When
Monday May 7, 2012 at 8:00 AM MDT-to-
Friday May 11, 2012 at 5:00 PM MDT
Classroom opens at 7:30 am daily
Lodging
Lodging is available at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. Participants are responsible for making their own arrangements for overnight accommodations. A limited number of guest rooms are available for this training course with rates of: Single and Double $149, Triple $174, Quadruple $199 and Executive Corner King $149, not including tax. Please make every effort to reserve your hotel room before the deadline of April 9, 2012. After the deadline, the room block and negotiated room rate are not guaranteed.
For reservations, please click here.
To cancel a hotel reservation, call the hotel directly. Please familiarize yourself with the hotel cancellation policy to avoid unnecessary charges.
Transportation
Parking
The Hyatt Regency Phoenix has parking available to guests at $27 per day for valet parking and $19 per day for self-parking nearby, rates are subject to change. In and out privileges for self-parking are available to those who bill their parking charges to their quest room.
Contact
Karen Querna, RN, BSN, IBCLC
Evergreen Perinatal Education, LLC
karen@evergreenperinataleducation.com
Foundations for Best Practice in Lactation Care: The 5 Day Course
Professional Education in Breastfeeding and Lactation
Hyatt Regency Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
Course Description
Foundations for Best Practice in Lactation Care: The 5 Day Course, is a complete, in-person, core program to begin practice in evidence-based breastfeeding and lactation care. Participants will be able to provide accurate, current and consistent information about breastfeeding and lactation and be able to support new families in feeding their babies from birth through the process of weaning. Each participant will be given the knowledge to work with other healthcare providers to ensure continuity of care for breastfeeding mothers and infants.
Who Should Attend
- An individual who wants basic preparation for becoming an IBCLC
- An IBCLC requiring CERPs or exam preparation for re-certification
- Maternity or pediatric nurse working with families with small babies
- Obstetrician, midwife, pediatrician, or family medicine physician involved with the daily feeding and parenting issues of new families
- Childbirth educator
- Labor and/or postpartum doula
- WIC Program clinic staff
- Facilitator of early parenting education
- La Leche League leader
- Public health nurse working with new families
- Occupational Therapist or Speech Language Pathologist working with breastfeeding newborns
- Registered Dietitian working with pregnant and breastfeeding women and their babies
Course Topics
anatomy of the breast | the wonders of human milk | getting breastfeeding started | position and latch | early breastfeeding expectations | near term/late preterm/preterm infants | early clinical challenges in breastfeeding | communicating effectively with new mothers | tools and techniques of the trade | insufficient milk challenges | hyperbilirubinemia | normal breastfeeding patterns and predictable hurdles from three to six months | postpartum adaptation | breastfeeding and working outside the home | breastfeeding after six months | biological weaning from the breast | feeding and parenting issues of new families
Instructors
Molly Pessl, BSN, IBCLC and EPE Faculty. Please take a moment to get to know the instructors for the Phoenix course, on Evergreen Perinatal Education's Website.
Education Credits
To earn any contact hour credit, daily attendance is required; no partial credits are availablae. Participants will obtain a Certificate as a Lactation Educator.
· International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners, Provider Number: CLT108-4 37.5 CERPs (35.5 L & 2 E) (For IBCLCs only) · 37.5 instructional hours on the IBLCE Exam Blueprint (for preparation for first IBLCE exam) · Commission on Dietetic Registration, 37 CPE hours, Category II (For RDs only) · Provider approved by California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number: CEP 14127 5 45 contact hours (50 minute hours) (For RNs only)
Registration
It is quick and easy to register for this course using this online registration form. Click the Register Now! button below and pay using either a credit card or check. If you work for an organization that requires the use of Purchase Orders, please contact kristi@evergreenperinataleducation.com first to make special arrangements. Please understand we cannot confirm your attendance for this course until payment has been received and processed.
Registration requests received after the course has reached capacity are placed on a waiting list. EPE will notify individuals immediately when space becomes available and payment must be processed promptly.
Fees
$ 895 Early bird rate EXTENDED to April 1st, 2012
$ 995 Regular rate available through April 27, 2012
The registration fee includes course materials, continental breakfast, lunch, breaks, and continuing education credits.
Please note, we will not be able to accommodate registrations received after April 27, 2012.
Can't make this course? Here are some of our other 2012 offerings:
Advanced Update and Exam Review
Bellevue, Washington - June 12-14, 2012
Minneapolis, Minnesota - May 22-24, 2012
Portland, Oregon - May 30 - June 1, 2012
Clinical Applications in Lactation Care: A 2-day practice-oriented intensive course
Portland, Oregon - April 9-10, 2012
Bellevue, Washington - November 29-30, 2012
Foundations for Best Practice in Lactation Care: The 5 Day Course
Phoenix, Arizona - May 7-11, 2012
Spokane, Washington - September 10-14, 2012
More locations and dates coming soon at Evergreen Perinatal Education
