Professional Seminars
The Breastfeeding Task
Force of Greater Los Angeles
strives to be a trusted
source of breastfeeding
information for residents
and health care
professionals in Los
Angeles. We fulfill part of
this goal by providing
numerous educational
seminars during the year,
held at partner locations.
Health care professionals
with expertise in lactation
speak at these events about
current issues in the field.
By providing you with these
educational experiences, we
give you continuing
education to support your
licenses and give you the
tools to support our
communities? families in
reaching their lactation
goals. We look forward to
seeing you soon at an
upcoming seminar!
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Past Seminars
Baby Led
Latching
Thinking Outside the Box:
Changing Paradigms, New Approaches and Creative
Solutions
Featured
Speaker:
Christina M. Smillie, MD, FAAP, IBCLC, FABM
July 16, 2010, Friday
9am to 4pm
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
Houssels Auditorium
2801 Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90806
Maternal infant biobehavioral and
social interactions establish a direct right-brain to
right-brain link between mother and baby. Our first
session offers a quick review of the neurobiologic
literature touching on lessons in newborn and infant
competence, the role of the primitive reflexes, the
neurobehavioral basis for the maternal infant
relationship and a bit about the biochemical basis for
behavior and attachment. Implications for how we as
professionals can better communicate with mothers.
Stinging, burning, stabbing, pinching, shooting, aching,
pains: How to sort it all out? How pathophysiology
translates into symptoms and explains physical findings.
Quick helpful questions to sort out the history, and
pearls to aid your exam, as you play Sherlock Holmes.
And, on beyond APNO, pearls on management too.
Following a quick review of the literature on weight
gain in breastfed infants, we look at the pathphysiology
of slow weight gain, and how the infants resulting
feeding style can exacerbate the situation. The
rationale for a novel approach to management is
explained: Why it's important to help the baby gain
quickly. And, on beyond pumps and galactogogues,
strategies for increasing milk production easily.
When you have no idea what is going on, what do you do?
Ways to look at those confusing situations, and even
ways to approach management before you know what's going
on, when two or more opposite strategies come to mind.
Faculty
Christina M. Smillie, MD, FAAP, IBCLC, FABM
Dr. Smillie received both undergraduate and medical
degrees from the University of California.
Board certified in pediatrics since 1983. Founded
Breastfeeding Resources in Connecticut, a private
medical practice limited to the specialty of
breastfeeding medicine.
Member of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine since
its inception, awarded Fellowship in 2002.
Served two terms on the Academy's board of directors,
and currently serves on ABMs Communications Committee.
Continues to serve as an advisor to the American Academy
of Pediatrics Section on Breastfeeding, and to the
Health Advisory Council of La Leche League
International.
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Controversies
in Breastfeeding Support and Management
***Cancelled due to low
enrollment***
Featured
Speakers:
Denise Parker, BA, IBCLC
Karen Peters, MBA, RD, IBCLC
June 14, 2010, Monday
9am to 4pm
White Memorial Medical Center
1720 Cesar E. Chavez Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Overfeeding in infancy increases
the risk for childhood obesity. Why don't parents
following our feeding advice? Why do they supplement
breastfeeding with formula? Why do they introduce cereal
and other foods earlier than we recommend?
Many parents and healthcare providers believe that a
quiet, sleeping baby is a good baby and react to the
crying and wakeful baby by overfeeding.
This evidence based one day seminar will provide tools
that can be used to support exclusive breastfeeding in
community, clinic and hospital settings. Seminar
participants will gain important insight into what
babies are trying to communicate in their unique and
often difficult-to-understand body language. When
counseling breastfeeding mothers or teaching health care
professionals, baby behavior messages can be woven into
breastfeeding guidance. Understanding baby behavior will
improve in-hospital and clinic breastfeeding rates,
parent satisfaction and confidence.
The content in this workshop
has been adapted from Baby Behavior 101 from the
UC Davis Human Lactation Center.
Faculty
Denise Parker, BA, IBCLC
Lactation Consultant at Kaiser Permanente, Baldwin
Park
Southern California Kaiser Permanente Regional Lactation
Committee Chair
Birth and Beyond California Consultant
Karen Peters, MBA, RD, IBCLC
Executive Director, Breastfeeding Task Force of
Greater Los Angeles
Birth and Beyond California Consultant
Cultural Challenges, Creative
Solutions: Blacks, Latinas, Asians and Teens
Featured Speakers:
Sharen Anthony, MFCC, RD
Vanessa Annibali, MS, IBCLC, RLC
May 22, 2010, Saturday
9am to 4pm
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
15031 Rinaldi St.
Mission Hills, CA 91345
This one day seminar will provide
important and useful information to overcome the
challenges we face when working with the diverse
populations in Southern California.
We will discuss concerns of African American mothers and
methods for addressing them to support and protect
breastfeeding.
We will review data on breastfeeding among foreign and
US born Latina women. The effects of acculturation,
barriers to exclusive breastfeeding and specific
cultural beliefs that impact exclusive breastfeeding in
foreign and US born Latina women will be discussed.
The concept of Perceived Insufficient Milk Supply (PIMS)
will be described and we will identify how PIMS affects
exclusive and any breastfeeding among Latina mothers.
We will gain insights into cultural beliefs related to
breastfeeding among Asian American mothers. We will
discuss jaundice in Asian infants.
Teens are a special group of people and are often
overlooked as a cultural group. We will look at their
needs and describe successful interventions to support
their parenting skills, including breastfeeding.
Faculty
Sharen Anthony, MFCC, RD
PHFE WIC Senior Nutritionist, Teen Coordinator,
outreach and networking with pregnant minor programs
Vanessa Annibali, MS, IBCLC, RLC
PHFE WICBreastfeeding Peer Counselor
Program, breastfeeding mentoring, nutrition education
and staff breastfeeding training
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Depression and the Breastfeeding
Mother
Featured Speaker:
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC
April 16, 2010, Friday
9am to 4pm
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Health Conference Center
3330 Lomita Boulevard
Torrance, CA 90505
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Health care providers and public health officials are
telling mothers not to sleep with their babies. How is
this impacting mothers' behavior? This presentation will
show new data from the Survey of Mothers' Sleep and
Fatigue. Where do babies start and finish the night,
what are mothers are telling their friends, family and
health care providers, and how do they feel about their
sleep arrangements?
Does nighttime breastfeeding elevate the risk of
postpartum depression? We will examine the relationship
between feeding method, where babies sleep and maternal
fatigue. Preliminary analyses reveal that breastfeeding
mothers report less fatigue than their formula-feeding
or mixed-feeding counterparts.
Recent research has revealed that depression is
associated with systemic inflammation, specifically, the
increase in proinflammatory cytokines. Common
experiences of new motherhood, sleep deprivation,
postpartum pain, and psychological trauma, also cause
inflammation levels to rise. This session will describe
the inflammatory response and also show why
breastfeeding and anti-inflammatory treatments protect
maternal mental health.
The negative effects of postpartum depression, on both
mother and baby, are too serious to ignore. There are a
number of treatments for depression, including a wide
range of non-pharmacologic treatments. This session
summarizes research findings on various therapies and
also describes the implications of each for
breastfeeding.
Faculty:
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Texas
Tech University School of Medicine;
Affiliate Research Associate Professor of Psychology,
Family Research Lab/Crimes against Children Research
Center, University of New Hampshire;
Acquisitions Editor at Hale Publishing and Associate
Editor of the journal Psychological Trauma; and
Author or editor of 19 books in the fields of trauma,
women's health, depression, and breastfeeding, including
Depression in New Mothers, Non-Pharmacologic Treatments
for Depression in New Mothers, and Breastfeeding Made
Simple (co-authored with Nancy Mohrbacher).
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Overcoming Barriers to
Breastfeeding
Featured Speakers:
Carol Suchy RN, BSN, IBCLC
Barbara M. Tcheng, MD
Elaine Robertson, IBCLC
March 17, 2010, Wednesday
9am to 3:30pm
California Hospital Medical Center, Leavy Hall
1401 S. Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90015
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Barriers to successful breastfeeding, either perceived
or real, exist, must be addressed and overcome so that
mothers can fulfill their desire to breastfeed. Nine out
of ten women choose to breastfeed, yet far fewer do so
successfully. From one hospitals experience, we will
describe the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiatives Ten
Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, discussing strategies
to overcome the barriers to achieving the Baby-Friendly
Designation.
Many advocates have been frustrated at the lack of
breastfeeding on the radar of the Joint Commission. In
2010, the Commissions new Joint Commission Perinatal
Core Measures and expanded Healthy People 2020
objectives were created. You will learn how these
changes occurred in these organizations, and how to use
these new national standards to advocate for stronger
support for breastfeeding.
Many newborns become jaundiced, but for some, it can be
extremely dangerous. In all cases, breastfeeding needs
to be supported and good follow-up is required. We will
review the pathophysiology of hyperbilirubinemia along
with its risk factors. We will discuss recommended
practices for prevention and management of
hyperbilirubinemia, in both the inpatient and outpatient
settings. Early and unnecessary supplementation of the
newborn undermines a mothers confidence in her
breastfeeding ability. Breastfeeding can be interrupted
and discouraged by medical personnel during this time.
When newborns are monitored using an effective proven
screening tool, breastfeeding and any necessary
supplementation can co-exist until the breastfeeding
dyad is stable.
Faculty:
Carol Suchy RN, BSN, IBCLC
Manager of Outpatient Perinatal Services, St.
Joseph's Hospital
Barbara M. Tcheng, MD
Pediatric Resident, UCLA
Elaine Robertson, IBCLC
Lactation Consultant, St. John's Medical
Center/Lactation Station
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Stemming the
Tide of Supplementation: Thinking Outside of the Box
Featured Speakers:
Susan Aldana, IBCLC
Carole Chacon, CCCE, IBCLC
Terri Gass, RN, IBCLC
Jessica B. Sacher, RN, MN, IBCLC
February 5, Friday
9am to 4pm
St Marys Medical Center
Health Enhancement Center
1050 Linden Ave
Long Beach, CA 90813
This one day seminar will provide
evidence based practices from experienced clinicians on
addressing the challenges of supplementation facing
mothers. Formula supplementation is generally associated
with a shorter duration of breastfeeding.
We will provide information on community, clinic and
hospital practices to address mothers who believe
breastfeeding and using formula (doing both) gives their
children the best of both worlds. Additional topics to
be covered include: mothers who use formula to help them
cope with infant behaviors such as crying and waking,
mothers who see formula as the normal way to feed babies
since that is what they have observed in the media and
in their neighborhoods, and mothers who think they do
not have enough milk.
Supplementation for medical indications sometimes
undermines a mothers confidence and/or leads to
disappointment and feelings of failure. We will discuss
plans of care for medically indicated supplementation
which include: attending to maternal feelings, reasons
for supplementation, what to supplement, how to deliver
it, how much to give, and how to reduce supplementation
and increase direct breastfeeding.
We will have a discussion on the issues of formula
supplementation and the employed mother. It will include
exploring the reasons for supplementation for both
perceived and real milk supply issues, and family and
co-worker pressures. Tips for developing a plan of care
to support a mothers decision to use formula and
maintain part-time breastfeeding will be highlighted.
