CAPPA Postpartum Doula Training

with Darla Burns, CLD, CPD, CLE, CCCE, CHBE

Jan 26 – 27 2019 (18 contact hours)

• ​The Postpartum Doula is a trained professional that offers non-medical physical, emotional and spiritual support to a new family after the birth of their baby.  Postpartum Doulas also offer breastfeeding support, household maintenance, family nurturing and instruction to mom and/or other family members in the care of a newborn.  The Postpartum Doula’s job is to make the transition to parenthood easier for new parents, to help mom during her recovery period, and to ascertain what the family needs help with and provide the instruction.

American Heart Association Basic Life Support
(CPR and AED) Program

by Heartfare of Chatsworth, CA

April 6, 2019 (6 hours)

• High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
• The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components
• Use of an AED
• Effective ventilations using a barrier device
• Importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
• Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants

CAPPA Lactation Educator Training

with Christy Jo Hendricks, IBCLC, RLC, CLE, CCCE, CD

Mar 20 – 22, 2019 (24 contact hours)

• CAPPA is the only organization that offers the Certified Lactation Educator™ (CLE®) Course. This certification is a distinction that ensures individuals are proficient in providing high-quality lactation education and support to communities and families.

Heart Soul Birth Pros Lamaze Workshop – San Antonio, TX

Mar 20-22, 2018 (23.75 hours)

• Assisted Jessica English of Heart Soul Birth Pros with their 3-day initial training workshop for 12 students seeking certification as Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educators.

Lamaze LIVE! – San Antonio, TX

Mar 22 – 24, 2018 (11.5 contact hours)

• Creativity in a Box with Jamie Mueller, MSW, LCCE, and Michele Deck, RN, MEd, BSN, LCCE, FACCE
• Rethinking Birth: Valuing Knowledge as Empowerment with Karen Faulk PhD, CD(DONA), LCCE
• Back Pain in Pregnancy: Common Though NOT “Normal” with Stephanie Bobinger, PT, DPT, WCS
• Protecting the Pelvic Floor: Impact of Longer Pushing with Laura Ward, PT, DPT, MTC
• Strategies for Postpartum Physical Well-Being with Kristine Kehoe, PT, DPT
• Supporting Families in Challenging Times with Joyce Edmonds, PhD, MPH, RN, PHCNS-BC
• Supporting Women’s Decision Making Throughout the Maternity Care Cycle
• Equity in Childbirth During the Age of Chaos, Privilege, and Bravery with Natalie Burke, BA
• The Evidence Behind the Lamaze Brand with Amanda Darvill, MBA
• Collaborating for Maximum Impact with Michele Nizza, CD(DONA), CMT, CLEC, LCCE, FACCE
• Marketing Your Way to Full Classes with Jessica English, AdvCD/PCD/BDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE
• Building a Birth Network with Elizabeth Oldham, CD(DONA), HCHD, HBCE
• I can see Clearly (Discussion Lab)
• Working Within Your Community to Move Childbirth Education Forward
• A Cultural Tour Guide’s Manual to Evidence Based Care with Lisa Baker, BSc, BEd, LCCE, FACCE
• Connecting with Diverse Populations with Chama Woydak, CD(DONA), BDT(DONA), LCCE and Nikita Smart
• Going Virtual with Alice Turner, LCCE

DONA International Summit – Fort Lauderdale, FL

July 19 – 21, 2018 (13.75 contact hours)

