Aug 5-8, 2010 (13 Contact hours)

• Postpartum Joy with Michael Odent, MD
• The Importance of Trust:  Physiology, Psychology and Practical Application for Doulas with Danette Watson, BA, CCE(NACE)
• Social Media:  Connect with Clients and Colleagues with April Broussard, BA
• A Human Rights Initiative:  10 Steps to Optimal Mother/Baby Maternity Services, the International Mother/Baby Childbirth Initiative with Debra Pascali-Bonaro, B.Ed, LCCE, CD(DONA), PCD(DONA)
• Nighttime Breastfeeding and Postpartum Depression with Kathleen kendall-Tackett, Ph.D., IBCLC
• The Rebozo - an Extension of Our Embrace with Carrie Kenner, BA, CCE, CD(DONA)
• Why Eat Any Mercury-Containing Fish At All?  Pre and Post Natal Nutrition:  Eating for a New Generation with Jay Gordon, MD, FAAP, IBCLC
• The Yoga Birth Method - Using Yoga in Labour for a Natural, Mindful, Enlightened Birthing Experience with Dorothy Guerra, Registered Yoga Teacher, Doula
• Maternity Care Revisited with Marshall Klaus, MD
• Childbearing in Social Context:  How Our Culture and Society Shapt Our View of Women and Childbirth with Penny Simkin, PT, CD(DONA)
  

Jul 19-22, 2007 (15.6 contact hours)

• Call Upon the Feminine:  Intuitive Power and Authenticity with Jeanne Watson Driscoll PhD, APRN, BC
• The Roots of Our Work:  The 3 R's, Breath, Focus, Comfort Measures with Ann Tumblin BA, LCCE, FACCE, CD (DONA)
• Results of Childbirth Connection's New National Survey on Women's Childbearing and Postpartum Experiences with Maureen Corry, MPH
• Joining the Dance - The Intrplay of the Hormones of Birth with Patricia Predmore, RN, BSN, LCCE, ICCE, CD (DONA), CLE
• Canadian Doulas:  What are Their Attitudes Toward Birth and How Are They Accepted in the Maternity Care System? with Michael Klein, MD
• Teaching and Supporting Through the Tuff Stuff with Ann Tumblin BA, LCCE, FACCE, CD (DONA)
• When Pain Becomes Suffering in Labor with Penny Simkin PT, CD (DONA)
• From Fun to Functional:  The Tools of Teaching & Supporting Breastfeeding with Teri Shilling MD, CD (DONA), IBCLC, LCCE, FACCE 
• Childbirth in Brazil with Ricardo Jones, MD
• Why Breastfeeding Matters:  What You Need to Know & What You Can Do to Help Women Achieve Their Breastfeeding Goals with Kathie Lindstrom, CD (DONA), LCCE

Jul 18-22, 2007 (20 contact hours)

Presented by Passion for Birth.  Attendence at the Lamaze International Childbirth Educator Program Seminar is partial completion of the requirements for elegibility to take the Lamaze Intl Certification Exam. 

Teri Shilling, MD, CD (DONA), IBCLC, LCCE, FACCE & Ann Tumblin BA, LCCE, FACCE, CD (DONA)

October 15, 2005 (5 contact hours)

• Communicating with the hospital staff
• When the doula's own birth experience was traumatic
• What is birth trauma for the doula?

with Penny Simkin, PT, CD & Kathy Cornack, DVM, CD

July 21-24, 2005 (15.6 contact hours)

• Baby Boot Camp:  Helping Parents Prepare for the Babymoon and the Early Weeks Postpartum with Ann Douglas
• Love Languages for the Labor Room with Pamela Owen, CD (DONA
• Breastfeeding Politics with Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
• Kangaroo Care with Marshall Klaus, MD
• What's New in Obstetric Anesthesia with William Camann, MD
• Research is Alive in 2005:  Articles that Impact Doula Practice with Jacqueline Kelleher, CD (DONA), PCD (DONA) & Patricia Predmore, RN, BSN, LCCE, CD (DONA)
• Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy:  A Hidden Epidemic with Daniel Sheridan, PhD, RN, FAAN
• Working with Challenging People with Brenda Lane, ICCE, CD (DONA)
• Evidence, Policy, Procedure and Practice in the Debate Over Cesarean Sections, 2005 with Eugene Declercq, PhD
• The Doula Backlash:  Proven Benefits vs. Perceived Hindrance to Maternity Care with Penny Simkin, PT, CD (DONA)

July 22-25, 2004 (16 contact hours)

• Doulas - A Bridge Over Troubled Waters:  Protecting the Mother and Baby Continuum with Mary Kroeger, BSN, CNM, MPH
• Working in Harmony with Sunday Tortelli, CCE, CD (DONA), HBCE
• The Impact of Early Trauma on the Childbearing Woman:  How Birth and Postpartum Doulas can Contribute to Healing with Penny Simkin, PT, CD (DONA), Phyllis Klaus, MFT, CSW
• Standing on the Ledge:  The Impact of Fear on Childbirth with Kathy McGrath, MSW, FACCE, CD (DONA)
• Postpartum Culture:  The Loss of the Lying-In time with Bridget Lynch, RN
• There's More in 2004:  Articles that Impact Doula Practice with Penny Simkin, PT, CD (DONA) & Patricia Pedmore, BSN, ICCE, CD (DONA)
• I'm Listening:  Responding to the Emotional Needs of Pregnant and Postpartum Women and their Families with Jane Honikman, MS
• Money Matters:  Business Aspects of Doula Practice with Patty Brennan, BA, CD (DONA), PCD (DONA)
• Helping Parents Understand their Newborn:  The Clinical  Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale for Birth for Birth Doulas and Postpartum Doulas with J. Kevin Nugent, PhD
• Boundaries, Personal Safety and Self-Defense for the Doula with Jacqueline Kelleher, CD (DONA), PCD (DONA)
• The Effects of a Birth Doula - Six Weeks Postpartum with Marshall Klaus, MD