Faculty:
Susan Aldana, IBCLC
Lactation Consultant with experience in WIC,
hospitals, CPSP, peer counselor supervision, and La
Leche League
Carole Chacon, CCCE, IBCLC
Lactation Consultant at Providence Holy Cross Medical
Center, a Baby-Friendly designated hospital
Terri Gass, RN, IBCLC
Lactation Consultant at Providence Holy Cross Medical
Center, a Baby-Friendly designated hospital
Jessica B. Sacher, RN, MN, IBCLC
Lactation Consultant, The Pump Station and Nurtury
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Building
Your Breastfeeding Community: Communication, Assessment
and Resources
Featured Speaker:
Denise Altman, RN, IBCLC, LCCE
November 17, Tuesday
9am to 4pm
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
Community Health and Education Center
261 Junipero Serra Drive
San Gabriel, CA 91776
Join us for a day of improving and
refining our communication, lactation assessment and
referral skills. New mothers are buried in information
during pregnancy and postpartum. Learn ways to
effectively communicate information, giving our families
the ability to apply new breastfeeding skills at home.
Taking a complete history and physical assessment are
the cornerstones or providing thorough and effective
lactation support. Learn about key elements of this
process and tips on making a seemingly tedious and
lengthy endeavor more manageable. We need to arm our
families with resources that can help them thrive.
Learn how to identify individuals and groups who may be
in the community.
Denise Altman, RN, IBCLC, LCCE
Private practice Lactation Consultant and Nurse
Educator in Columbia, South Carolina
Author of History and Assessment: It's all in the
Details
Freelance writer and mother of three children
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Breastfeeding Current Issues: Obesity, Baby Friendly,
WIC Changes and H1N1
Featured Speakers:
Wendy Slusser, MD, MS
Kathleen M. Berkowitz, MD
Barbara M. Tcheng, MD
Kiran Saluja, MPH, RD
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
9am to 4pm
Valley Care UCLA-Olive View
Medical Center
14445 Olive View Drive
Sylmar, CA 91342
The obesity epidemic is raging.
Once a child has become obese, it is difficult to help
him or her to achieve an ideal weight. Prevention is
key. We will examine the association between
breastfeeding and childhood obesity, discuss the
probable reasons why breastfeeding affects childhood
weight and BMI, and describe how we can make a
difference in the obesity epidemic with breastfeeding
advocacy and support. We will also examine the
published evidence for each of the Ten Steps to
Successful Breastfeeding and discuss strategies to
overcome the barriers to achieving the Baby Friendly
certification. WIC had made significant changes to
their food package the emphasizes their support for
breastfeeding. We will discuss how to educate families
on how breastfeeding can promote the health and welfare
of their family. We will discuss what we've
learned from the Centers of Disease Control and
Prevention about H1N1 flu and pregnancy and lactation.
Wendy Slusser, MD, MS
Assistant Clincical Professor
Medical Director, Fit for Health
Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA
UCLA Schools of Public Health and Medicine
Kathleen M. Berkowitz, MD
Perinatologist
Miller Children's Hospital
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
Barbara M. Tcheng, MD
FKA Barbara M. Szajda, MD
Pediatric Resident, UCLA
Kiran Saluja, MPH, RD
PHFE-WIC Deputy Director, Nutrition Education
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Working Without Weaning
Featured Speaker: Kirsten Berggren, PhD, RN, IBCLC
Friday May 22, 2009
9am to 4pm
Good Samaritan Hospital
Moseley-Salvatori Conference Center
637 Lucas Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90017
This one day seminar is designed to offer current
information and important knowledge and skills for
people who help expectant and new mothers. Oxytocin is
well-known as the milk-ejection hormone, but there is
much more impact of this important hormone. We will
discuss the role of oxytocin in maternal behavior and
newborn stabilization, its distribution, and what can
inhibit it. Breastfeeding and working can be successful.
We need to help our new mothers learn to prepare and
implement their long term lactation plan when returning
to work. We will also discuss troubleshooting issues
that come up during this period. We will round out our
discussion with helpful evidence and dialogue when
talking to the medical community about tongue tie and
how it affects the breastfeeding mother and
infant.
Kirsten Berggren, PhD, RN, IBCLC
- Adjunct Assoc. Professor of Pathophysiology,
University of Vermont, Dept of Nursing
- Co-coordinator of Breastfeeding Promotion ?
Vermont WIC Program
- Webmaster ?
www.workandpump.com
- Author of Working Without Weaning: A Working
Mother?s Guide to Breastfeeding
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Lightening Up Lactation
Featured Speaker: Carol Schlef, RNC, MSW,
IBCLC, LCCE
Monday, April 27, 2009
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd.
Northridge, CA 91328
This one day seminar is designed to offer current
information and important knowledge and skills for
people who help expectant and new mothers. Take a
lighter approach to education with the topics provided
for you at this seminar. Be educated on pre- and
post-natal learning styles and how to be an effective
educator to our hormonally affected audience. Learn how
to get a new mother?s support network to be a help
rather than a hindrance, providing enthusiasm and
support, and increasing chances of breastfeeding
success. We'll also discuss learning styles of teens and
how to approach, educate and empower them to nurture and
breastfeed their infants. Rounding out our discussion
we?ll try to learn how to lighten the mood around
lactation when appropriate, because we can take the
topic pretty seriously. Let's have a laugh!
Carol Schlef, RNC, MSW, IBCLC, LCCE
- Women's Health Educator for SSM St. Mary?s
Health Center, St. Louis, MO
- Author of Mosby's Maternal-Newborn Patient
Teaching Guides
- IBCLC with experience teaching in breastfeeding
support groups and prenatal classes
- Founder of Humor, Health and Hugs
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Squeaky Clean or Sneaking
By: Ethical Considerations in
Lactation
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Valley Presbyterian Medical Center
15107 Vanowen St.
Van Nuys, CA 91405
This one day seminar is designed to offer current
information and important knowledge and skills for
people who help expectant and new mothers. Ethics are an
important for every working professional. This course
will help clarify important ethical ramifications with
regard to lactation. We will discuss procedures for
using materials of intellectual property that are
protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks and
patents. You will learn what conflicts of interest are
and how to avoid them. We will explore how ethics differ
in different fields including IBCLCs, Peer Counselors,
Nurses and Volunteers. We will bring it all together
with an interactive discussion to help you bring it back
to your workplace.
OBJECTIVES
Following the didactic presentations, participants
will be able to:
Describe procedures to obtain permission to use
intellectual property materials from others;
Identify three situations where conflicts of interest
can arise in clinical practice;
List three areas where ethics differ depending on
scope of service; and to
Implement three changes in day-to-day practice to
protect mothers? confidential information.
Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC, FILCA
Lactation consultant in private practice since 1999.
Lawyer since 1983 with expertise in ethics, lobbying,
administrative and criminal law.
IBCLC with experience in private practice, hospital
setting (education, rounding and NICU), and non profit
community clinic
Secretary of the Board of Directors of ILCA
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Making
More Milk
Thursday, February 5, 2009 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
3330 Lomita Blvd
Torrance, CA 90505
This one day seminar is designed to offer current
information and important knowledge and skills for use
with mothers and their concerns around breastmilk
supply. Evidenced based research will be presented on
insufficient milk supply and what can be done to
increase the supply when it is necessary. Women can
underestimate their ability to provide their baby milk
thus, we will discuss the reality versus perception.
After discerning there is a problem, then the techniques
for boosting supply will be presented. We will arm you
with methods to ensure yourself and the mothers you are
working with that milk is being transferred to their
babies in adequate amounts and assess when
supplementation is needed. Finally our speakers will
discuss ethical and legal considerations of using the
herbal supplements that are being used today to boost or
maintain breastmilk supply.
OBJECTIVES
Following the didactic presentations, participants
will be able to:
Compare and contrast real and perceived insufficient
milk supply;
List three strategies for increasing milk supply;
Identify three methods to accurately assess milk
transfer; and to
Describe the ethical issues around the use of herbal
supplements.
Diane West, BA, IBCLC
Lactation Consultant, Private Practice, New Jersey
The Breastfeeding Mother?s Guide to Making More Milk
co-author with Lisa Marasco
Retired La Leche League Leader and Owner/Administrator
of BFAR.org, LowMilkSupply.org and LactSpeak.com
websites.
Lisa Marasco, MA, IBCLC
Lactation Consultant, Santa Barbara County Public
Health Dept., Nutrition Services/WIC
The Breastfeeding Mother?s Guide to Making More Milk
co-author with Diane West
La Leche League Leader and owner of Expressly Yours
Lactation Services
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To Breastfeed: Too Little,
Too Much
Monday, December 1, 2008
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Kaiser Permanente Panorama City
Medical Center
13652 Cantara Street
Panorama City, CA 91402
This full day seminar is designed to offer current
information and important knowledge and skills for use
with mothers and infants. Evidence based research will
be presented on infants who have difficulty with latch.
Assessment skills for both the potential maternal and
infant problems will be addressed. We will also discuss
the baby who appears to be breastfeeding but who is not.
The obesity epidemic has increased the numbers of women
we see who are overweight or obese. They face unique
barriers to breastfeeding that will be explored.
Strategies to deal with delayed lactogenisis II,
problems with positioning and breastfeeding in public
will be explored. As more and more women initiate
breastfeeding, problems of oversupply are seen more
frequently. Recognizing oversupply, identifying both
maternal and infant problems that contribute to
oversupply and treatment techniques will be discussed.
OBJECTIVES
Following the didactic presentations, participants
will be able to:
? List three infant problems that may contribute to
latch difficulties;
? List three maternal problems that may contribute to
latch difficulties;
? Describe the psychosocial and physiological barriers
to breastfeeding in obese mothers and determine
intervention strategies; and to
? Identify three behaviors exhibited by the infant whose
mother has abundant milk supply.
Kay Hoover, IBCLC
Lactation Consultant , Riddle Memorial Hospital ,
Media, Pennsylvania
The Breastfeeding Atlas co-author with Barbara
Wilson-Clay
La Leche League Leader since 1971.
Member of the PA Breastfeeding Coalition.
Past Member of the Board of Directors of the
International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners
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Kangaroo Mother Care
Featured International Speaker:
Nils Bergman, MD
Monday, November 17, 2008
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Houssel's
Forum
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
2801 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach, California
This unique seminar
will feature the internationally acclaimed speaker
and developer of Kangaroo Mother Care, Dr. Nils
Bergman of South Africa. The seminar will take
participants through the process of understanding
the evolution of infant care to the practice and
research framework for Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC),
and on to developing an implementation framework for
KMC for participants? facilities. Dr. Bergman will
speak on the importance of breastfeeding in the KMC
model and the amazing abilities of the newborn
infant. For more information on KMC visit
www.kangaroomothercare.com
CME,
CEU, CPE and CERP credits will be offered at no
additional charge. The Community Perinatal Network (CPN)
is an approved provider by the California Board of
Registered Nursing. This course offers 6 contact
hours of continuing education. CPN?s provider number
is CEP 14797.
Licensee must maintain certificate for a period of
four years.
This course offers 5 L CERPs. CERP application will
be submitted.
OBJECTIVES
Following the didactic presentations, participants
will be able to:
?
