program as a Professional Activity and midwives attending both days are entitled to 5 points.

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