The Boston Associaton for Childbirth Education and Nursing Mothers' Council
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Instructor:
Lorenza has her MPH degree with a concentration in maternal and child health, is a BACE-certified childbirth educator, DONA approved birth doula trainer and Spinning Babies Approved Trainer. She has been a birth advocate in the Boston area for over 25 years. Passionate about normal birth, Lorenza has supported hundreds of laboring women and has trained and mentored dozens of doulas for the Cambridge Doula Program and the Boston Medical Center Birth Sisters Program. For many years Lorenza also taught childbirth education classes in ways that encouraged and stimulated participants to embrace the powerful, beautiful and magical experience of birth.
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4 day Birth Doula Training Course
Feb. 12, 19, 26, & March 4, 2020
Check-in: 8:30-9:00AM
Days of learning: 9:00AM-5:00PM
NOTE: DONA International doula certification requires additional steps. Please see the DONA website for details.
RELATED TRAINING
Intro to Childbirth Education for Perinatal Health Workers
Feb. 5, 2020
Check-in: 7:30-8:00AM
Day of learning: 8:00AM-5:00PM
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Contact us for information about Partial Scholarships and Payment Plans
4 Day DONA Approved Birth Doula Training
Wednesdays: Feb. 12,19,26 and March 4, 2020
from 9AM-5PM
YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts
20 South Sixth Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
INSTRUCTOR:
Lorenza Holt, MPH, BCCE, BDT(DONA)
COURSE WILL OFFER COMPREHRENSIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING ON:
We want all students to complete the course feeling fully confident and prepared to provide doula support to birthing women. For this reason, I am teaching a 26 hour course over 4 full days. I believe that this structure and pace will give students time to read the manual in between sessions, continue reading the required books, refelect on what they are learning, ask questions, and prepare homework. This will help assure that all students gain a deeper understanding of the material.
This course will prepare you to be a birth doula. It will not cover the content of a childbirth education class or breastfeeding fundamentals. Applicants are expected to come with a fundamental understanding of pregnancy, labor and birth, the associated medical vocabulary, common interventions, common complications and standard obstetrical technology.
The following prerequisites will give participants the foundation the training requires, as well as meet the requirement for certification with DONA International.
Please contact us before registering if you have questions about how we can help you gain the fundamental knowledge needed to be a birth doula, as well as meet and complete the prerequisites.
FEES
DONA Birth Doula Training Course: $500 for 4 days**
Please contact the registrar about:
• Payment plans or partial scholarships
• Group Discounts for 5 or more registered together
• Any other registration questions
**Continental breakfast included, lunch will be on your own
REFUND POLICY: Refunds will be granted up to 2 weeks before the start of the course, less a $55 administrative fee. In case of illness or serious hardship after that, applicants may defer attendance of all or
part of the program until the next available birth doula training. No refunds will be possible unless we can fill
the space.
Register Now! BACE-NMC reserves the right to cancel the course due to under enrollment or unforseen circumstances.