Describe how
the brain makes the baby behave, and what behavior
choices the newborn has;
?
Explain the
effects of newborn separation;
?
Define
Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) , in terms of basic
biological needs and its three components;
?
Describe the
biological basis of breastfeeding; and to
?
Understand
KMC and breastfeeding in the broader scope of health
care for newborns.
Nils Johannes Bergman, MD, MPH, PhD
- Honorary Senior Lecturer ,
University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Creator of Kangaroo Mother
Care DVDs:
I. Rediscover the Natural
Way to Care for Your Newborn Baby
II. Restoring the Original
Paradigm for Infant Care & Breastfeeding
- Former Senior Medical
Superintendent of Mowbray Maternity Center, Cape Town
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Facilitating
Breastfeeding Initiation
Thursday, September 18, 2008
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
White Memorial Medical Center
1720 Cesar E. Chavez Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90033
This full day seminar is designed to offer current
information on the major paradigm shifts in
breastfeeding and present new vocabulary and teaching
strategies. Areas covered include: babies? inborn
feeding behaviors, breast storage capacity and its
effect on breastfeeding patterns, early breastfeeding
and newborn stomach size, skin-to-skin and infant
physiology. We will discuss the physiological effect of
separation and how to use skin to skin to prevent
problems. Strategies the incorporate the 'natural laws'
of breastfeeding will be identified to support high risk
mothers, i.e. mothers with diabetes, obesity, pregnancy
induced hypertension, long labors, and cesarean
deliveries. In the last session, the ethical practices
for lactation services will be demonstrated in
challenging clinical case studies. NOTE: This seminar
will provide 1 E CERPs for IBCLCs.
OBJECTIVES
Following the didactic presentations, participants
will be able to:
? Describe three effective methods of teaching
breastfeeding;
? Identify what research tells us about normal feeding
patterns in the first days of life.
? List three methods of supporting breastfeeding after a
difficult labor; and to
? List three practices that meet international ethical
guidelines for lactation services.
Nils Johannes Bergman, MD, MPH, PhD
- Honorary Senior Lecturer , University of Cape
Town, South Africa
- Creator of Kangaroo Mother Care DVDs:
I. Rediscover the Natural Way to Care for Your
Newborn Baby
II. Restoring the Original Paradigm for Infant Care
& Breastfeeding
- Former Senior Medical Superintendent of Mowbray
Maternity Center, Cape Town
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Business Case for Breastfeeding
Workshop
Thursday, July 31, 2008
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
South Los Angeles Health Projects
2930 W. Imperial Hwy, 6th Floor
Inglewood, CA 90303
PROJECT GOAL
To increase workplace lactation support for employed
breastfeeding women by equipping breastfeeding advocates
within community Healthy Start programs and
breastfeeding coalitions to conduct effective outreach
and education activities with employers and other
stakeholders.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this training program, participants
will be able to:
- Describe three ways supporting breastfeeding
families can improve a company's bottom line;
- List the four components of a successful
workplace lactation support program targeting male
and female employees;
- Describe at least two motivators of employers
and two barriers to implementing a workplace
lactation program; and to
- Develop a strategic plan for implementing The
Business Case for Breastfeeding in your community.
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Breastfeeding Updates:
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Thursday, June 19, 2008
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Leavy Hall
California Hospital Medical Center
1401 South Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90015
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This full day seminar is designed to offer current
information on important knowledge and skills for use
with mothers and babies. Evidence based research will be
presented on touch, breastfeeding, bonding and
attachment. Participants will learn the do?s and don?ts
of managing infants with thrush. We will conduct a
dynamic, yet practical, workshop that presents difficult
case studies and discussion of care plans. Participants
are then requested to break into small groups that will
each be given a distinct difficult case and then report
back to the group on care plan. Ethical considerations
will be addressed.
OBJECTIVES
Following the didactic presentations participants will
be able to:
Identify two key findings that link breastfeeding to
healthy mother/baby bonding;
Examine the current practices in the management of
infants with thrush; and to
Develop a care plan for one difficult breastfeeding
case.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Physicians, Registered Nurses, Dietitians,
Nutritionists, Occupational Therapists, CPHWs, Lactation
Consultants, Lactation Educators, La Leche League
Leaders, Health Educators, Doulas, Breastfeeding Peer
Counselors and others interested in supporting families
in the initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding.
Jimi Francis, BS, MS, PhD, IBCLC
Dr. Francis is an instructor, a lactation consultant and
an advisor in relation to nutrition and lactation. She
acts as a Letter-of-Appointment Research Faculty at the
University of Nevada, Department of Biochemistry. She is
a clinical consultant to Handi-Craft Company. Dr.
Francis also maintains a private practice as a lactation
and nutritional consultant.
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Business Case for Breastfeeding
Workshop
Friday, May 23, 2008
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
South Los Angeles Health Projects
2930 W. Imperial Hwy, 6th Floor
Inglewood, CA 90303
Project Goal
To increase workplace lactation support for employed
breastfeeding women by equipping breastfeeding advocates
within community Healthy Start programs and
breastfeeding coalitions to conduct effective outreach
and education activities with employers and other
stakeholders.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this training program,
participants will be able to:
? Describe three ways supporting breastfeeding families
can improve a company?s bottom line;
? List the four components of a successful workplace
lactation support program targeting male and female
employees;
? Describe at least two motivators of employers and two
barriers to implementing a workplace lactation program;
and to
? Develop a strategic plan for implementing The Business
Case for Breastfeeding in your community.
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Facilitating Breastfeeding with
Karen Gromada: Addressing challenging situations
Monday, May 19, 2008
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
UCLA Medical Center
Semel Institute Auditorium
720 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90024
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This full day seminar is designed to offer current
information on the increasing rate of mothers
breastfeeding full or preterm multiples and the
management of transitioning two or more infants to the
breast. The controversial topic of supplemental
bottle-feeding will be addressed and we will look at how
bottle feeding may be used to reinforce breastfeeding
oral behaviors. Participants will learn about the
potential challenging initiation of breastfeeding with
mothers of late pre-term infants. The seminar will also
examine sociological factors and maternal behaviors of
the woman with a history of sexual abuse and verbal and
non-verbal communication techniques that are key in
supporting her through breastfeeding.
OBJECTIVES
Following the didactic presentations participants
will be able to:
- Facilitate assessment and intervention of
breastfeeding mothers with a sexual abuse history;
- Help mothers initiate and maintain
breastfeeding/lactation with full-/preterm
multiple-birth infants;
- Examine the risks or disadvantages of
bottle-feeding for supplemental feedings; and to
- Educate mothers of later pre-term babies on
initiating breastfeeding.
Karen Kerkhoff Gromada, MSN, RN, IBCLC, has worked in
various perinatal settings, including L&D, OB early
discharge homecare, and as a private practice and
hospital-based lactation consultant. She leads a La
Leche League group for mothers of multiples and is the
author of Mothering Multiples: Breastfeeding and Caring
for Twins or More and related articles for professional
and parent publications. She served as the President of
the International Lactation Consultant Association from
1994-1996.
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Mother-Infant Cosleeping,
Elective C-Sections and Parenting Books: Your
Breastfeeding Questions Answered
Friday, March 28, 2008
9:00 am to 4:00pm
Van Dyke Theater
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
2801 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach, California
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This one day seminar will discuss the scientific
studies (both strong and weak) that have been done
regarding bedsharing, the background on SIDS
investigations in relation to bedsharing and will look
at the scientific studies of mother-infant bedsharing
and how this benefits the mother-infant dyad.
Re-defining biological bases of human infant sleep will
be addressed and how and why it conflicts with cultural
models. There will be an explanation of what biological
studies, rather than cultural ideologies, show us about
who the infant is and what the infant needs in regard to
nighttime care and contact. There will be a discussion
regarding cesarean birth on maternal request (CDMR) and
how this could negatively impact the WHO?s Baby Friendly
Initiative. Parenting books are a popular source of
information for new parents. The popular guides found
today and their ?information? will be addressed and we
will identify the content that is contrary to policies
and recommendations by AAP and WHO.
OBJECTIVES
Following the didactic presentations, participants
will be able to:
- Distinguish between strong
and weak scientific studies regarding bedsharing;
- Describe scientific studies
of mother-infant bedsharing and how bedsharing
benefits the mother infant dyad;
- Distinguish between studies
which begin and end with opinion and social values
rather than with actual biological data on infant
physiology and behavior;
- Name three characteristics of
the individuals who request CDMR; and to
- List three key messages to be
used when counseling parents at risk for
implementing the infant care and feeding information
in some parenting books.
James McKenna, PhD Director of the Mother-Baby Sleep
Lab at the University of Notre Dame. He holds a PhD in
Anthropology and is on the medical advisory board of La
Leche League International. He is the author of Sleeping
with Your Baby: A Parents Guide to Co-sleeping.
Patricia Donohue-Carey, BS, LCCE,CLE, FACCE Senior
Health Educator for Perinatal health at Kaiser
Permanente Medical Center, Fremont, a Baby Friendly
Hospital. She coordinates a spectrum of prenatal classes
as well as participation in ongoing physician and staff
education.
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Foundations of Infant Feeding:
Application to Breastfeeding Practice
- Exploring the Suck/Swallow/Breathe Triad
Friday, April 25,
2008
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
3330 Lomita Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90505
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This full day seminar is designed to offer current
information on the function of the oral structures, the
characteristics of sucking, and the phases of
swallowing. Participants will be exposed to successful
interventions for oral motor dysfunction in the
breastfeeding infant. The special issues that premature
infants have with suck/swallow/breathe will be
addressed. This seminar will also provide clinical
strategies to support and maintain breastfeeding in
infants with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
OBJECTIVES
Following the didactic presentations, participants will
be able to:
? Understand the pathophysiologic principles underlying
the suck-swallow-breathe triad and how they apply to
breastfeeding;
? Identify several oral motor difficulties that
interfere with effective latch and milk transfer and
treatment strategies for these problems;
? Formulate a strategy to develop breastfeeding skills
in the premature infant; and to
? Understand the mechanisms underlying gastroesophageal
reflux and its relationship to breastfeeding
difficulties.
Robin Glass, MS, OTR, IBCLC
Lynn Wolf, MOT, OTR, IBCLC
Ms. Glass and Ms. Wolf practice occupational therapy at
Children?s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in
Seattle, Washington.
Their clinical specialty is the treatment of infants,
with a strong focus on feeding issues. They are NDT
trained and Board Certified Lactation Consultants, with
extensive national and international experience speaking
about infant feeding. They have published numerous
journal articles as well as the book Feeding and
Swallowing Disorders in Infancy: Assessment and
Management.
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Cutting Edge Information on
Tongue Tie, Breastfeeding, and More
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Valley Care Olive View - UCLA
Medical Center
14445 Olive View Drive
Sylmar, CA 91342
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This one day seminar will discuss how an assessment
for problematic frenulums, also known as tongue tie, is
made in newborns/ neonates and how frenotomy can help
initiate breastfeeding and improves the continuation of
breastfeeding. There will be case studies presented to
aid those in attendance to be able to assist in
assessing for ankyloglossia, with the goal of initiation
of exclusive breastfeeding. We will also present the
ongoing research into vitamin D in the maternal/child
health population and implications for breastfeeding
infants. The most current evidence will be offered on
the effectiveness of the Baby Friendly Hospital
Initiative (BFHI) in the US and world wide. Attendees
will get practical tips on implementation of the BFHI in
the hospital. The session on craniosacral therapy will
provide an overview of the philosophy and treatments
that can be useful when mothers and babies are learning
to breastfeed.
