DONA International Birth Doula Workshop
Presented by the Center For the Childbearing Year together with Kneading Time! With Patty Brennan, Kate Stroud, & Guest Speakers
"I would recommend this course with three thumbs up (if possible!!) Amazing, powerful, intense! Wow!" -- Class Participant
“Being a Birth Doula is one of the most rewarding Experiences in my life”—Shelly D.
To learn more about becoming or being a Doula visit www.Dona.org or www.center4cby.com
Saturday & Sunday, 8:30am-6pm, February 23 & 24, 2008 (ERD 2/1) in Toledo, OH
To Register Contact Patty Brennan, Executive Director: (734) 663-1523; or email patty@center4cby.com or call Shelly DeMeo of Kneading Time 419-885-8780
Fee $365; $330 if paid in full and postmarked by the Early Registration Date (ERD)
***20.5 Nursing CEUs approved for above training (add $10 to fee)
This training fulfills one step towards Birth Doula Certification by DONA International. The training prepares you to provide sensitive, knowledgeable, and skillful care as a doula in hospital, birth center, or home birth settings. Topics covered include:
•The Doula professional: scope of practice and ethical standards
•The Doula's role during pregnancy
•Emotional support in labor
•Comfort measures and pain relief
•Labor support strategies for normal and challenging births
•Cesarean birth and vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC)
•Essential communication and mediation skills for Doulas
•The Doula's role with the newborn and initiation of breastfeeding
•The Doula's role postpartum
Pre-requisite: A basic knowledge of childbirth education will be presumed. This means that prior to the training you have completed one of the following:
•observed/participated in a series of Childbirth Preparation classes, or
•attended the Introduction to Childbirth class, or
•completed three reading selections as listed below. At least one of the following:
•Kitzinger, The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth, revised edition
•Simkin, Whalley & Keppler, Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn: The Complete Guide, revised edition
At least one of the following:
•Klaus, Klaus & Kennell, The Doula Book
•Perez & Snedecker, Special Women: The Role of the Professional Labor Assistant
•Simkin, The Birth Partner: Everything You Need to Know to Help a Woman Through Childbirth
At least one of the following:
•Korte, Scaer, A Good Birth, A Safe Birth
•Goer, The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth
Presented by the Center For the Childbearing Year together with Kneading Time! With Patty Brennan, Kate Stroud, & Guest Speakers
"I would recommend this course with three thumbs up (if possible!!) Amazing, powerful, intense! Wow!" -- Class Participant
“Being a Birth Doula is one of the most rewarding Experiences in my life”—Shelly D.
To learn more about becoming or being a Doula visit www.Dona.org or www.center4cby.com
Saturday & Sunday, 8:30am-6pm, February 23 & 24, 2008 (ERD 2/1) in Toledo, OH
To Register Contact Patty Brennan, Executive Director: (734) 663-1523; or email patty@center4cby.com or call Shelly DeMeo of Kneading Time 419-885-8780
Fee $365; $330 if paid in full and postmarked by the Early Registration Date (ERD)
***20.5 Nursing CEUs approved for above training (add $10 to fee)
This training fulfills one step towards Birth Doula Certification by DONA International. The training prepares you to provide sensitive, knowledgeable, and skillful care as a doula in hospital, birth center, or home birth settings. Topics covered include:
•The Doula professional: scope of practice and ethical standards
•The Doula's role during pregnancy
•Emotional support in labor
•Comfort measures and pain relief
•Labor support strategies for normal and challenging births
•Cesarean birth and vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC)
•Essential communication and mediation skills for Doulas
•The Doula's role with the newborn and initiation of breastfeeding
•The Doula's role postpartum
Pre-requisite: A basic knowledge of childbirth education will be presumed. This means that prior to the training you have completed one of the following:
•observed/participated in a series of Childbirth Preparation classes, or
•attended the Introduction to Childbirth class, or
•completed three reading selections as listed below. At least one of the following:
•Kitzinger, The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth, revised edition
•Simkin, Whalley & Keppler, Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn: The Complete Guide, revised edition
At least one of the following:
•Klaus, Klaus & Kennell, The Doula Book
•Perez & Snedecker, Special Women: The Role of the Professional Labor Assistant
•Simkin, The Birth Partner: Everything You Need to Know to Help a Woman Through Childbirth
At least one of the following:
•Korte, Scaer, A Good Birth, A Safe Birth
•Goer, The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth
