Palm Beach County Breastfeeding Task Force -

Palm Beach County Breastfeeding Task Force

Education & Training for Professionals

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) identifies breastfeeding as the ideal method of feeding and nurturing infants and recognizes breastfeeding as primary in achieving optimal infant and child health, growth, and development. The AAP emphasizes the essential role of the pediatrician in promoting, protecting, and supporting breastfeeding and recommends the following breastfeeding policies:

	Promote and support breastfeeding enthusiastically.
	Become knowledgeable and skilled in the physiologic and clinical management of breastfeeding.
	Work with obstetricians to ensure women receive information to make informed feeding choices.
	Become familiar with local breastfeeding resources (WIC, lactation consultants, lay support groups, breast pump rental stations) for proper referrals.

Education Opportunities

Breastfeeding Coalition of Palm Beach County - Professional Education Program

We have developed a unique educational program designed for health care professionals and staff in private medical offices. Physicians, Nurses, Midwives, Nurse Practioners, Medical Assistants, Nutritionists, Dieticians, or any other staff member who is interested in helping new mothers successfully initiate breastfeeding and provide ongoing support may attend our program.

Our program brings the most recent evidence-based training
on breastfeeding to your office at your convenience!

	Our curriculum topics can be selected as needed, and do not have to be scheduled in any particular order.
	IBCLC instructors will come to your office to deliver breastfeeding training using the “Ten Steps Curriculum”.
	Register for any individual topic for $10 per person for 1 hour of instruction or pre-register for a series of topics listed below and receive a discounted price.
	Each participant will receive a Certificate of Completion
	Continuing Education credits will be provided to RN and LPN participants
	CME category 2 credits may e applied for by Physicians
	Each office that competes at least one series of training will be provided with our Resource Binder filled with additional resource material
	Offices that have received training will be added to our Professional Referral List located on the Education & Resources for Families section of this website.
	Discounts are available for the following professional reference books: LLLI Breastfeeding Answer Book (retail $52.00) and Medications & Mother's Milk by Thomas Hale, Ph.D. (retail $24.95). Buy both for $65.00

The following topics are available and can be scheduled individually, or combined for longer sessions. Schedule a seminar during lunch and we'll provide dessert!

TOPIC	DURATION	CE	PER PERSON
Series I - The Framework (1-4)	5 hours	6.0	$35
1. Health Priorities & 10 Steps to Success	90 min.	1.5	$15
2. Benefits of Breastfeeding	60 min.	1.0	$10
3. Counseling Perspectives	90 min.	1.5	$15
4. Providing Ongoing Support	60 min.	1.0	$10

Series II - Lactation Management (5-9)	5.5 hours	6.5	$40
5. How the Breast Works	60 min.	1.0	$10
6. Supply & Demand	60 min.	1.0	$10
7. Assessing Attachment	90 min.	1.5	$15
8. Expressing & Feeding	60 min.	1.0	$10
9. Immediate Postpartum	60 min.	1.0	$10

Series III - Special Circumstances (10-15)	6 hours	7	$45
10. Engorgement & Sore Nipples	60 min.	1.0	$10
11. Babies Who Refuse the Breast	60 min.	1.0	$10
12. Other Breast Problems	60 min.	1.0	$10
13. Infants at Risk	60 min.	1.0	$10
14. Maternal Medications	60 min.	1.0	$10
15. Working & Nursing	60 min.	1.0	$10

Series IV - Perinatal Issues (16,10,12,14,15)	5.5 hours	6.5	$40
16. The Prenatal Period	90 min.	1.5	$15

ENTIRE COURSE - 3 Days or 6 Half Days	18 hours	21.5	$150

Results from course evaluations average 4.9 on ad 5.0 scale for an EXCELLENT rating!

Here's what participant are saying about the course:

“... I learned things in classes that I did not think I needed prior to taking this class!”

“This class was useful and brought 20 years of OB nursing & nursing all together & updated! Thank you!”

“... Thank you for bringing this to us – I learned so much!”

“Very informative & useful. Went home excited about what I had learned!”

“These classes should be mandatory for all health care professionals on any OB unit!”

“Please come back soon!”

“Instructor very knowledgeable and made class fun.”

“I wish I knew all this 30 years ago”

For more information contact:
Karen Antonucci - Professional Education Coordinator
(561) 369-0336
karen@pbcbreastfeeding.org

The Ten Steps Curriculum is the curriculum in support of the ten steps to successful breastfeeding: An 18 hour interdisciplinary breastfeeding management course for the United States. Developed by Karin Cadwell, PhD, RN, MSN, IBCLC; Lois D. W. Arnold MPH, IBCLC; Cynthia Turner-Maffei MA, IBCLC; Linda J. Smith BSE, FACCE, IBCLC for the United States Department of Health & Human Services, Public Health Service, Health Resources & Services Administration, Maternal & Child Health Bureau in conjunction with the Healthy Children 2000 Project, Inc. & The Center for Breastfeeding.

If you don't find what you are looking for on our web site,
please contact us for more information at
(561) 655-6953

http://www.pbcbreastfeeding.org
Breastfeeding Coalition of Palm Beach County
P.O. Box 30412 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420-0412