OBJECTIVES
Following the didactic presentations, participants
will be able to:
- Identify the different types of problematic
frenulums, commonly known as tongue-tie;
- Understand and be able
to communicate what a frenotomy is;
- Describe the risk factors for vitamin D
deficiency in mothers and newborns;
- Describe effective strategies for implementing
Baby Friendly Initiative in the hospital setting;
and to
- Identify the support a craniosacral therapist
can provide to the breastfeeding mother and baby.
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Assisting Mothers to Successful Baby Led Latching
Thursday, November 1, 2007
9:30 am to 4:30pm
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Harvey Morse Auditorium, South Tower
8700 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca 90048
FACULTY
Christina M. Smillie, MD, FAAP, IBCLC, FABM,
Medical Director, Breastfeeding Resources, Stratford,
Connecticut.
Kittie Frantz, RN, CPNP-PC, Clinical instructor,
Pediatrics, University of Southern California, Keck
School of Medicine
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This one day seminar will discuss the
neurobehavioral basis for understanding how infants
learn to breastfeed by providing lessons in newborn and
infant competence, the role of the breast-seeking
reflex, the neurobehavioral basis for the maternal
infant relationship and review briefly the biochemical
basis for behavior and attachment. The seminar will also
examine why current methods of teaching latch can be
problematic and provide an alternative approach to
helping babies learn to latch by taking advantage of
their own innate competence. The neurophysiologic basis
for attachment will be examined along with how mothers
help their infants calm so that they can learn about
latching and breastfeeding. The speakers will discuss
how babies can learn to handle emotions and how this can
help with subsequent neurodevelopment and affect
regulation. The seminar will examine the implications
for how we as professionals can better communicate with
mothers. The most current information on the newborn?s
natural capabilities to initiate and establish milk
supply will be addressed.
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Not Enough Milk? Hot Topics, Cool Answers
Friday, October 12, 2007
9:00 am to 4:00pm
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
1798 N. Garey Ave.
Pomona, CA 91767
FACULTY
Chris Moses, RN, IBCLC, is a Staff Nurse III at Sutter
Medical Center of Santa Rosa. She has established and
implemented a lactation program for in-hospital and
outpatient services.
Tiffany Endo, DO, is a board certified Family Physician
with an interest in low-risk obstetrics and is fluent in
Vietnamese
Karen Meehan, RD, IBCLC, is the Breastfeeding Projects
Coordinator for the Public Health Foundation Enterprises
WIC Program
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This full, one day, seminar will provide
important and current information about insufficient
milk supply: the controversial issues, causes, and
treatments. Effective assessment and treatment
strategies that address both maternal and infant
anatomic and physiologic issues will be addressed. This
seminar will provide educational strategies for the
mother who does not understand the normal increase in
milk volume from the colostral phase to the mature milk
phase, as well as give the health care provider
assessment techniques to identify the appropriate
interventions when there is a true delay in the onset of
milk production. The physician and community
perspectives will be presented and discussed as well as
proactive strategies for overcoming our common
challenges will be presented. This seminar will provide
clinical strategies and interventions for breastfeeding
problems that present in the early postpartum period.
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Critical Updates for the Lactation Professional
Friday, August 3, 2007
9:00 am to 4:00pm
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Saban Building Auditorium,
4661 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Guest Speakers
- Michal A. Young, M.D., FABM, IBCLC, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Howard
University College of Medicine and Interim Chairman
of the Department of Pediatrics. She also serves as
Director of the B.L.E.S.S. (Breastfeeding Lactation
Education Support Services) Initiative as well as
Director of the NICU and Newborn Services at Howard
University Hospital. She is a graduate of Howard
University College of Medicine,. Dr. Young has
several publications and presentations covering a
range of topics governing infant care. Her research
interests are in developmental outcomes of the ELBW
infant, HIV perinatal transmission and in
breastfeeding education for professionals and
parents. Dr. Young speaks nationally about the
benefits of human milk for human infants and their
families.
- Grace Aldrovandi, MD, CM.
Dr. Aldrovandi works in the Division of
Infectious Diseases at Children?s Hospital Los
Angeles and is an Associate Professor in the
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric
Infectious Diseases at USC.
Program Description
This full day seminar is designed to offer
current information on clinical strategies used with
mothers and babies when they are having difficulties
with breastfeeding. We will delve into the reasons why
high risk infants have challenges with latching on and
milk transfer and offer some innovative solutions. We
will highlight the breastmilk factors that mitigate
viral diseases including influenza, CMV and HIV.
Diabetes can be a challenge for mothers and infants and
breastfeeding in this population can create different
challenges. We will examine the clinical and practical
implications of breastfeeding on the diabetic dyad and
discuss what the health care professional can do to
maintain and support breastfeeding with this challenge.
Objectives
Following the didactic presentations, participants
will be able to:
? Describe clinical strategies to assist mothers during
breastfeeding challenges;
? Understand why the high risk infant requires more
assistance with latch on and milk transfer;
? Describe the cellular immune response in breastmilk;
and to
? Describe the clinical and practical implications of
diabetes on the breastfeeding dyad.
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Secure Attachment and
Successful Breastfeeding:
Evidence Based Practices
Friday, September 14, 2007
9:00 am to 4:00pm
Valley Presbyterian Medical Center
15107 Vanowen St., Van Nuys,
CA 91405
GUEST SPEAKERS
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Ellen Steinberg, RN, IBCLC is a
lactation consultant in
private practice with a special interest
in supporting hospitals to improve their
breastfeeding rates. She assisted Glendale Memorial
Medical Center in becoming the first Baby
Friendly Hospital in Los
Angeles County. Ellen is the
President of the Breastfeeding Task Force of
Greater Los Angeles.
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Karen Peters, RD, IBCLC is the
Executive Director of the
Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater
Los Angeles. She specializes in providing
evidenced based education
to professionals and parents in
normal birth and breastfeeding advocacy.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Exclusive breastfeeding is the goal of all
health care organizations but
it seems that mothers have
many barriers to achieving this. Prenatally, women
hear that breastfeeding is best, but they don?t
receive the education to feel
confident that they will be
successful. In the hospital, they know they want to
breastfeed, but they see formula in their baby?s
crib and in the nursery. When
they are home, they hope
breastfeeding is going to work out, but they worry
they don?t have enough milk.
This full, one day, seminar will
provide important and current
information to support the
development of healthy children by improving
exclusive breastfeeding rates. The parent?infant
relationship is key to the development of healthy
children and successful breastfeeding. Bonding,
attachment, and breastfeeding are enhanced with
specific post partum practices in the hospital
and in the early period of
life for the infant at home.
Learn how to support prenatal and early postpartum
mothers to have positive bonding
experiences with their newborn
infants. We will
describe specific, supportive positioning and latching
techniques, always honoring the mother?s
decisions and the infant?s
competencies. This seminar will
provide clinical strategies and interventions for
breastfeeding problems presented in the early
postpartum period.
OBJECTIVES
Following the didactic presentations, participants
will be able to:
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List three skills to facilitate
parent/infant attachment;
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Describe the importance of touch
in attachment and
self-regulation;
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Describe three effective methods
of teaching breastfeeding;
and to
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Identify three corrective actions
for common feeding
problems.
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Depression and the Breastfeeding Woman
Monday, June 25, 2007
9:00 am to 4:00pm
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center?s
Community Health and Education Center
261 Junipero Serra Drive
San Gabriel, CA 91776
Guest Speaker
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Ph.D., IBCLC
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Dr. Kendall-Tackett is a health
psychologist, International Board Certified
Lactation Consultant, and Research Associate
Professor of Psychology specializing in women?s
health at the Family Research Lab, University of New
Hampshire.
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Dr. Kendall-Tackett is the author
or editor of 15 books including The Hidden Feelings
of Motherhood, Depression in New Mothers, and
Breastfeeding Made Simple, co-authored with Nancy
Mohrbacher. She is on the editorial board of the
Journal of Human Lactation, and regularly reviews
for 27 other journals in the fields of trauma,
women?s health, interpersonal violence, depression,
and child development and is the ?Ask a Lactation
Consultant? columnist on Pregnancy.org and serves on
the Board of Directors of Attachment Parenting
International.
Program Description
This full day seminar is designed to offer current
information on recent research in the field of
psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) indicating that depression
is associated with inflammation. Breastfeeding has a
protective effect on maternal mental health by
attenuating stress and modulating the inflammatory
response. We will also look at a number of
scientifically proven treatments for depression and look
at what is most compatible with breastfeeding. We will
delve into the latest research on how past abuse can
affect a woman?s body, mind and spirit and what she can
do to overcome these effects. This seminar will also
address the negative feelings a substantial number of
women feel about their breastfeeding and birth
experience and explore what can be done to help them
heal from a difficult experience.
Objectives
Following the didactic presentations, participants
will be able to:
? Describe the protective role of breastfeeding and
anti-inflammatory treatments;
? List three specific strategies to help with abuse
issues;
? Discuss how breastfeeding can have a protective effect
on maternal mental health; and to
? Identify the the traumatic stress reaction that women
may exhibit after a difficult breastfeeding or birth
experience.
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The Natural Laws of Breastfeeding: New Paradigms and
Teaching Tools
Friday, May 25, 2007
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd., Northridge, CA 91328
Guest Speaker
Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC
Nancy has been helping breastfeeding families since
1982. Board-certified in 1991, she founded and
maintained a large private practice in the Chicago area
from 1993 to 2003. She is currently Lactation Consultant
for the Ameda Products division of Hollister
Incorporated and is Chair of the Chicago Area
Breastfeeding Coalition.
Nancy has authored: The
Breastfeeding Answer Book Pocket Guide Edition,
Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for
Nursing Mothers, The
Breastfeeding Answer Book
Program
Description
This full day seminar is designed to offer current
information on the major paradigm shifts in
breastfeeding and present new vocabulary and teaching
strategies. Areas covered include: babies? inborn
feeding behaviors, breast storage capacity and its
effect on breastfeeding patterns, early breastfeeding
and newborn stomach size, skin-to-skin and infant
physiology. We will provide an in-depth review of the
causes and treatment of nipple pain and trauma.
Additionally, we will identify inappropriate treatments,
comfort measures for a breastfeeding mother with nipple
pain, and causes of nipple pain that are complications
of nipple trauma or unrelated to nipple damage. You will
add more ?tools? to your ?lactation toolbox? at the
video-packed session on latch-on and positioning.
