Want to become an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant?

COMPREHENSIVE LACTATION PROGRAMME.

This is a face-to-face in depth lactation specific training course, facilitated by an experienced International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who also has professional Training the Trainer/Adult Education qualifications.  The course prepares people for the IBLCE exam as well as enabling participants to provide accurate current and consistent information about breastfeeding and lactation and preparing them to support new families in feeding their babies from birth through the process of weaning. The course will reflect the IBLCE Detailed Content Outline of the IBLCE . The 12 day course will be held over approx. a 12 month period every year.  Each day of the course is "Stand-alone" so individual sessions can be completed over a number of years and in any order until you have completed the whole series.   I also provide shorter examination preparation courses which are 42 hrs (6 x 7 hrs) in duration. 

Who should attend this course?

• Individuals who want preparation for becoming a Board Certified Lactation Consultant
• Midwives, PHN's or Paediatric, Neonatal, Practice nurses working with mother/baby dyads
• Obstetricians, or GP's, or any Health Care professional involved in the routine early care of newborns
• Breastfeeding Counsellors, La Leche League leaders updating skills or knowledge
• IBCLC's seeking CERPS or exam preparation for re-certification.

Information on the course:

• The 12 study days are linked and are held from 9am to 5.30 pm with a break for lunch.
• Study days combine lecture, practical skills, demonstration and practice, videos, discussions, role-plays and games
• Each topic will clearly link theory to practice and there will be lots of variety in both method and content.
• Individual days can be booked but priority will be given to those who wish to book the whole course. (see list of days below)
• Catch up on any missed days in subsequent years.
• Babes in arms are welcome, however the venue is not suitable for mobile babies. Please also note that if your baby is distracting you then it is likely they are also distracting others, so if your baby cries or needs to be attended to quietly then feel free to step outside for a few minutes.
• At the end of each day there will be a short question session to assist recall, understanding and application.
• There will be time allocated to the exploration of the use of reflective journalling to assist ongoing learning

Upcoming dates:  13th April 25th May 29th June 2019 14th Sept 19th Oct. 9th Nov 7 Dec 2019
                    11th Jan 15th Feb 7th Mar 4th April 9th May 2020

The days outlined below will be subject to change in both content and order but show a rough outline of each days learning.

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• Exploring the idea of becoming an IBCLC
  
• The role and scope of an IBCLC
• Resources and educational tools
• Course review
• Becoming Qualified
• Study Skills
• Resources,  books, tools etc.
• Personal Goals

• Positioning and attachment
• Principles of lactation management
  
• Physiology of milk transfer
  
• Skin to Skin
• Sucking Skills
• Nipple/breast structure
• Magical Hour
• Prematurity
• Listening skills related to above

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• The Composition of breastmilk
• Hormones
• The Microbione
• Physiology of milk transfer
• Skills practice - Teaching skills to parents
• Breast Pathology - mastitis engorgement etc
• Risk of Formula and supplementation
• Obesity
• Safe Sleep
  
• Counselling skills practice
  

• Breastfeeding Behaviours
• Assessing a Breastfeed
• Consult do's and dont's
• Newborn feeding behaviours
• transition to parenthood
• Sleepy Baby
• Assessing problems -  referrals
• Maternal illness
• Infant Illness
  
• Faltering Growth/ Not enough milk
  

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• Care Plan Development
  
• Cultural Issues
• Professional Development
• Peer Support - valuing and training
• Listening and Counselling skills
• creating a successful support group
• Antenatal education and support
  

• Child Development
• Feeding beyond babyhood
• Induced Lactation/Relactation
• Work and Breastfeeding
• Pumping & Hand Expression
• Test Weighing - growth charts
  
• Breastfeeding in Public
  

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• Birth and Breastfeeding
• Mode & Place of Birth
• Empowerment - Microbione
• Medications
• Equipment and Technology
• Postpartum Depression
• Anticipatory Guidance - Antenatal
• Communication Skills

• Research and Interpretation of practice
• Code of Professional Conduct
• Advocacy and Policy
• Global Policy and the International Code
• Choice, Influence and Responsibility of caregiver
• Clinical Competencies
• Research and Statistics
  
• Documentation responsibilities
  

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• Listening and counselling skills practice
  
• Medications
  
• Galactogogues - herbs etc
  
• Environmental Toxins
  
• Milk Banks
  

• Family Lifestyle
• Multiples
• Communication and Counselling practice
• LAM
• Infertility
• Weaning

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• Ways to tackle revision
  
• Clinical Pictures
  
• Mock Exam
  
• Scoring the Exam
  

• Skills for Counselling
  
• Prenatal care
  
• Postnatal Care
  
• Effect of infant diet
  
• Stooling and Voiding
  
• Emotional Support for practitioner
  

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EXAMINATION PREPARATION

 This course prepares people who already have a good knowledge of breastfeeding and have been preparing with lots of other education in order to sit the IBLCE examination,  The course follows the Detailed Content Outline in order to prepare you for sitting the exam.   The course runs over 6 days (42 hrs) of education and is planned in order to allow you to have your education completed before the application process deadline.  Dates for upcoming course....


You will be finished in time to either sit the Oct 2019 exam or to put in your application for the April 2020 exam. 

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