• What is a Doula’s Role in Providing and Supporting Optimal Mother Baby-Family-Friendly Care?  with Debra Pascali-Bonaro
• The Winds of Change in Maternity Care.  What is DONA’s Role with Penny Simkin
• Building Your Brand to Captivate Your Clients with Hilary Hartling
• Designing Systems to Improve Care for Every Mother with Dr. Neel Shah
• Membership Meeting
• Looking for Equity in Childbirth?  Start by Looking in the Mirror and Get Ready to Get Uncomfortable with Natalie Burke
• Get Wise to the New Wisdom – Understanding ACOG’s “Approaches to Limit Intervention During Labor and Birth” and New Postpartum Visit Guidlines with Sharon Muza
• Brand Clarity Work Session with Hilary Hartling
• Where  There’s a Will There’s a Way!  When it Comes to Perinatal Health Disparities, What’s a Doula to Do? with Jennie Joseph
• Lost Mothers:  How Doulas can Combat Maternal Mortality with Nina Martin
• Essential Oils and the Doula with Jessie Hawkins
• Prenatal Contact in a Bag with Ann Tumblin

CAPPA Conference – Tucson, AZ

Sept 28 – 30, 2018 (5 Contact Hours)

•  Pay Attention:  Mindful Communication with Today’s Parents with Laurel Wilson
• The Birth Worker’s Role in Reducing Racial Diparities in Maternal Health with Maddy Oden, Racha Tahani Lawler, Claudia Booker, and Ameenah Jackson
• NUDITY, ISOLATION  and SECRET CODES:  Navigating Family Relationships with a New Baby with Kimbery Bepler and Prinscilla Moore
• Breastfeeding in the Community:   Leveraging Funds & Partnerships for Sustainability with Esther March-Singleton

Working with Diverse Populations in Maternal and Child Health – San Pedro, CA

May 9, 2017 (6 contact hours)

with Shafia M. Monroe, DEM, CDT, MPH

• Self Awareness – Develop an understanding of cultural values and beliefs and its impact on health and health care delivery by first understanding your own.
• Language Diversity  – Discuss and understand the importance of providing information, referrals and services in the language appropriate to the client as well as the provision of interpreters when needed.
• Cross-Cultural Knowledge – Learn how beliefs, cultures and ethnic practices can influence health behavior and health status.
• Advocacy – Increase skill set to include advocacy for public policies and programs that promote and support culturally and linguistically responsive services and the inclusion, representation and participation of individuals who reflect the diversity of our communities.

Advocacy 101:  Introduction to Government and Advocacy Webinar

Oct 4, 2017 (1 Contact Hour)

With Molly Giammarco, MPP, Eileen DiFrisco, RN, MA, IBCLC, LCCE, FACCE, and Alice Turner, LCCE

Lamaze Advocacy Summit, Advancing Safe and Healthy Birth – Washington D.C.

Oct 23 – 24, 2017  (8.75 Contact Hours)

• Speed Networking
• The Promise and Perils of Consumerism in Maternal Health with Dr. Neel Shah, MD, MPP
• Importance of Advocacy with Ginger Breedlove, CNM, PHD, FACNM

Hill Day Orientation and Introduction to Bills:

Improving Access to Maternity Care Act (HR315/S. 783)

Preventing Maternal Deaths Act (HR 1318/S. 1112)

Save Women’s Preventive Care Act (S. 1045)

Capitol Hill Meetings:

Sen. Diane Feinstein

Sen. Kamala Harris

Rep. Stephen Knight (my district)

Spinning Babies World Confluence – Saint Paul, MN

Sept 21 – 25, 2016 (15 contact hours)

• Love it Up!  Learning About Your Pelvis with Jenny Blyth and Fiona Hallanan
• Understanding and Treating the Effects of Epidural Analgesia to Maintain Normality in Labor with Penny Simkin
• Third & Fourth Stage of Labor:  The Gap Between Evidence and Practice with Penny Simkin
• The Meaning of Mentorship  with Penny Simkin
• Spinning Babies Place in the Birth World with Penny Simkin
• Maternal Movement Changes Pelvic Diameters with Dr. Anka Reitter
• Women of African Descent:  Modern Day Implications and Strategies for Pregnancy, Labor, and the Vaginal Birthing of our BabiesI with Claudia Booker
• Story Telling for Shifting Birth Paradigms with Nicole Morales and Jennifer Walker
• Great Expectations with Jeanne Ohm
• Safely Reducing Cesarean Rates with Dr. Dennis Hartung
• Integrating the Paradigm Change with Gail Tully