Concepts included are asymmetrical latch, sandwich
analogy, instinctive feeding position, and baby-led
latching; and features clips from Chele Marmet, Chloe
Fisher, Jack Newman, Diane Wiessinger, Rebecca Glover,
Christina Smillie, and insights from other experts. In
the last session, the ethical practices for lactation
services will be discussed. (This seminar will provide
1.25 E CERPs for IBCLCs.)
Objectives
Following the didactic presentations, participants will
be able to:
Describe three effective methods of teaching
breastfeeding;
Identify four stages of nipple trauma and evidence based
treatments for each stage;
Understand the anatomic & physiologic rational for the
new latch-on & positioning concepts; and to
List three practices that meet national ethical
guidelines for lactation services
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Breastfeeding and Beyond
Monday, April 23, 2007
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
3330 Lomita Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90505
Guest Speakers
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Yvvone Vaucher, MD. MPH is a
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University
of California, San Diego. At UCSD she is an
attending neonatologist in the NICU, Director of the
Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up Program and past
Pediatric Director of the UCSD Family Maternity Care
Center
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Jeanette Panchula, BA-SW, RN, PHN,
IBCLC provides lactation consultation for the
California Department of Health Maternal Child
Adolescent, WIC, and Comprehensive Perinatal
Services Programs. She also provides breastfeeding,
Keys to Caregiving and NCAST education and support
to the Public Health Nurses, WIC, MCH and other
staff of the Health and Social Services Department
of Solano County.
Program Description
This full day seminar is designed to offer current
information on several important issues that affect
breastfeeding promotion and support. PROVIDING
BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT: RECOMMENDED MODEL HOSPITAL
POLICIES is a document developed to address the actions
of hospital staff and administration in providing
breastfeeding support. This seminar will demonstrate the
internet toolkit which supports the MODEL POLICIES and
provides resources for effective implementation of
policies to support breastfeeding. We will also discuss
how the late-preterm infant, born between 34 - 37 weeks
gestation, is physiologically different from the term
newborn, why these differences influence the initiation
and maintenance of breastfeeding, why the near term is
at higher risk for breastfeeding failure and what
specific guidelines and techniques we can use to help
ensure breastfeeding success in this special group.
Drugs in breastmilk are of great concern. The effect of
illicit drugs on the newborn, the challenges of
withdrawal, the issues around methadone treatment, and
other psychotropic medications including antidepressants
and SSRIs will be discussed. We will explain how to
access the Code of Ethics of the Lactation Consultant
and interpret its tenants. We will address how the HIPAA
and WHO Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes
affect the Lactation Consultant. This
seminar will provide 1.25 E CERPs for IBCLCs.
Objectives
Following the didactic presentations, participants will
be able to:
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Utilize the Toolkit to find
information about the implementation of the Model
Hospital Policy Recommendations;
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Discuss clinical strategies to
reduce breastfeeding failure for late-preterm
infants;
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Describe the risks and benefits
of SSRIs for the breastfeeding mother and baby; and
to
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Describe 3 ethical
responsibilities of a lactation consultant.
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Foundations of Infant Feeding: Application to
Breastfeeding Practice
Exploring the Suck/Swallow/Breathe Triad
Breastfeeding Seminar
Friday, March 30, 2007
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital
12401 Washington Blvd, Whittier, CA
Guest Speakers
Robin Glass, MS, OTR, IBCLC &
Lynn Wolf, MOT, OTR, IBCLC
Ms. Glass and Ms. Wolf practice occupational therapy at
Children?s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in
Seattle, Washington. Their
clinical specialty is the treatment of infants, with a
strong focus on feeding issues. They are NDT trained and
Board Certified Lactation Consultants, with extensive
national and international experience speaking about
infant feeding. They have published numerous journal
articles as well as the book Feeding and Swallowing
Disorders in Infancy: Assessment and Management.
Program Description
This full day seminar is designed to offer current
information on the function of the oral structures, the
characteristics of sucking, and the phases of
swallowing. Participants will be exposed to successful
interventions for oral motor dysfunction in the
breastfeeding infant. The special issues that premature
infants have with suck/swallow/breathe will be
addressed. This seminar will also provide clinical
strategies to support and maintain breastfeeding in
infants with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
Objectives
Following the didactic presentations, participants will
be able to:
-
Understand the pathophysiologic
principles underlying the suck-swallow-breathe triad
and how they apply to breastfeeding;
-
Identify several oral motor
difficulties that interfere with effective latch and
milk transfer and treatment strategies for these
problems;
-
Formulate a strategy to develop
breastfeeding skills in the premature infant; and to
-
Understand the mechanisms
underlying gastroesophageal reflux and its
relationship to breastfeeding difficulties.
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Controversies in Breastfeeding Support and Management
Friday, February 23, 2007
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Van Dyke Theater
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
2801 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach, California
Guest Speaker:
Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC
is a Toronto
pediatrician who has practiced medicine since 1970.
He is a graduate of the University of Toronto
medical school. In 1984 he established the first
hospital-based breastfeeding clinic in Canada at
Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. He has
practiced as a physician in Canada, New Zealand, and
South Africa. He now holds breastfeeding clinics in
several hospitals in the Toronto area. He is a
consultant with UNICEF's Baby Friendly Hospital
Initiative, and is a popular speaker at
breastfeeding conferences across North America and
beyond.
Dr. Newman has several
publications on breastfeeding:
v
Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers,
revised 2006
v
Dr.
Jack Newman?s Visual Guide to Breastfeeding,
DVD, 2005
v
The
Latch and Other Keys to Breastfeeding,
2006
Program Description
This
full day seminar is designed to offer current
information and address controversies in
breastfeeding. Participants will be exposed
to
successful
approaches useful in the maternity care hospital and
the early outpatient setting. Case studies will be
presented to illustrate ways to support the
breastfeeding dyad when the baby refuses to latch.
Ethical dilemmas about issues of guilt and the risks
of formula feeding will be addressed. (This seminar
will provide 1.25 E CERPs
for IBCLCs.) This
seminar will also provide clinical strategies and
interventions to support and maintain breastfeeding
in infants with jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia)
and low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).
Objectives
Following the didactic presentations, participants
will be able
to:
? Describe
two controversies in basic breastfeeding management;
? Evaluate
a case study of a baby who refuses to latch and
discuss approaches to protect the breastfeeding
relationship;
? List
two interventions which increase a baby?s risks due
to formula feeding and our ethical role in
prevention of those risks; and to
? Discuss
the role breastfeeding plays in evaluation and
treatment of jaundice and list three interventions
to support continued breastfeeding.
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Proactive Breastfeeding Support and Management
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90813
Faculty
Jane Morton, MD, Clinical
Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Breastfeeding
Medicine, Stanford University,
Medical Director of Lactation Support, Lucile Packard
Children?s Hospital
Amy Spangler, MN, RN, IBCLC,
President, Amy?s Babies,
Author of BREASTFEEDING, A Parent?s Guide,
BREASTFEEDING, Keep It Simple, BREASTFEEDING, Your guide
to a healthy, happy baby, and Clinical Guidelines for
the Establishment of Exclusive Breastfeeding.
Program Description
This full day seminar is designed to offer current
information to answer the following questions:
Is there such a thing as ?simple and proactive?
breastfeeding management?
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What basic skills and knowledge
do mothers need to learn?
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Is breastfeeding important enough
to ask all care providers to become more involved in
a stronger support system?
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Why do women prematurely
discontinue breastfeeding?
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How can care providers become
more involved in a stronger support system?
Participants will be exposed to a
variety of teaching materials and methods designed to
target all types of learners. . This seminar will also
address the need for cultural change in the face of
resistance, the barriers to breastfeeding, and
strategies for helping women achieve their breastfeeding
goals.
Objectives
Following the didactic presentations, participants will
be able to:
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Identify three key educational
components in the AAP Breastfeeding Residency
Curriculum as ?basic skills? for all care providers
to teach new mothers;
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Identify the principles of adult
learning;
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Relate the advantages of teaching
mothers a cross-chest hold and asymmetric latch; and
to
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Identify cultural factors that
impact a woman's choice to breastfeed.
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Breastfeeding Beyond Infancy: Issues and Answers
Monday, October 9, 2006
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center 501 S. Buena
Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91505
(818) 843-5111
Program Description
This full day seminar is designed to offer current
information on how breastfeeding beyond the first six
months of life can reduce the risks to mothers and
babies of cancer, diabetes, respiratory infections,
osteoporosis and obesity. We will explore the role and
benefits that breastfeeding has on a child's
development. This seminar will discuss some of the
barriers families face regarding breastfeeding the older
baby including plugged ducts, night waking, teething,
fertility issues, extended breastfeeding and weaning. We
will identify the nutritional and developmental
rationale for introduction of other foods at 6 months
and explore the appropriate first foods both breastfed
and formula-fed children. Clinical strategies and
interventions to support and maintain breastfeeding for
employed mothers will be discussed.
Objectives
Following the didactic presentations, participants will
be able to:
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Identify at least two benefits of
long-term breastfeeding;
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Explain the developmental issues
related to night time waking;
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Articulate the importance of the
protein/calorie ratio when choosing complementary
foods for the breastfed infant;
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Assist the breastfeeding mother
in determining her unique physical, emotional and
environmental needs as she returns to the workplace.
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Task Force Seminar: Critical Factors in Breastfeeding
Success A Day with Dr. Mom Marianne Neifert
A Day with Marianne Neifert,
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Marianne Niefert, MD, FAAP,
Critical Factors for Early Breastfeeding Success, Causes
and Management of Insufficient Milk, The 2005 AAP
Breastfeeding Policy Statement, Improving the Quality of
Your Journey, CERP, CEU, CPE, CME offered.
DATE/TIME/LOCATION
Thursday, August 3, 2006
9:30am to 4:30pm
Thalians Building, Plaza Level Auditorium
8730 Alden Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90048
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Many women encounter early breastfeeding
difficulties that jeopardize long-term success. This
full day seminar is designed to offer current
information to equip physicians and other health care
providers to promote and support the successful onset of
breastfeeding and effectively troubleshoot early
lactation difficulties. Emphasis will be given to the
role of the early follow-up visit in preventing maternal
complaints and infant morbidities, including
malnutrition, dehydration, and hyperbilirubinemia.
The American
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently released their
revised policy statement on breastfeeding, entitled
?Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk.? We will
summarize the major content of the revised policy,
including new practice recommendations to promote
successful breastfeeding.
Participants will
gain an understanding of the mechanisms by which
lactation difficulties become complicated by low milk,
and review common maternal and infant factors
contributing to insufficient lactation. Specific
management strategies for increasing maternal milk
production and improving the nutritional status of
underweight breastfed infants will be discussed.
Additionally,
Marianne Neifert, M.D.--widely known as ?Dr. Mom?--will
share hard-earned wisdom for enjoying more satisfying
personal and professional lives and experiencing
individual growth and self-discovery. Come prepared to
laugh and learn - leave rejuvenated, re-energized, and
excited about your life and your work!
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Long Beach Memorial/Miller Children's Training Course
Gentle Transitions: Enhancing Perinatal Practice
in the 21st Century
Program Description
This 16-hour course provides the evidence, knowledge and
skills participants need to confidently support,
establish and protect both early mother-infant
attachment and breastfeeding in the hospital setting. It
will highlight the personal tools necessary to enhance
early parent-infant attachment, and help families to
listen to and understand the language of the newborn.
Emphasis will be on honoring the mother?s beliefs and
choices of infant feeding.
