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Doula From Within™ Workshop
Our BIRTHING FROM WITHIN® Doula workshop is unique in many ways and does not replicate any other training program. We invite all birth-related professionals (aspiring, new, experienced or already certified) who offer emotional support to parents in the childbearing year to attend this training for professional enrichment and inspiration. Our Doula From Within training begins with the two-and-a-half-day Introduction to BIRTHING FROM WITHIN (Level One) workshop and continues with the additional six-hour immersion just for doulas (immediately following the Intro workshop). We believe new and experienced birth-related professionals benefit from: new inspiration, a fresh perspective, and peer support cultivating communication skills and learning a delicious, indirect style that motivates and teaches parents before, during and after birth resolving judgments and grief that naturally arise from working in the birth world
What we may cover in our workshop: Scope of practice and ethical guidelines How to conduct lively prenatal interviews (that teach!) Optimal fetal positioning for an easier birth: what it is and why it is important Speaking the language of Laborland Identifying and meeting the special needs of fathers, partners and families Etiquette and building rapport with birth professionals How to process your experience after each birth (to prevent gradual birth trauma that may lead to burn out)
Because we only have about 5.5 hours, we can't cover things such as birth basics, hands-on practice, or nuts-and-bolts doula stuff. We recommend taking other workshops if you are new to birth and doula work. During our time together, we focus on things that are unique to being a BIRTHING FROM WITHIN doula, and there are many other wonderful doula training organizations that can help you with the more practical aspects of doula work. Our Home Study portion of the doula certification program involves reading and research on your own, and getting together to discuss it on our monthly doula seminar conference calls. Read more about our calls here. If you want to become a BIRTHING FROM WITHIN Doula You must take both the Introduction Workshop and the Doula From Within Training, then enroll in our Doula Certification Program. You may also choose to enroll in our Mentor Program as well. Find out more about our Doula Certification Program and Mentor Certification Program. Note about Workshop Schedule: In 2007, we begin offering our new Doula training-workshops and our new dual training and certification programs (Mentor plus Doula Certification). This means all Level One Introduction Workshops will be back-to-back with the (six hour) Doula From Within Training so you can conveniently take both during the same weekend. This training can be taken for contact hours/continuing education credits. We invite all participants to join our Certification Program (attending this workshop is the first step), but it is not required.
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