Engage:  DONA International Conference 2016 – Bellevue, WA

July 29 – 31, 2016 (11 contact hours)

• 2016 Year of the Doula with Penny Simkin
• Aligning Your Doula Heart with Your Business with Jessica English
• Attracting Clients You Love:  Authentic Marketing Skills for Today’s Doula with Katie Rohs
• Health System Complexity and the Global Cesarean Pandemic  with Dr. Neel Shah
• Managing the Melee of Social Media with Robin Elise Weiss
• Epidural Analgesia:  The Tyranny of Meta-Analysis and the Misuse of Randomized Controlled Trials to Give You the Answers You Seek:  Deconstructing Research to Reveal the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Routine Use of Epidurals with Michael Klein
• Props in my Pockets with Teri Shilling
• Disrupting the Status Quo:  Exploring What it Means to Care with Peggy Holman
• Sweet Sleep:  Is Bed Sharing Safe for Breastfeeding Families?  with Diana West
• Horizontal Violence and the Future of the Doula Profession:  Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That! with Kristen Pascucci

Breastfeed L.A. Breastfeeding Foundations:  From Expected Behaviors to Special Situations – Lancaster, CA

April 15, 2016 (6 contact hours)

Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC, FILCA

• Understanding Breastfeeding Behaviors
• Breastfeeding and Substance Abuse
• Helping Mothers Who Exclusively Pump
• Milk Sharing:  From Milk Banks to Craigslist

Lamaze and ICEA 2015 Conference – Las Vegas, NV

Sept 17 – 20, 2015 (14.8 contact hours)

• No Day But Today with Elan McAllister
• Gas and Air in the U.S?  Nitrous Oxide has Crossed the Pond!  with Michelle Collings, CNM
• Supporting Plus Size Birth with Jennifer McLellan, CCCE
• Getting on Google’s Good Side:  Top SEO Strategies for Getting Found Online with Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD(DONA), BDT(DONA) and Janette McCulloch, IBCLC
• What Does the Informed Childbirth Educator Need to KNow About Labor Pain Relief and Family Centered Cesarean in 2015? with William Camann, MD
• Cesarean Your Way:  Develop a Great Class for Families Planning Cesareans with Sharon Muza, BS, LCCE, FACCE, CD(DONA), BDT(DONA)
• People, Planet, Profit:  Building a Sustainable Birth Business with Jessica English, LCCE, FACCE, CD(DONA), BDT(DONA) and AnnaPaula Markel, BA, ICCE, CD(DONA), BDT(DONA)
• Watchful Waiting Revisited:  Birth Experience and the Neonatal Microbiome with Joan Combellick, MSN, MPH, CM
• Teaching and Learning Strategies for Millennial Adults with Denish Hancock, PhD, RN, LCCE
• The Perinatal Revolution:  Reducing Disparities and Saving Lives Through Perinatal Education with Jennie Joseph, LM, CPM

Milk:  An Infant Feeding Conference – Los Angeles, CA

Aug 1, 2015 (6.3 contact hours)

• Creating a Breastfeeding Friendly Practice with Jay Gordon, MD
• How We Fail Breastfeeding by Earth Mama Angel Baby with Bobby Ghaheri, MD
• How Infant-Attuned Breastfeeding and Infant Carrying Promotes Your Child’s Development and Mutual Attachment by Ergo Baby with Henrik Norholt, PhD
• Let’s Talk Breastfeeding:  Sparking a Counter Culture Movement in Infant Feeding by Lansinoh with Kimberly Seals Allers
• Breastsleeping:  Ethical, Evidence-Based Resolutions to the Cosleeping Controversy by Arms Reach CoSleeper with James Mckenna, PhD