The model for this course was developed by the Perinatal
Services Network at Loma Linda University Medical
Center. Through the Birth and Beyond Course, Perinatal
Services Network has provided education to over 2,200
health professionals in San Bernardino and Riverside
Counties.
This course will be offered monthly by the Long Beach
Memorial/Miller Children's Hospital staff, enhancing the
Task Force dates. Registration Fee: $160 Registration
fee includes: continental breakfast, syllabus, and
continuing education credit. Lunch is on your own.
Session 1 Jan. 16 and 30
Session 2 Feb. 10 and 17
Session 3 March 10 and 17
Session 4 April 17 and
24
Session 5 May 15 and 22
Session 6 May 30 and June 8
Seats are limited to 10 each session.
Register by calling Lissette at 562-933-0627.
Task Force Training Course: Gentle Transitions:
Enhancing Perinatal Practice in the 21st Century
Program Description
This 16-hour course provides the evidence, knowledge and
skills participants need to confidently support,
establish and protect both early mother-infant
attachment and breastfeeding in the hospital setting. It
will highlight the personal tools necessary to enhance
early parent-infant attachment, and help families to
listen to and understand the language of the newborn.
Emphasis will be on honoring the mother's beliefs and
choices of infant feeding.
The model for this course was developed by the Perinatal
Services Network at Loma Linda University Medical
Center. Through the Birth and Beyond Course, Perinatal
Services Network has provided education to over 2,200
health professionals in San Bernardino and Riverside
Counties.
Objectives
Following the didactic presentations, participants will
be able to:
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Create an environment that
supports and enhances the newborn's natural
capabilities;
-
Demonstrate the skills necessary
to organize care to maximize mother and infant
skin-to-skin contact and bonding;
-
Identify the biologic,
nutritional and immunologic properties of
breastfeeding and the risks of artificial milk; and
to
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Recognize and discuss solutions
to alleviate common barriers to supporting mothers'
choice to exclusively breastfeeding.
This 16-hour course is offered in two
8-hour days. Day 1 and Day 2 must be taken together in
the session dates offered below.
Sessions Day 1
Day 2
1
April 12 April 26
2 May 10
May 24
3 May 17
May 31
4 June 7
June 21
5 June 14
June 28
6 July 12
July 19
Location: Harbor UCLA
Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Classroom Location will be sent with Registration
Confirmation
7:45 am Registration
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Class
This 16-hour course provides the evidence and knowledge
to confidently support, establish and protect both early
mother-infant attachment and breastfeeding in the
hospital setting. This course was developed by the
Perinatal Services Network at Loma Linda University
Medical Center. Through the Birth and Beyond Course,
Perinatal Services Network has provided education to
over 1,800 health professionals in San Bernardino and
Riverside Counties. Breastfeeding Task Force members who
have been trained by the Perinatal Services Network will
teach this course.
Download Registration Form
Task Force Seminar: The Impact of Birthing Practices on
Breastfeeding - A Day with Linda Smith
DATE/TIME/LOCATION
Friday, May 26, 2006
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Citrus Valley Medical Center:
Queen of the Valley Campus
1115 S. Sunset Avenue
West Covina, CA 91790
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This full day seminar is designed to offer current
information on the impact of birthing practices on
breastfeeding. We will discuss the maternal risks of
birth medications and procedures; birth stress on mother
and baby; Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative;
management of early breast problems. We will explore
infant oral structures including muscle groups and
cranial nerves that affect suck; suck-swallow-breathe
cycle; effects of birth medications and procedures;
visual and physical assessment skills; management
strategies to support infant feeding. Research on SIDS,
infant mortality, public policy, skin-to-skin contact
and safe bed-sharing are presented. We will explore the
fine art of effective, proactive strategies for
promoting breastfeeding without alienating mothers who
do not breastfeed; and address the "guilt" issue and
documented facts about infant feeding outcomes.
Download Registration Form
Task Force Seminar: April 10, 2006, Risks of Not
Breastfeeding: Diabetes, Obesity and More: A Day with
Marsha Walker. Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC,
Breastfeeding, Diabetes, and Obesity: The Endocrine
Connection, Supplementing the Breastfed Baby: Needed or
Needless, Hazards of Infant Formula: What You Will Never
Find on the Label, Marketing of Infant Formula: The
Selling Out of Mothers and Babies.
CERP, CEU, CPE, CME offered.
DATE & TIME /
LOCATION
Monday, April 10, 2006
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Good Samaritan Hospital-Moseley-Salvatori Conference
Center
636 S. Lucas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90017
PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION
This full day seminar is designed to offer
important, current information of the effects of
breastfeeding on the occurrence of diabetes and obesity
in infancy and childhood. Strategies for supporting
lactation when the mother has diabetes and/or is obese
will be presented.
We will explore the conditions where supplementation may
be necessary and methods to provide for optimal infant
nutrition. This seminar will describe the health
outcomes of not being breastfed and the side effects of
the use of infant formula. We will delve into the
methods used to market infant formula and discuss the
effects of false and misleading advertising.
Download Registration Form
Task Force Seminar: April 19, 2006, Applying New
Evidence-Based Research to Lactation Care: From the
breast to the baby or the pump. A Day with Peter Hartman.
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Peter Hartman, PhD,
Experience based vs Evidence based care for
breastfeeding mothers, Breast anatomy and milk ejection,
Initiation and establishment of lactation - preterm,
Expression of breastmilk using an electric breast pump.
CERP, CEU, CPE, CME offered.
DATE & TIME /
LOCATION
Wednesday April 19, 2006
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Houssels Forum, Long Beach
Memorial Medical Center
2801 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach, CA
PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION
This full day seminar is designed to offer
current information about the application of
evidence-based medicine to human lactation. Our lack of
breastfeeding duration is not surprising when the
evidence based care of the lactating breast is compared
to that of other metabolically equivalent organs in the
body. We will describe ultrasound imaging of the
structure and function of the lactating breast. The
physiology of milk ejection will be discussed in
relation to successful breastfeeding and breast
expression. This seminar will also describe factors
affecting the timing of the initiation of lactation
following pre-term delivery, the variation in milk
composition once lactation has been established, and the
implication of these findings in relation to the
nourishment of the pre-term baby. We will describe the
physiology and biochemistry of milk synthesis, milk
secretion, milk ejection, infant sucking and infant
appetite to develop efficient breast pumps and breast
pumping protocols.
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Task Force Seminar: Current Topics and Controversies in
Neonatal Breastfeeding
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
15031 Rinaldi St.
Mission Hills, CA 91346
(818) 365-8051
Faculty:
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Nancy E. Wight MD, IBCLC, FABM,
FAAP Attending Neonatologist, Children's Hospital &
Health Center & Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women,
Medical Director, Sharp HealthCare Lactation
Services, Asst. Clinical Professor, Dept.
Pediatrics, UCSD School of Medicine
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Deanna Lisa Bollman, RNC, CPHQ
Executive Director, Community Perinatal Network,
Past-President, Board of Directors, Breastfeeding
Task Force of Greater LA
-
Karen Peters, MBA, RD, IBCLC
Executive Director of the Breastfeeding Task Force
of Greater Los Angeles.
This full day seminar is designed to
offer current information on the indications for
supplementation and the consequences of inappropriate
supplementation of the breastfed infant.
Breastfeeding-supportive management of jaundice in the
breastfed infant will be described. We will explore: the
unique risks of Near Term Infants; systematic approaches
to preventing complications; as well as the overarching
contribution optimal breastfeeding can make in risk
reduction. This seminar will also take the participants
though the evolution of the National Breastfeeding
Awareness Campaign: including the initial development,
the controversy that resulted in the dilution of the
message and the delay in the launch, and the final media
and survey results.
Registration fee includes: continental breakfast, lunch,
syllabus, and continuing education credit.
Download brochure and registration
form
Task Force Training Course: Gentle Transitions:
Enhancing Perinatal Practice in the 21st Century
Program
Description
This 16-hour course provides the evidence, knowledge
and skills participants need to confidently support,
establish and protect both early mother-infant
attachment and breastfeeding in the hospital
setting. It will highlight the personal tools
necessary to enhance early parent-infant attachment,
and help families to listen to and understand the
language of the newborn. Emphasis will be on
honoring the mother's beliefs and choices of infant
feeding.
The model for this course was developed by the
Perinatal Services Network at Loma Linda University
Medical Center. Through the Birth and Beyond Course,
Perinatal Services Network has provided education to
over 2,200 health professionals in San Bernardino
and Riverside Counties. Miller Children's Hospital
Lactation staff and Breastfeeding Task Force members
who have been trained by the Perinatal Services
Network will present this course.
Objectives
Following the didactic presentations, participants
will be able to:
-
Create an
environment that supports and enhances the
newborn?s natural capabilities;
-
Demonstrate the skills necessary to organize
care to maximize mother and infant skin-to-skin
contact and bonding;
-
Identify
the biologic, nutritional and immunologic
properties of breastfeeding and the risks of
artificial milk; and to
-
Recognize
and discuss solutions to alleviate common
barriers to supporting mothers' choice to
exclusively breastfeeding.
This 16-hour course is
offered in two 8-hour days. Day 1 and Day 2 must be
taken together in the session dates offered below.
Sessions
Mondays, Dec 5 & Dec 19, 2005
Location
Miller Children?s Hospital, Classroom #1
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
2801 Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90806
7:45 am Registration
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Class
This 16-hour course provides the evidence and
knowledge to confidently support, establish and
protect both early mother-infant attachment and
breastfeeding in the hospital setting.
This course was developed by the Perinatal Services
Network at Loma Linda University Medical Center.
Through the Birth and Beyond Course, Perinatal
Services Network has provided education to over
1,800 health professionals in San Bernardino and
Riverside Counties.
Miller Children's Hospital Lactation staff and
Breastfeeding Task Force members who have been
trained by the Perinatal Services Network will teach
this course.
Download brochure and
registration form
Task Force Seminar: Best Practices for Exclusive
Breastfeeding in the Latino Family
Thursday, November
10, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
St. Francis Career College
3680 E. Imperial Hwy
Lynwood, California 90262
4th Floor, Room #400A
Parking is
limited, please carpool. FREE parking behind, around,
and under the Career College building. Enter behind the
building. OK to park anywhere it it clearly signed for
St. Francis Career College, but do not park where it is
designated for faculty.
Faculty:
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Luz Chacon,
MPH, CLE is the Health Policy and Education
Coordinator for Maternal and Child Health Access.
She is a member of the Board of Directors of the
Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles.
-
Josie Orellana,
CLE, IBCLC is the Peer Counselor Supervisor for PHFE
Management Solutions WIC Program.
-
Karen Peters,
MBA, RD, IBCLC is the Executive Director of the
Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles.
This seminar is
designed to provide the participant with the most
current information on the breastfeeding rates among
both US Born and foreign born Latinas in the Los Angeles
area and California. Two models for providing
breastfeeding support will be described: one is an
intensive case management program and the other is a
peer counselor program. We will explore strategies to
improve breastfeeding initiation and duration rates
through culturally competent support.
Download brochure and registration
form
Task
Force Seminar: Breastmilk: An Informed Mother's
Choice in the New Millennium -
Breastfeeding Awareness Month
Celebration.
