You DO NOT have to attend a workshop. There is no
additional charge for certification and no requirement for
membership or recertification. Certification as a Childbirth
International Breastfeeding Counsellor is for life!
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Read your student materials |
You will receive a comprehensive set of study
guides which build up to form an impressive reference library
that you can refer to again and again. Each study guide contains
a variety of reading material, learning activities and exercises
which you complete in your own time. The course is made up of
three modules - Communication, Physiology of Lactation and Lactation
& Counselling Skills.
As each module is completed you simply submit an on-line
evaluation form.
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Support breastfeeding women for a total of 30 hours |
To gain experience and put some of your new found knowledge into
practice, you will support women for a total of thirty hours. After
you have completed your support, you will write to your trainer and tell her what you
learnt from the experience. This may be the value of some of the skills
you used, the experience of working with the family, or simply describing the
personal satisfaction of being able to help establish a
breastfeeding relationship! These support hours can take place any time after you begin
your training.
To broaden your knowledge and become exposed to different
viewpoints, you will read five books that are relevant to
breastfeeding counselling. You can choose any five books you like from the extensive
reading list.
Take a look at the
reading list here.
To help you understand the options available for parents in
your area, you will complete a short survey on the breastfeeding
support services available in your community. This helps you to
build up a portfolio of resources for the parents you are
working with.
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Complete three assignments |
During the course of your training you will complete the
assignments at your own pace. The first, a communication
assignment, is a written account of one of your own experiences
of feeding your own baby, or an event in your life that was
significant to you if you have never had a baby.
The second
assignment is an open book test of multiple
choice questions on different aspects of the
physiology of lactation. You can use any
reference materials, including your student manuals, to research
and find the answers to the quiz.
The third assignment is related to providing
breastfeeding support. You will be required to answer a number
of short answer questions on dealing with common problems you
will come across as a Breastfeeding Counsellor and how you would handle
the problems. This assignment will also ask
you to prepare a teaching plan for a 2 hour breastfeeding class.
The course materials will assist you in learning how to plan and
teach a class.
The
Breastfeeding Counsellor course will be available from
September 2008