Certified – Authorized Peanut Ball Trainer

Apr 2, 2015 

Cheri Grant RN, ICCE, CLC, ICD, LCD, PBT, CD BDT(DONA) – Premier Birth Tools

Make the Partner Do It:  A Rebozo Training – Bini Birth, Sherman Oaks, CA

Feb 28, 2015 (6 contact hours)

with Gena Kirby

Full Circle Placenta Encapsulation Training – Birth Education Center of San Diego, CA

Jan 16-17, 2015  (14 contact hours)

with Amanda Johnson CIES(FCEC), Lactation Educator

Full Circle Placenta Advanced Postpartum Training – Birth Education Center of San Diego, CA

Jan 18, 2015 (7 contact hours)

with Amanda Johnson CIES(FCEC), Lactation Educator

Waterbirth Certification Workshop – BINI Birth, Sherman Oaks, CA

Oct 10, 2013 (6 contact hours)

• Integrating water immersion into maternity care including benefits of waterbirth, managing and preventing complications, the latest research on waterbirth, and the difference between controversial and absolute contraindications to birth in water.  Special emphasis on hospital integration and safety.

with Barbara Harper, RN, CLD, CCCE – Director, Waterbirth International

DONA 19th International Conference – Online Virtual Conference

Jul-Oct, 2013 (12.25 contact hours)

• Decision Fatigue: A Problem for Parents in This Era of Informed Choice in Complex Maternity Care with Penny Simkin

• There’s a Baby: A film for children about birth and the new baby with Penny Simkin

•  Mastering the Doula’s Advocacy Role with Kim James

• Nurses and Doulas: Playing Nice for Optimal Birth with Laurey Munch and Barbara A. Hotelling

• It’s Not the Wild West: Doulas, Mothers, and Cracking The Code of Social Media Culture with Jeanette McCulloch and Hillary Boucher

• 7 Ways to Successfully Manage Your Doula Practice with Stefanie Antunes

• Doula: from an Ancient Greek word to a Modern Greek Reality with Maria Andreoulaki

• The Case Against Liberal Use of Labor Induction with Henci Goer

• Safely and Securely wearing a Newborn with Serena Weingrod

• Their Baby died. Now What? What a Baby Loss Doula™ can do to helpwith Sherokee Ilse

• From Lovers to Parents and Back Again: A Time of Shifting Sexual Identity with Amy L. Gilliland

• “Call the Midwife” – Terri Coates (Midwife and Technical Adviser) Interview with Bridget Baker

• Beyond Competition: Birthing Your Unique Doula Practice with Sarah Juliusson

Lamaze Intl CBE Program Seminar – Santa Rosa, CA

Sep 20-22, 2013 (22 contact hours)

Presented by Passion for Birth. Attendence at the Lamaze International Childbirth Educator Program Seminar is partial completion of the requirements for elegibility to take the Lamaze Intl Certification Exam.

Connie Sultana, Lamaze and ICEA Certified  Childbirth Educator, Lamaze Educator Trainer, DONA Doula Trainer, CD (DONA)

Supporting the Breastfeeding Mother and Baby – Breastfeeding Basics – Lancaster, CA

Apr 15, 2013 (3 contact hours)

Refresher training.

Justina Engen, IBCLC

DONA 16th International Conference – Albuquerque, NM

 Aug 5-8, 2010 (13 contact hours)

• Postpartum Joy with Michael Odent, MD
• The Importance of Trust:  Physiology, Psychology and Practical Application for Doulas with Danette Watson, BA, CCE(NACE)
• Social Media:  Connect with Clients and Colleagues with April Broussard, BA
• A Human Rights Initiative:  10 Steps to Optimal Mother/Baby Maternity Services, the International Mother/Baby Childbirth Initiative with Debra Pascali-Bonaro, B.Ed, LCCE, CD(DONA), PCD(DONA)
• Nighttime Breastfeeding and Postpartum Depression with Kathleen kendall-Tackett, Ph.D., IBCLC
• The Rebozo – an Extension of Our Embrace with Carrie Kenner, BA, CCE, CD(DONA)
• Why Eat Any Mercury-Containing Fish At All?  Pre and Post Natal Nutrition:  Eating for a New Generation with Jay Gordon, MD, FAAP, IBCLC
• The Yoga Birth Method – Using Yoga in Labour for a Natural, Mindful, Enlightened Birthing Experience with Dorothy Guerra, Registered Yoga Teacher, Doula
• Maternity Care Revisited with Marshall Klaus, MD
• Childbearing in Social Context:  How Our Culture and Society Shapt Our View of Women and Childbirth with Penny Simkin, PT, CD(DONA)