April 25, 2004 (1.5 contact hours)

by Rose deVigne-Jackiewicz RN, IBCLC

 July 24-27, 2003 (18.5 contact hours)

• Advanced Doula Training Workshop: The Use of TENS During Labor with Penny Simkin
• Listening to Mothers:  The First National US Survey of Women's Childbearing Experience with Debra Pascali-Bonaro, BEd, CD(DONA) and Carol Sakala, PhD
• Blessingways:  Building a Woman's Confidence with Teri Shilling, CD (DONA), IBCLC, LCCE, FACCE
• Colic the Fourth Trimester and the Calming Reflex with Harvey Karp, MD
• Induction of Labor:  How the Doula can Educate, Encourage and Support with Jamie Swann, CD (DONA)
• Forces of Nature with Carole Groobman
• How to Maintain High Quality Maternity Care in and Era  when Women are Losing Confidence in their Ability to Give Birth with Michael Klein, MD
• Massage for Labor and Birth with Paula Jaspar, RMT
• The Selling of the Cesarean Section:  Madison Avenue Comes to Medicine with Mayri Sagady, CNM, MSN
• Writing About Birth with Debbie Young, CD (DONA), ICCE
• Helping Parents Following the Death of a Stillborn, Premature Infant or Newborn Baby with Marshall Klaus, MD
• The Irreducible Needs of the Baby with John Kennell, MD

 June 13-15, 2003 (18.5 contact hours)

• Birth Language
• Interventions in the Birth Process Film:  20/20 Vacuum Extraction
• Precipitous Births Film:  Birth in the Squatting Position
• Newborn Exam Film:  Babywatching with Desmond Morris
• Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
• Tricks of the Trade

with Gloria Lemay

April 26, 2003 (6.6 contact hours)

• Finding Your Path
• Who Will Care for the Doulas
• What's New?  Research Articles That Affect Doulas Just Listen

with Penny Simkin, PT, Kathryn McGrath MSW, FACCE, CD (DONA) & Patricia Predmore, RN, BSN, ICCE, CD (DONA), CLE

Mar 18, 2003 (2 contact hours)

Whidbey General Hospital, Whidbey Island, WA

Sep 21, 2002 (8 contact hours)

CAPPA Approved

• The Role of the Lactation Educator
• Baby and The Breast:  The Normal Course of Lactation
• Maternal Challenges in Breastfeeding:  Identifying and Problem Solving
• Infant Challenges in Breastfeeding:  Identifying and Problem Solving
• Breastfeeding Counseling Skills:  Observation, Assessment and Assistance
• Breastfeeding Counseling Skills:  Adapting to the Needs and Situation of the Student
• Current Issues in Lactation
• Presenting Information on Breastfeeding

with Wendy Middleton, BA, CLE, CPD, ICPD, CD (DONA)

Aug 1-4, 2002 (18.3 contact hours)

• Helping Women with Pain Relief, Deep Relaxation and Self-Hypnosis with Phyllis Klaus, MFT, CSW

Ten Years of Progress and More to Come:

• Easing the Transition: Preparing Parents for the First Few Weeks with Valerie Miles, MD
• Should Everyone Have a Cesarean? with Charles Mahan, MD
• The Art of Belly Casting: Creating a Keepsake for the Expectant Family with Julie Collins, RN, CD (DONA), LCCE
• The Cradle Will Fall: Postpartum Perspicacity with Carl Burak, MD, JD
• Comfort Measures of Childbirth:  Let's Do It With a Rebozo with Guadalupe Trueba, FACCE, LCCE, CD (DONA)
• When Your Client Hasn't Attended Childbirth Classes with Patricia Predmore, RN, BSN, ICCE, CD (DONA) CLE
• How Doulas Support the Woman With an Epidural with Penny Simkin, PT, CD(DONA)
• Finding the Path with Kathy McGrath, MSW, FACCE, CD (DONA)
  

Initial Certification May 17, 2002

Renewed May 31, 2005 & May 31, 2008

May 4, 2002 (6.6 contact hours)

• Childbirth Pain & The Birth Experience: The Short and Long Term Implication  with Paulina Perez, RN, BSN, FACCE
• Hannah's Tyger and the Metastatic Mythology of Risk with Dr. Phillip Hall
• Third Stage of Labour- Why the Panic? with Louise Smith
• Routine Labour Inductions at - 41 Weeks - Nonsensus Consensus with Dr. Phillip Hall

April 13, 2002

Pacific Association for Labor Support (PALS) workshop

• Interviewing
• Overview of the Doula Process
• Getting Started/Staying Certified
• How to get Clients
• Maintaining a Back-up System
• Billing for Services
• Keeping Records
• Protecting Yourself: Insurance
• Professional Doula Panel
  

April 10, 2002

Sep 28-29, 2001

The art and science of labor support, non-pharmacological pain techniques, comfort measures and coping tools for childbirth, and the Doula's scope of practice and code of ethics.

Shellie Moore CD (DONA/PALS)

Sep 22, 2001 (7.8 contact hours)

• Advanced Values Clarification
• The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on the Childbearing Woman and Her Caregivers
• Cultural Sensitivity and the Doula:  How a Doula can Help Reduce Cesareans for Dystocia

Penny Simkin PT, CD (DONA)

Sep 14-15, 2001

Instructed in the basics of reproductive anatomy and fetal development, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and breastfeeding, complications, interventions, cesareans, labor labor pain and pain relief.

Shellie Moore CD (DONA/PALS)