Wednesday, August
24, 2005 from 9:00 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
3330 Lomita Blvd., Torrance,
CA 90505
Faculty:
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Jay Gordon, MD, FAAP, IBCLC
emphasizes pediatric and family nutrition at his
private practice in Santa Monica. He is a member of
the teaching and clinical faculty at UCLA,
Cedars-Sinai Hospital and the Lactation Institute.
Dr. Gordon is a monthly contributing author of Fit
Pregnancy magazine. He is the author of Good Food
Today, Great Kids Tomorrow, Good Nights: The Happy
Parents? Guide to the Family Bed (And a Peaceful
Night?s Sleep!) and Listening to Your Baby: A New
Approach to Parenting Your Newborn.
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Audrey J. Naylor, MD, DrPH, FAAP,
FABM is the President and CEO of Wellstart
International. She is a Clinical Professor at the
University of California, San Diego, School of
Medicine. Dr Naylor is the Chair of the Leadership
Team of the United States Breastfeeding Committee.
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Luz Chacon, MPH, CLE is the
Health Policy and Education Coordinator for Maternal
Child Health Access. She is a member of the Board of
Directors of the Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater
Los Angeles.
-
Karen Peters, MBA, RD, IBCLC is
the Executive Director of the Breastfeeding Task
Force of Greater Los Angeles.
This seminar is
designed to provide the participant with The most
current information on the persuasive evidence of the
fundamental importance of breastfeeding to mother, baby,
family, employers and the community. It will highlight
the impact of breastfeeding on maternal behavior and
reproductive success. We will explore strategies to
improve breastfeeding awareness and breastfeeding
initiation and duration rates through personal and
political advocacy. CERP, CEU,
CPE, CME offered.
Download brochure and registration
form
Task
Force Seminar: The
Power of Breastmilk - Its role in preventing
childhood obesity, enhancing immune function, and
ensuring optimal outcomes for premature & term
infants. What you need to know to apply current
research in your practice.
Friday, August 5, 2005 from
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Faculty:
- Grace Aldrovandi, MD, CM, Division of
Infectious Diseases, Children?s Hospital Los
Angeles, Associate
Professor, Department of Pediatrics Division of
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, USC
- Lori Feldman-Winter, MD, MPH, FAAP,
Division Head of Adolescent Medicine,
The Children?s Regional Hospital-Cooper
University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey,
Associate Professor of Pediatrics at
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Philippe Friedlich, MD,
Medical Director, Center for Newborn and
Infant Critical Care, Children?s Hospital LA,
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
Division of Neonatal Medicine, USC
- Jane Morton, MD,
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Director of
Breastfeeding Medicine, Stanford University,
Medical Director of Lactation Support,
Lucile Packard Children?s Hospital,
Pauline Sakamoto, RN, MS,
Executive Director, Mothers Milk Bank,
San Jose, CA
This seminar is designed to provide the
participant with an advanced look at the impact of
breastfeeding on childhood obesity, including a
literature review and a discussion on the insulin
and leptin evidence. We will explore clinical
strategies to improve breastfeeding rates derived
from an Interdisciplinary Training Program focusing
on culturally competent care. It will highlight the
breastmilk factors that mitigate viral diseases
including influenza, CMV and HIV. We will discuss
the uses of donor human milk. This seminar will
provide current information, practical tips and
interventions to support and maintain breastfeeding
in preterm, near term and term infants.
CERP, CEU, CPE, CME offered.
Download brochure and
registration form
Task Force Seminar:
Promoting,
Protecting and Supporting Breastfeeding in the
African American Family
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
from 9:00am to 4:30pm
Memorial Campus of Centinela Freeman Regional
Medical Center
333 N Prairie Ave
Inglewood, CA 90301
310-674-7050
This all day
workshop is designed to provide the participant with
information and tools for use with pregnant,
birthing, breastfeeding and early parenting African
American populations. Emphasis will be placed on the
benefits and barriers of breastfeeding particular to
the African American population. Strategies to
dispel common myths and perceived challenges, as
well as actual barriers, will be presented from the
perspective of the breastfeeding advocates, nurses,
and parents. The workshop will include small work
groups, panel discussions, and lecture formats.
CERP, CEU, CPE, CME offered.
Faculty:
-
Kathi
Barber, CLEC, Founder and Director of the
African American Breastfeeding Alliance, La
Leche League Peer Counselor Training
Administrator
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Magdalene Whitman, RN, BSN, CCE, CLE , Member of
Board of Directors, BTFGLA, Couplet Care Nurse,
St. Francis Med Ctr., Acting President,
Healthcare Professional Committee of the
Apostolic Faith Home Assembly
-
Lawren
Miller Askew, BSN, RN, PHN, Health Services
Coordinator, Westside Children?s Center
Download brochure and
registration form
Task
Force Seminar: Breastfeed: It's Too Important Not
To - First Responders Workshop
Wednesday, June 29, 2005, Ventura, CA
Who should attend the First
Responders Workshop:
People with early contact with pregnant and
parenting families. Home visiting health care
providers, CPHWs, Health Educators, Early Head Start
staff, WIC staff, BIH staff, Promotoras, Social
Workers, Occupational Therapists, Registered Nurses,
and others interested in supporting families in the
initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding.
This interactive work shop is an orientation to the
importance of promoting breastfeeding as the normal
way of feeding infants. We will explore personal
beliefs, feelings and issues surrounding
breast-feeding, the value of breastfeeding to family
and society, overcoming barriers to breastfeeding,
and how to advocate, empower and support clients in
their efforts to breastfeed.
Download Brochure and Registration Form
Task
Force Seminar: Train
the Trainer- Breastfeed: It's Too Important
Not To -
Wednesday,
June 29, 2005, Ventura, CA
Who should attend the Train the Trainer Workshop:
People with supervisory and training
responsibilities in health care settings: Health
Educators, WIC staff, BIH staff, Promotoras, Social
Workers, Occupational Therapists, Registered Nurses.
This workshop is intended to provide the skills and
resources as preparation for teaching the basic
workshop: Breastfeed: It?s Too Important Not To.
Participants will learn the teaching techniques for
successful workshop training.
Download Brochure and Registration Form
Task Force Seminar:
Scientific
Explanations for Nature?s Breastfeeding Miracles
Friday, May 27, 2005 from 9:00
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills
Medical Center
5601 De Soto Ave.
Woodland Hills, CA 91365
(818) 719-2000
This seminar is designed to
provide the participant with a look at innate infant
competencies and instinctive behaviors, and how our
methods for teaching latch can either facilitate or
interfere with infant learning. It will explore the
maternal-infant relationship, the neurobiological basis
for attachment, and what this means for the infant's
developing abilities to regulate state, mood, and
affect. We will discuss the impact of being underweight
on infant intake and the cycle of slow weight gain.
Multidisciplinary lactation specialists will share
practical tips and tools for protecting breastfeeding
when the infant is gaining slowly.
Faculty:
- Christina M. Smillie, MD, FAAP, IBCLC,
FABM, Medical Director,
Breastfeeding Resources, Stratford, Connecticut,
Member of the Board of Directors, Academy of
Breastfeeding Medicine,
Member of the
Health Advisory Council to the
Professional Advisory Council of La Leche League
International, Member,
Leadership Team, Section on Breastfeeding, American
Academy of Pediatrics
Kathy Petters-Armitage, MPH,
Baby Friendly Project Coordinator, LA County
Department of Health Services,
Member of the Board of Directors,
Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater LA
Christina Smillie, MD, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM,
Baby-Led Latching: A
neurobehavioral model for how infants learn to latch,
Mother/Baby Right-brain to Right-brain Communication,
Management of Slow Growth Infants, CERP, CEU, CPE, CME
offered.
Download brochure and registration
form
Task Force Seminar:
Breastfeeding Issues in the Asian
American Families
Friday, May 6, 2005 from
9:00 am to 4:30
pm
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
438 West Las Tunas Drive
San Gabriel, CA 91778
(626) 289-5454
This all day workshop is designed to provide the
participant with information and tools for use with
pregnant, birthing, breastfeeding and early parenting
Asian populations living in California. Experts from
within each group will share information intended to
directly impact the way healthcare providers interact
with each group. Cultural awareness and sensitivity will
be stressed. Integration of culturally appropriate
individuals, methods and concepts will be stressed. The
workshop will include small group work, panel
discussions, and lecture formats.
Faculty:
- Kim P. Nguyen, MS, Research Nutritionist,
University of California, Berkley
- Susan Aldana, IBCLC, La Leche League Peer
Counselor Training Administrator, Watts Healthcare
WIC Program
- Wendy McGrail, MPH, RD, Senior
Nutritionist, PHFE WIC
Download brochure and registration
form
Task
Force Seminar: Breastfeed: It's Too Important
Not To - First Responders Workshop Wednesday,
May 11, 2005, Ventura, CA
Who should attend the
First Responders Workshop:
People with early contact with pregnant and
parenting families. Home visiting health care
providers, CPHWs, Health Educators, Early Head
Start staff, WIC staff, BIH staff, Promotoras,
Social Workers, Occupational Therapists,
Registered Nurses, and others interested in
supporting families in the initiation and
maintenance of breastfeeding.
This interactive work shop is an orientation to
the importance of promoting breastfeeding as the
normal way of feeding infants. We will explore
personal beliefs, feelings and issues
surrounding breast-feeding, the value of
breastfeeding to family and society, overcoming
barriers to breastfeeding, and how to advocate,
empower and support clients in their efforts to
breastfeed.
Download Brochure and Registration Form
Task
Force Seminar: Train
the Trainer- Breastfeed: It's Too
Important Not To -
Wednesday, May 11, 2005, Ventura, CA
Who should attend the
Train the Trainer Workshop:
People with supervisory and training
responsibilities in health care settings: Health
Educators, WIC staff, BIH staff, Promotoras,
Social Workers, Occupational Therapists,
Registered Nurses.
This workshop is intended to provide the skills
and resources as preparation for teaching the
basic workshop: Breastfeed: It?s Too Important
Not To. Participants will learn the teaching
techniques for successful workshop training.
Download Brochure and Registration Form
Task Force Seminar: Common
Breastfeeding Complications in the Term & Near Term
Infant
Thursday, March 24, 2005 from 7:30 am to
2 pm.
Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier
12401 Washington Blvd, Whittier, 90602
(562) 698-0811
This seminar will highlight the major points and
especially the changes made in the new AAP
Breastfeeding Policy Statement which will have been
published in Pediatrics in the February 2005
issue.
It is designed to offer current information, clinical
strategies and interventions to support and maintain
breastfeeding in term and near term infants with common
neonatal complications. Complications discussed will
include: low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) and dehydration.
These complications are frequently seen as
contraindications to breastfeeding but that need not be
so with careful support from health care providers.
Faculty:
-
Lawrence Gartner, MD,
FAAP, Professor Emeritus,
Department of Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Gynecology,
University of Chicago;
Chair of Executive Committee, Section on
Breastfeeding, AAP
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David Lee, MD,
Medical Director, Newborn Connections,
California Pacific Hospital;
Medical Director, Nurseries, Mills-Peninsula
Hospital
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Margaret Crockett, RNC,
CNS, MS, NNP, Neonatal
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Sutter Medical Center,
Sacramento
Download brochure and registration
form
Task Force Seminar:
Breastfeeding: Grand Challenges, Creative Solutions
Monday, February 21, 2005 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
1798 N. Garey Avenue
Pomona, CA 91767
(909) 865-9500
This full day workshop will provide useful information
on how modern hospital birth practices impact and
distract from mother/infant bonding and breastfeeding.