DONA 13th International Conference – St Louis, MO

 Jul 19-22, 2007 (15.6 contact hours)

• Call Upon the Feminine:  Intuitive Power and Authenticity with Jeanne Watson Driscoll PhD, APRN, BC
• The Roots of Our Work:  The 3 R’s, Breath, Focus, Comfort Measures with Ann Tumblin BA, LCCE, FACCE, CD (DONA)
• Results of Childbirth Connection’s New National Survey on Women’s Childbearing and Postpartum Experiences with Maureen Corry, MPH
• Joining the Dance – The Intrplay of the Hormones of Birth with Patricia Predmore, RN, BSN, LCCE, ICCE, CD (DONA), CLE
• Canadian Doulas:  What are Their Attitudes Toward Birth and How Are They Accepted in the Maternity Care System? with Michael Klein, MD
• Teaching and Supporting Through the Tuff Stuff with Ann Tumblin BA, LCCE, FACCE, CD (DONA)
• When Pain Becomes Suffering in Labor with Penny Simkin PT, CD (DONA)
• From Fun to Functional:  The Tools of Teaching & Supporting Breastfeeding with Teri Shilling MD, CD (DONA), IBCLC, LCCE, FACCE
• Childbirth in Brazil with Ricardo Jones, MD
• Why Breastfeeding Matters:  What You Need to Know & What You Can Do to Help Women Achieve Their Breastfeeding Goals with Kathie Lindstrom, CD (DONA), LCCE

Lamaze Intl CBE Program Seminar – St Louis, MO

 Jul 18-22, 2007 (20 contact hours)

Presented by Passion for Birth.  Attendence at the Lamaze International Childbirth Educator Program Seminar is partial completion of the requirements for elegibility to take the Lamaze Intl Certification Exam.

Teri Shilling, MD, CD (DONA), IBCLC, LCCE, FACCE & Ann Tumblin BA, LCCE, FACCE, CD (DONA)

Pacific Association for Labor Support (PALS) Advanced Doula Training – Seattle, WA

 October 15, 2005 (5 contact hours)

• Communicating with the hospital staff
• When the doula’s own birth experience was traumatic
• What is birth trauma for the doula?

with Penny Simkin, PT, CD & Kathy Cornack, DVM, CD

DONA International 11th Annual Conference –  Washington D.C.

July 21-24, 2005 (15.6 contact hours)

• Baby Boot Camp:  Helping Parents Prepare for the Babymoon and the Early Weeks Postpartum with Ann Douglas
• Love Languages for the Labor Room with Pamela Owen, CD (DONA
• Breastfeeding Politics with Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
• Kangaroo Care with Marshall Klaus, MD
• What’s New in Obstetric Anesthesia with William Camann, MD
• Research is Alive in 2005:  Articles that Impact Doula Practice with Jacqueline Kelleher, CD (DONA), PCD (DONA) & Patricia Predmore, RN, BSN, LCCE, CD (DONA)
• Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy:  A Hidden Epidemic with Daniel Sheridan, PhD, RN, FAAN
• Working with Challenging People with Brenda Lane, ICCE, CD (DONA)
• Evidence, Policy, Procedure and Practice in the Debate Over Cesarean Sections, 2005 with Eugene Declercq, PhD
• The Doula Backlash:  Proven Benefits vs. Perceived Hindrance to Maternity Care with Penny Simkin, PT, CD (DONA)

DONA 10th International Conference – New Orleans, LA

July 22-25, 2004 (16 contact hours)

