Bonnie Knows Breast® offers Certified Lactation Educator (CLE©) Training!
Do you want to bring a CLE training to your area or organization?
Did you know that You could receive a discount on the training for being a training host in Your Area?
Did you know that there are no prerequisites for the training?
If you would like to host a class, complete the form below and I will reach out!
I will travel to you for a class!
CLE training hosts are responsible for finding a space in their area for the event and helping market it to their colleagues and community/local coalitions. There is a minimum # of registrations required. And hosts get a deep discount on the course!
2024 Training OpportunITIES:
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Why become a certified lactation educator (CLE©)?
Certified Lactation Educators (CLE©) provide evidence-based information to the community, families, and professionals to encourage an increase in breastfeeding initiation, duration, and support. CLEs are found teaching community and hospital-based breastfeeding classes, as peer breastfeeding counselors in the hospital and public health setting, facilitation support groups, and providing both phone and in-person support.
The 3-day training covers the following topics:
Goals/Roles of the Lactation Educator
Historical Look at Breastfeeding
Anatomy of Breast and Lactation Physiology
Importance of Breastfeeding/ Hazards of Formula Feeding
Counseling the Postpartum Family
Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding – BabyFriendly Information
Working with the Hospital
Maternal/Infant Challenges
Pumping/Expressing Breastmilk
Medications and Mother's Milk
Maintaining Milk Supply
Teaching To Adult Learners
Latch and Positioning
Working with the Hospital
When and who to refer moms to for additional help
And much more!
What credentials does this course satisfy?
Core Competencies of Breastfeeding Care and Services for all health care providers as outlined by the United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC- no endorsement is implied) for labor and postpartum doulas, Registered Dietitians, public and community health employees, WIC staff, childbirth educators, or anyone passionate about chest/breastfeeding.
20 hour World Health Organization Curriculum to support the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative for hospital staff, pediatricians, obstetricians, midwives, nurses, speech language pathologists.
Additionally, this workshop begins the coursework to become a Certified Lactation Educator (CLE) with CAPPA (Childbirth & Postpartum Professionals Association).
24 CAPPA Contact Hours, 21.5 L-CERPs and 20 RN and RD hours available upon request.
Training Class includes the CAPPA Lactation Manual, Resource Notebook, Certificate of Attendance, and lots of goodies and give-aways to enhance your practice.
Transform your understanding of what chest/breastfeeding/human milk really is:
An irreplaceable relationship
A brain developer
An immune system
An organ system
A living tissue
Transform your professional skills:
Increase your competencies in the first hours, weeks and days after a birth
Hone your postpartum skills
Learn unique strategies for teaching breastfeeding to families
Explore adult learning styles
Enhance your communication skills
Transform yourself:
Take the leap to explore new ways to work with families
Connect with other women who love working with parents and babies
Open your mind to new concepts surrounding chest/breastfeeding
Take the first step to becoming certified as a lactation educator with CAPPA
This course helps to train professionals to offer chest/breastfeeding support, information and education. The CAPPA CLE does not prescribe, treat, nor diagnose breastfeeding related conditions and is trained to refer clients facing circumstances that require this degree of intervention to a qualified professional. The CAPPA 20 Hour CLE course is not an IBCLC exam prep course, nor does the CAPPA CLE training prepare a student to become an IBCLC. To learn more about the CAPPA CLE scope of practice, visit https://cappa.net/training-certification/certified-lactation-educator-cle/ .