Childbirth Educator Training (10251)

Schedule:

Friday - Sunday, September 17 - 19, 2010
Friday - Sunday, October 15 - 17, 2010

From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily

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Audience:

Open to the public, professionals and others interested in childbirth vocations

Cost:

Full Registration $859

Description:

The Childbirth Educator Training is a 6-day course. The curriculum includes:

Reproductive anatomy and physiology
Elements of prenatal care
Women's experience of pregnancy and labor
Nutrition and exercise
Massage, relaxation, and breathing techniques
Stages of labor
Comfort measures for labor, including pain medications
Birth-planning and informed choice
Medical procedures
The postpartum period, breastfeeding, and newborn care

Students learn not only what to teach, but how to teach it. The instructors model a variety of teaching techniques including lecture, use of audio-visual aids, role-playing, and small group activities. Students apply their learning through practice teaching sessions, which offer each student a chance to give a short presentation to peers and receive an experienced childbirth educator's feedback.

Since most expectant parents plan to give birth in a hospital, most opportunities for childbirth educators involve teaching about hospital birth. Therefore, the class focuses primarily on how to teach about hospital birth, although out-of-hospital birth is also addressed.

Course Notes:

Recommended Preparation

This training is appropriate for a wide variety of students, from lay people who wish to become childbirth educators, to birth professionals who wish to enhance the educational aspect of their practice,

Participants are expected to complete the reading assignments and the study guide, which will be available to you one month before the course starts.

For students without prior experience in the field, it may be helpful to attend our DONA-approved Labor Support Course or observe a childbirth education series as preparation for the class. It is also helpful if you have attended at least one labor and birth, either as a birthing woman or as a support person.

Instructor:

See Simkin Center Faculty, lead each Postpartum Doula Training.

More Information: See Seattle Midwifery School Website

Location:
All courses are held at the Talaris World Campus unless otherwise noted. Directions.

Contact Us:
Simkin Center for Allied Birth Vocations, a program of Bastyr University
4000 NE 41st St, Building D, Suite 3
Seattle, WA 98105
800-747-9433

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