• Doulas – A Bridge Over Troubled Waters:  Protecting the Mother and Baby Continuum with Mary Kroeger, BSN, CNM, MPH
• Working in Harmony with Sunday Tortelli, CCE, CD (DONA), HBCE
• The Impact of Early Trauma on the Childbearing Woman:  How Birth and Postpartum Doulas can Contribute to Healing with Penny Simkin, PT, CD (DONA), Phyllis Klaus, MFT, CSW
• Standing on the Ledge:  The Impact of Fear on Childbirth with Kathy McGrath, MSW, FACCE, CD (DONA)
• Postpartum Culture:  The Loss of the Lying-In time with Bridget Lynch, RN
• There’s More in 2004:  Articles that Impact Doula Practice with Penny Simkin, PT, CD (DONA) & Patricia Pedmore, BSN, ICCE, CD (DONA)
• I’m Listening:  Responding to the Emotional Needs of Pregnant and Postpartum Women and their Families with Jane Honikman, MS
• Money Matters:  Business Aspects of Doula Practice with Patty Brennan, BA, CD (DONA), PCD (DONA)
• Helping Parents Understand their Newborn:  The Clinical  Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale for Birth for Birth Doulas and Postpartum Doulas with J. Kevin Nugent, PhD
• Boundaries, Personal Safety and Self-Defense for the Doula with Jacqueline Kelleher, CD (DONA), PCD (DONA)
• The Effects of a Birth Doula – Six Weeks Postpartum with Marshall Klaus, MD

Helping New Mothers Establish Breastfeeding – San Diego, CA

April 25, 2004 (1.5 contact hours)

by Rose deVigne-Jackiewicz RN, IBCLC

DONA 9th International Conference – San Francisco, CA

 July 24-27, 2003 (18.5 contact hours)

• Advanced Doula Training Workshop: The Use of TENS During Labor with Penny Simkin
• Listening to Mothers:  The First National US Survey of Women’s Childbearing Experience with Debra Pascali-Bonaro, BEd, CD(DONA) and Carol Sakala, PhD
• Blessingways:  Building a Woman’s Confidence with Teri Shilling, CD (DONA), IBCLC, LCCE, FACCE
• Colic the Fourth Trimester and the Calming Reflex with Harvey Karp, MD
• Induction of Labor:  How the Doula can Educate, Encourage and Supportwith Jamie Swann, CD (DONA)
• Forces of Nature with Carole Groobman
• How to Maintain High Quality Maternity Care in and Era  when Women are Losing Confidence in their Ability to Give Birth with Michael Klein, MD
• Massage for Labor and Birth with Paula Jaspar, RMT
• The Selling of the Cesarean Section:  Madison Avenue Comes to Medicinewith Mayri Sagady, CNM, MSN
• Writing About Birth with Debbie Young, CD (DONA), ICCE
• Helping Parents Following the Death of a Stillborn, Premature Infant or Newborn Baby with Marshall Klaus, MD
• The Irreducible Needs of the Baby with John Kennell, MD

Advanced Doula Training – Doula Retreat on Orcas Island, WA

 June 13-15, 2003 (18.5 contact hours)

• Birth Language
• Interventions in the Birth Process Film:  20/20 Vacuum Extraction
• Precipitous Births Film:  Birth in the Squatting Position
• Newborn Exam Film:  Babywatching with Desmond Morris
• Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
• Tricks of the Trade

with Gloria Lemay

 April 26, 2003 (6.6 contact hours)

Advanced Doula Training The Doula Path:  Tools for the Journey – Seattle, WA

 April 26, 2003 (6.6 contact hours)

• Finding Your Path
• Who Will Care for the Doulas
• What’s New?  Research Articles That Affect Doulas Just Listen

with Penny Simkin, PT, Kathryn McGrath MSW, FACCE, CD (DONA) & Patricia Predmore, RN, BSN, ICCE, CD (DONA), CLE

