Training
October 15, 2005
Pacific Association for Labor Support (PALS)
Advcanced Doula Training
with Penny Simkin, PT, CD &
Kathy Cornack, DVM, CD
in Seattle, Washington
5 contact hours
Communicating with the Hospital Staff
When the Doulas Own Birth Experience was Tramautic
What is Birth Trauma for the Doula?
2005 DONA International
11th Annual Conference
July 21-24th
in Washington D.C.
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 Anethesia
with William Camann, MD
Research is Alive in 2005:  Article that Impact Doula Practice
with Jacqueline Kelleher, CD(DONA), PCD(DONA) &
Patricia Predmore, RN, BSN, LCCE, CD(DONA), CLE
Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy:  A Hidden Epidemic
with Daniel Sheridan, PhD, RN, FAAN
Working with Challending 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)
2004 DONA 10th International Conference, July 22-25th
in New Orleans, LA
July 22-25
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 Pospartum 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, RM
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
Helping New Mothers Establish Breastfeeding
Kaiser Hospital
San Diego, CA
by Rose deVigne-Jackiewicz RN, IBCLC
1.5 contact hours
2003 DONA 9th International Conference, July 24-27
in San Francisco, CA
July 24
3.6 contact hours
Advanced Doula Training Workshop:
The Use of TENS During Labor
with Penny Simkin
July 25-27
14.9 contact hours
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
Advanced Doula Training with Gloria Lemay
Doula Retreat on Orcas Island, WA
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
April 26, 2003
Advanced Doula Training
The Doula Path:  Tools for the Journey
with Penny Simkin, PT, Kathryn McGrath MSW, FACCE, CD (DONA) and Patricia Predmore, RN, BSN, ICCE, CD (DONA), CLE
in Seattle, WA
6.6 hours
Finding Your Path
Who Will Care for the Doulas
What's New?  Research Articles That Affect Doulas
Just Listen
March 18, 2003
Essential Oils
Whidbey General Hospital
in Coupeville, WA
2.0 hours
September 21, 2002
CAPPA Approved
Mothercare's Lactation Educator Training
with Wendy Middleton, BA, CLE, CPD, ICPD, CD(DONA)
in Renton, WA
8 contact hours
Topics
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
2002 DONA 8th International Conference, August 1-4, 2002 in Clearwater Beach, Florida
August 1
4.2 contact hours
Helping Women with Pain Relief, Deep Relaxation and Self-Hypnosis
with Phyllis Klaus, MFT, CSW
August 2-4
15.1 contact hours
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)
May 17, 2002
Certified with Doulas of North America
renewal date May 31, 2008
May 4, 2002
First Annual Doula Education Day
in New Westminster, BC
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
The Business of Being a Doula
Topics
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
Certified with Pacific Association for Labor Support
September 28-29, 2001
Second Part of Labor Support Essential Doula Training with Shellie Moore CD (DONA/PALS)
in Oak Harbor, Washington
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.
September 22, 2001
Advanced Doula Training
Workshop with Penny Simkin
in Seattle, Washington
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
September 14-15, 2001
First Part of Labor Support Essentials Doula Training with Shellie Moore, CD(DONA/PALS)
in Oak Harbor, Washington
Instructed in the basics of reproductive anatomy and fetal development, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and breastfeeding, complications, interventions, cesareans, labor labor pain and pain relief.
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