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Professional Doula Course Offerings

Hello Colleagues (or future colleagues!)

Are you interested in becoming a postpartum doula? Want to add education in lactation or in teaching new parent classes? Looking for advanced training in working with multiples? Kimberly is a fun and dynamic trainer who offers both in person and virtual trainings so you can get to your dream job too.

Here’s an overview of all the trainings that Kimberly currently offers—with registration form links!

 
 
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Frequently Asked Questions

Wondering how a course can help you achieve your educational or career goals? Here are the answers to some of the most common questions.

  • A postpartum doula is a woman trained to give in-home care to parents of newborns. The training we offer is a foundational training, which is 18 hours long. We offer it over a weekend or online via Zoom over several days.

    Becoming a doula takes a few steps:

    1. Take a training

    2. Complete a reading list

    3. Apply for certification & become certified

    My training will start the process, and you will follow up with CAPPA to complete your certification.

  • Doula work is my life and passion. I have been a postpartum doula for over 20 years, 15 of which have been full time, while supporting my family of 4. I live and breathe postpartum doula work, having served well over 2500 families, and I still love it!

    My examples come from real life families I have served in Portland, OR and the Phoenix, AZ area. The scenarios I teach in class all have a real family behind them (although protected for confidentiality of course). The activities I use are right out of what I see parents needing every week.

    I am also really fun! I don’t like boring education, and I need to have fun as an instructor, so I keep things moving!

    My students often say I am responsive to questions, they love my passion and are inspired, and they say they learned more than they expected.

  • There is a Pre-Training Assignment that we ask students to fill out before they attend a workshop, but other than that, there are no classes to take beforehand.

    Getting certified is a longer process however, and the workshop is only 1 step into that process. There will be plenty to do to get certified after the training.

    There are a few trainings that require you gather materials in advance, however the trainings are open to anyone.

 
 
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CAPPA Postpartum Doula Training

Want to become a professional that SERVES families after their new baby arrives? This is the training for you to get started with in home care for new parents and infants. This training is an 18 hour course taught over 2 days in person, or several days over Zoom.

  • March 1-3, Live Virtual (3 days) 8:30-4 pm MST

    April 12-13, 2024 IN PERSON 8:30-6:30, Portland, OR

    May 10-11, IN PERSON, Goodyear, AZ 8:30 am - 6:30 pm MDT

    Cost: $600 (30 days before training)

    $650 after deadline

    Fee includes training manual, all materials, and ONE YEAR of CAPPA membership.

    Certification is an additional cost.

  • Topics covered in this course include:

    ✓ Breastfeeding Support
    ✓ Modern Newborn Care
    ✓ Family Adjustment
    ✓ The Role of the Postpartum Doula
    ✓ Business Development

  • If you want to find out more about the CAPPA Postpartum Doula certification process, please see the Postpartum Doula section on the CAPPA website for information on certification, membership, and all the benefits!

    You will be looking for CAPPA Academy…this is the certification program for all the trainings we teach.

    CAPPA is the largest childbirth organization in the world, and hosts a free conference every year. They also have the best customer support we've ever experienced, and truly support their members to their own personal success.

 
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Working with Multiples

This is an advanced training that builds on your postpartum doula or newborn care specialist training. It is an 8 hour course over one day that provides a certificate with 8 CEUs for continuing education. Hands on tandem skills, as well as information on premature babies, is covered extensively.

  • January 27, IN PERSON Los Angeles, CA 9-6 MST ($275)

    Virtual training February 17, 9-6 PST

    In person trainings in the works for Houston and DC….stay tuned!

  • ✓ Postpartum emotions and hormones
    ✓ Special considerations for premature babies
    ✓ How to support a mother nutritionally
    ✓ Swaddling options for twins/preemies
    ✓ Challenging scenarios for experienced doulas
    ✓ The prenatal interview
    ✓ Welcoming the family home
    ✓ Planning to feed 2 or more
    ✓ Setup & equipment
    ✓ Scheduling and routines
    ✓ Tandem baby wearing safety

 
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CAPPA New Parent Educator

If you are a professional who wants to TEACH other new or expectant parents, this training is for you. We can help you build your class, customized to the knowledge and skills you bring to parents, and monetize it to serve your community. This is a 2 day in person training, or several days via Zoom.