This workshop will provide practical tips, tools and
information for nurses, lactation educators and others
who support mothers in the early postpartum period to
accurately and effectively teach pumping and storage
techniques. And this workshop will explore the effect of
birth and breastfeeding on the process of early
childhood attachment and family role development,
including the maternal role, the infant well being state
and family unity.
Faculty:
- Karen Peters, RD, IBCLC, LCCE,
Executive Director, BTFGLA
- Sandra Apgar Steffes, RN, MS, LCCE,
Program Coordinator, UCLA Extension Lactation
Education Programs
- Nancy Williams, MA, MFT, CCE, IBCLC,
Private Psychotherapy Practice,
Instructor, Chapman University
Download brochure and registration
form
FREE Continuing Education: Using
Evidence Based Data to Understand
Prematurity in LA County by Lisa Bollman, RNC
(1 CEU/CERP/CPE)
Monday, February 14, 2005
Task Force
Seminar: Making Breastfeeding Work: Why, Who and
How
Friday, December 3, 2004 from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Houssels Forum, Long
Beach Memorial Medical Center,
2801 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach, CA.
Phone: 562-933-2000
This full day workshop will provide useful information
on Why the Ten Steps of the Baby Friendly Policies have
been written by reviewing the peer reviewed research to
support them. It will focus on Who is offering
breastfeeding programs and support and suggest
strategies for improvement. And it will show How to make
breastfeeding work with in-depth discussion on several
advanced lactation topics: the mechanism of transfer of
medications, illicit drugs, alcohol, nicotine, toxic
flame retardants, and mercury into breastmilk; the many
steps involved in transitioning the premature baby from
bottle or tube feeding to fully breastfeeding; and the
process of ethical decision making in lactation
services, fulfilling the requirement for IBCLCs to have
E CERPs for professional ethics topics.
Speakers:
- Susan Aldana, IBCLC, Lactation Consultant
- Karen Peters, RD, IBCLC, Executive Director,
BTFGLA
- Wendy Slusser, MD, MS, Assistant Clinical
Professor, UCLA; Schools of Medicine and Public
Health
- Sandra Apgar Steffes, RN, MS, Program
Coordinator, UCLA Extension Lactation Education
Programs
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form
Task Force
Seminar: Baby-Friendly Hospitals: Model Policies
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 from
9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at ValleyCare Olive View-UCLA
Medical Center. 14445 Olive View Dr., Sylmar, California
91342. Phone: 818-364-1555
IBCLCs: this seminar will help you
meet your need for continuing education on Ethics.
Topics: Baby Friendly Initiative: Model Policies,
Balancing What You Believe and What You Do: The Business
of Being Ethical, One Hospital?s Journey toward Baby
Friendly, Model Hospital Policies from Theory to
Practice (interactive workshop).
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form
Task Force
Seminar: A Day With Breastfeeding Experts:
Featuring Dr. Ruth Lawrence
Tuesday, September 21, 2004 from
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at
Good Samaritan Hospital-Moseley-Salvatori
Conference Center. 636 S.
Lucas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
90017
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form
Task Force Seminar: Breastfeed:
It's Too Important Not To - First Responders Workshop
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Los Angeles, CA
Who should attend the First
Responders Workshop:
People with early contact with pregnant and parenting
families. Home visiting health care providers, CPHWs,
Health Educators, Early Head Start staff, WIC staff, BIH
staff, Promotoras, Social Workers, Occupational
Therapists, Registered Nurses, and others interested in
supporting families in the initiation and maintenance of
breastfeeding.
This interactive work shop is an orientation to the
importance of promoting breastfeeding as the normal way
of feeding infants. We will explore personal beliefs,
feelings and issues surrounding breast-feeding, the
value of breastfeeding to family and society, overcoming
barriers to breastfeeding, and how to advocate, empower
and support clients in their efforts to breastfeed.
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Form
Task Force
Seminar: Breastfeeding Basics: Benefits, Barriers &
Beyond. A Workshop
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
- 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical
Center (Doctor?s Tower,
?A? Level Auditorium) 1300 North Vermont Avenue, Los
Angeles, California 90027.
This full day seminar will provide important and useful
knowledge and techniques to assist healthcare
professionals in their care of breastfeeding mothers and
babies, including: state-of-the-art information on the
risks of not breastfeeding; anatomy and physiology of
lactation, principles of supply and demand, infant
positioning and attachment, feeding patterns and the use
of supplements. Common barriers and solutions will also
be discussed, including: management of common problems,
empowerment, and principles of mother to mother support.
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form
Task Force
Seminar:
Breastfeeding Hot Topics, Cool Answers.
Postpartum Depression, Fathers
Supporting Breastfeeding, Evidence Based Practices,
Designing Professional Education on
June 16, 2004 - 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital,
Whittier, CA
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Brochure and Registration Form
Breastfeeding Babies with
Common Complications: Jaundice, Hypoglycemia and
Maternal Infections
PAC-LAC Annual Conference -
Quality Life for Families VIII:
Improving the Outcome of Pregnancy
on May 6, 2004 at
Sportsmen?s Lodge
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Registration Form
Labor Assistant/Birth Doula Training
- Sierra Madre, CA
on May 14-16, 2004. For more information,
please call Moraya at: (310) 452-2527 or visit the ALACE
website at:
www.alace.org In a series
of six clinical trials, the presence of Labor Assistants
resulted in 50% fewer cesareans, a 25% reduction in the
length of labor, 30% less usage of pain medication, 40%
less use of the drug pitocin, and 50% fewer epidurals.
Mothers who have labor assistants are up to 70% more
likely to be exclusively breastfeeding one month after
birth.
Friday, March 19, 2004, 9:00 am
to 5:00 pm, Long Beach CA.
Lawrence Gartner, MD, Professor Emeritus,
Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago.
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Form
Kangaroo Mother Care and
Breastfeeding
September 2, 2003
by Nils Bergman
speaking in Los Angeles.
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Grand Rounds.
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Registration Form
To learn more about him, you can visit his web site
www.kangaroomothercare.com
where you will find a great deal of unique information
about facilitating breastfeeding. In particular, be sure
to see the entire series of pictures of a small preterm
infant and the process of learning to breastfeed. These
are extraordinary, similar to those of Widstrom and of
Righard for fullterms. This is exactly what has worked
so well for preterms in Sweden; however the process for
preterms has never been documented like this and so well
before. Dr. Bergman is
receiving the LLLI Award for Best Speaker, 2002, this
July; he is speaking in Australia for ILCA in August;
and he is funded by the Thrasher Foundation and is
currently conducting a randomized controlled trial of
kangaroo (skin-to-skin) care beginning at birth for
preterm infants (~1200-2500 grams). His findings to date
are "stunning." For any group that is endeavoring to
establish a hospital as Baby Friendly, Dr. Bergman
brings messages that generate excitement and could
greatly facilitate this worthy goal.
Dr Bergman graduated
from the University of Cape Town, and has worked
in South Africa, Ciskei and, Sweden, before working
seven years as Medical Superintendent and District
Medical Officer at Manama Mission, Zimbabwe. Here he,
together with
midwife Agneta Jurisoo, developed and implemented
Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for premature infants right
from birth. This resulted in a 500% improvement in
survival of Very Low Birth Weight babies.
He introduced KMC to South Africa in 1995, and after 5
years, KMC has become official policy for care of
prematures in the hospitals of the Western Cape
province. He has given keynote addresses on KMC at
International Conferences in six continents, and
published articles on a variety of subjects in medical
journals. He continues to research and promote KMC.
Evidence Based Medicine: Skin-to-skin vs. Incubator
Care of Premature Infants >1200 grams
Public Seminar:
- Kangaroo Mother Care: The anthropologic,
biologic, neurophysiologic, and lactation aspects of
skin-to-skin care of the premature and full term
infant
- You Can Do It: Promotion and implementation of
Kangaroo Mother Care
- The Amazing Premature: Breastfeeding and other
abilities of the premature infant
Supporting Breastfeeding in
Challenging Situations
(sponsored by
San
Mateo
Perinatal Council in conjunction with
Mills-Peninsula Health Services,
San Mateo County Women, Infants, and Children
(WIC), Fatherhood Collaborative, San Mateo County Health
Services Agency, and San Mateo County Health Services
Agency).
Saturday, September 20, 2003.
San Mateo Senior Center.
8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
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& Flyer
Breastfeeding:
It's Too Important Not To. Empowering Health Care
Professionals to Support Mothers and Babies
July 30, 2003, Tarzana
Medical Center, Tarzana, CA
For
more information, contact Dr. Smith at
BSmith@dph.sbcounty.gov)
Order Model Policy
Chele Marmet Bibliography
Culture and Politics of
Breastfeeding and If Your Mom
Were a Platypus: What we can learn by studying mammal
lactation July 17,
2003, Montebello, CA.
From Bottles to Breasts to
Baby-Friendly: The Challenge of Change
Baby Friendly Hospital
Implementation: Large public hospitals
Can do it!
April 15, 2003
A workshop with Sheila Kitzinger
Feb. 2003 (PDF brochure)
The Healthy Births Learning
Collaboratives
January 2003
Free workshop on Infant Message
(Pasadena Public Health Department): Jan. 16, 2003
(PDF brochure)
Everything You Ever Needed to
Know About Breastfeeding
in the NICU March 4
& 5, 2002
Health Benefits for At Risk Babies, Milk Expression,
Collection and Storage & Lactoengineering Mother?s Milk
for VLBWs. Featuring: Paula Meier, RN, DNSc, FAAN, Rush
University: Mother?s Milk Club
Breastfeeding in the Inner City
March 14, 2002
What You Need to Know for Successful Management of the
Lactating Pair at California Hospital Medical Center.
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Empowering African American
Mothers To Breastfeed
February 7 & 8,
2002
6th International Meeting of
the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Nov
1-5, 2001
Provides physicians the opportunity to meeting other
physicians from around the world dedicated to an
interest in breastfeeding and human lactation; share
experience on physician education, and clinical
management of breastfeeding patients. Attend workshops,
abstract presentations, and lectures on topics such as
human milk banking, maternal depression, breastfeeding
advocacy and more.
Click here for more information.
2001 American Academy of
Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition
October 20-24, 2001. Featuring comprehensive updates
from experts in the field of pediatrics; practice your
techniques and apply new skills and more.
Click here for more information.
Everything You Ever Wanted
to Know About Supporting Breastfeeding in the NICU
July 27, 2001.
Download seminar brochure here.
Breastfeeding Basics,
Benefits, Barriers and Beyond
(August 2, 2001)
Download seminar brochure here. Join us, it's
Breastfeeding Week!
Featuring Louise Tellalian (RN, LCCE, CLC; Certified
Lactation Consultant and Certified Childbirth Educator
in private Practice, Instructor, UCLA Extension, CLE
Program)
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