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Help families meet their breast-feeding goals. Mom2Mom of the KMC is bringing the Healthy Children’s Project’s Certified Lactation Counselor Training Program to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center from June 25 to 29. Classes will fill up quickly.
The Healthy Children’s Center for Breast-feeding’s Certified Lactation Counselor training program is a 40-hour course designed to provide solid, up-to-date, research-based information regarding lactation, as well the art of counseling.
This course is intended for a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, including hospital staff, nurses, pediatricians, breast-feeding advocates, midwives, doulas, childbirth educators and peer counselors among others.
While breast-feeding is an instinctual and natural act, it is also a learned art. This training will enable providers and non-medical professionals with practical skills to make breast-feeding a success and will provide insight into patients’ and clients’ problems, with a strong focus on counseling skills.
“One of the most highly effective preventive measures a mother can take to protect the health of her infant and herself is to breast-feed. However, in the U.S., while 75 percent of mothers start out breast-feeding, only 13 percent of babies are exclusively breast-fed at the end of six months,” said an excerpt from the surgeon general’s Call to Action.
This nationally recognized training and certification is now part of the ANCC Nursing Skills Competency Program and provides 45 contact hours for RNs. Together with other courses, the CLC Training Program can help you earn a bachelors degree in lactation or as a prerequisite for ALC/ANLC designations.
This training will be held over five days, June 25 to 29, from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., including a lunch break from noon to 1 p.m. Regular tuition is $675, early bird registration is $625. This course is approved for use with MyCAA funding for eligible military spouses; other scholarships may be available.
Contact Mom2Mom at pr.marketing.m2m@googlemail.com for more information about the program and to register.
Mom2Mom of the KMC strives to help new mothers achieve their individual breast-feeding goals by connecting them with a supportive community of experienced breast-feeding mothers. For more information, visit Mom2Mom online at www.M2MofKMC.blogspot.com or www.facebook.com/M2MofKMC.
(Courtesy of Mom2Mom Breast-feeding Support Group)