  • April 3-5, 2024 Live Virtual (3 days) 8:30-3:30 MST

    Sept 12-14, 2024 Live Virtual (3 days) 8:30-4 pm PST

    Virtual options: $625 (30 days before training), $675 after deadline

    January 27-28, 2024 IN PERSON (2 days) 8:30-6:30, Los Angeles, CA

    June 1-2, 2024 IN PERSON 8:30-6:30, San Diego, CA

    IN PERSON Cost: $675 (30 days before training) $725 after deadline

  • New Parent Educators can be found working in a variety of different settings, helping educate new families. Many work at hospitals teaching Baby Care classes, some work in community clinics that support new parents, and others work within care provider offices or in private settings. But they all share the common goal of assisting and equipping families to make educated decisions about their babies.

    If you are looking to add new parent education to your childbirth or breastfeeding classes--and want a certification that illustrates your commitment to non-judgmental, evidence-based education--the New Parent Educator program is for you. New Parent Educator program will inspire and equip you to both challenge and comfort new and expectant parents.

  • The CAPPA New Parent Educator Training Class includes the CAPPA New Parent Educator™ Manual, all materials, and ONE YEAR of CAPPA membership. and covers the following topics:

    ✓ CAPPA certification and policies
    ✓ Practical application of Scope of Practice, Ethics, and Integrity
    ✓ Evidence Based Practices
    ✓ Teaching to Adult Learners
    ✓ The Newborn – Characteristics, Procedures, Feeding, and Care
    ✓ Soothing the Newborn
    ✓ SUIDS/SIDS and Safe Sleep
    ✓ Parental Relationships After Baby
    ✓ Postpartum Expectations for the Woman
    ✓ Postpartum Expectations for the Partner/Non-Birth Parent
    ✓ Preparing the Home and Family
    ✓ Specialty Class Ideas
    ✓ Curriculum Development
    ✓ Business development, marketing, and networking

 
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CAPPA Lactation Educator

As a professional we deal with breastfeeding families every day. Knowing how to get lactation established, supporting latch, milk supply, and pumping/storing milk are all things we use extensively. Adding to your offerings as a Lactation Educator will help you update your knowledge and skills so you can be a resource for the community you serve (that are breastfeeding at very high rates!) This is a 3 day in person training or 3-5 days over Zoom.

  • Virtual, live Feb 21-23 @8:30-5:30 PST

    In-person Goodyear, AZ, March 14-16 @ 8:30 am - 5:30 pm MDT

    Virtual, live, June 5-7 @ 8:30 am - 5:30 pm MST

    Lactation Educator trainings are also available to book for a private training.

    Costs: $600 (30 days in advance, $650 after)

    Includes 24 hours of instruction, 21.25 L-CERPS, 24 CAPPA Contact Hours and ONE YEAR of CAPPA membership.

    Certification is an additional cost.

  • Certified Lactation Educators (CLE®s) provide evidence based information to the community, families and professionals to encourage an increase in breastfeeding initiation, duration and support.

    Many doulas and NCS take CLE training to improve their skills with lactation and pumping, and to have a credential that illustrates their commitment to breastfeeding families, without having to go to the expense of becoming an IBCLC.

    Lactation Educators are found teaching community and hospital based breastfeeding classes, as peer breastfeeding counselors in hospital and public health settings, facilitating support groups, running pump rental stations and providing phone support.

  • Topics covered include:

    ✓ Goals/Roles of the Lactation Educator
    ✓ Historical Look at Breastfeeding
    ✓ Anatomy of Breast and Lactation Physiology
    ✓ Importance of Breastfeeding/ Hazards of Formula Feeding
    ✓ Counseling the Postpartum Family
    ✓ Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding – BabyFriendly Information
    ✓ Working with the Hospital
    ✓ Maternal/Infant Challenges
    ✓ Pumping/Expressing Breastmilk
    ✓ Medications and Mother’s Milk
    ✓ Teaching To Adult Learners

 
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 Not sure yet? Introductory Course

Many people come to us dreaming about working with babies, or wanting to serve new parents. Some make AMAZING postpartum doulas, and we are so excited to get to train them. However sometimes there are other professions that might suit their skills better, and the introductory course covers many of these questions we have heard over 20 years of training new professionals. This is a 3 hour course that has ample Q&A time to get all your questions answered.

 
 
 
 
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