Essential Oils – Coupeville, WA

 Mar 18, 2003 (2 contact hours)

Whidbey General Hospital, Whidbey Island, WA

Mothercare’s Lactation Educator Training – Renton, WA

 Sep 21, 2002 (8 contact hours)

CAPPA Approved

• The Role of the Lactation Educator
• Baby and The Breast:  The Normal Course of Lactation
• Maternal Challenges in Breastfeeding:  Identifying and Problem Solving
• Infant Challenges in Breastfeeding:  Identifying and Problem Solving
• Breastfeeding Counseling Skills:  Observation, Assessment and Assistance
• Breastfeeding Counseling Skills:  Adapting to the Needs and Situation of the Student
• Current Issues in Lactation
• Presenting Information on Breastfeeding

with Wendy Middleton, BA, CLE, CPD, ICPD, CD (DONA)

DONA 8th International Conference – Clearwater Beach, FL

 Aug 1-4, 2002 (18.3 contact hours)

Ten Years of Progress and More to Come:

• Helping Women with Pain Relief, Deep Relaxation and Self-Hypnosis with Phyllis Klaus, MFT, CSW
• Easing the Transition: Preparing Parents for the First Few Weeks with Valerie Miles, MD
• Should Everyone Have a Cesarean? with Charles Mahan, MD
• The Art of Belly Casting: Creating a Keepsake for the Expectant Familywith Julie Collins, RN, CD (DONA), LCCE
• The Cradle Will Fall: Postpartum Perspicacity with Carl Burak, MD, JD
• Comfort Measures of Childbirth:  Let’s Do It With a Rebozo with Guadalupe Trueba, FACCE, LCCE, CD (DONA)
• When Your Client Hasn’t Attended Childbirth Classes with Patricia Predmore, RN, BSN, ICCE, CD (DONA) CLE
• How Doulas Support the Woman With an Epidural with Penny Simkin, PT, CD(DONA)
• Finding the Path with Kathy McGrath, MSW, FACCE, CD (DONA)

Certified – Doulas of North America

Initial Certification May 17, 2002

Renewed through 2014

First Annual Doula Education Day – New Westminster, BC

May 4, 2002 (6.6 contact hours)

• Childbirth Pain & The Birth Experience: The Short and Long Term Implication  with Paulina Perez, RN, BSN, FACCE
• Hannah’s Tyger and the Metastatic Mythology of Risk with Dr. Phillip Hall
• Third Stage of Labour- Why the Panic? with Louise Smith
• Routine Labour Inductions at – 41 Weeks – Nonsensus Consensus with Dr. Phillip Hall

The Business of Being a Doula – Seattle, WA

 April 13, 2002

Pacific Association for Labor Support (PALS) workshop

• Interviewing
• Overview of the Doula Process
• Getting Started/Staying Certified
• How to get Clients
• Maintaining a Back-up System
• Billing for Services
• Keeping Records
• Protecting Yourself: Insurance
• Professional Doula Panel

Certified – Pacific Association for Labor Support (PALS)

April 10, 2002

Labor Support Essential Doula Training (Part two) – Oak Harbor, WA

 Sep 28-29, 2001

The art and science of labor support, non-pharmacological pain techniques, comfort measures and coping tools for childbirth, and the Doula’s scope of practice and code of ethics.

Shellie Moore CD (DONA/PALS)

Advanced Doula Training Workshop – Seattle, WA

 Sep 22, 2001 (7.8 contact hours)

• Advanced Values Clarification
• The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on the Childbearing Woman and Her Caregivers
• Cultural Sensitivity and the Doula:  How a Doula can Help Reduce Cesareans for Dystocia

Penny Simkin PT, CD (DONA)

Labor Support Essential Doula Training (Part One) – Oak Harbor, WA

 Sep 14-15, 2001

Instructed in the basics of reproductive anatomy and fetal development, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and breastfeeding, complications, interventions, cesareans, labor labor pain and pain relief.

Shellie Moore CD (DONA/PALS)