MAMA GLOW CHILDBIRTH EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION COURSE – 4-WEEK ONLINE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM
8 SESSIONS
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS – April 30th – May 23rd, 2024 – 6:00-8:30PM ET (ONLINE)
If you’ve pursued a professional training program with Mama Glow, then you’ve already embraced your role as a birth advocate and educator. If you have not yet joined our community but are ready to expand and build on your education in birth work, this is the right course for you, welcome! From the global maternal health and education platform that brought you the Mama Glow Doula Professional Training Program, comes a new offering for birth professionals that you don’t want to miss.
Are you ready to build on your knowledge and skills in the birth space? You are meant to stand alongside people during the most powerful and transformative moments of their lives, and with our new Mama Glow Childbirth Educator Certification course, that process just became a bit easier. The Mama Glow Childbirth Educator Certification Course will equip you with the education, skills, and to prepare people from all walks of life for the journey that is pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the early postnatal period.
Over the course of eight sessions in four weeks, you will be joined by other like-minded individuals in your journey to ease the transition for women, laboring people, and their families. Twice a week, your instructors will focus on a curriculum theme that emphasizes a particular dimension of childbirth education, all of which will culminate in a full toolbox and an exploration of how to utilize the training.
The Mama Glow Doula Childbirth Educator Certification course is unique in that it implements the framework of trauma-informed care to emphasize cultural competency, empathy, and structural competency. When you emerge from this course you will have the tools to be able to sucessfully lead individuals and groups in childbirth education and will broaden your access to career opportunities and advancement. We hope you can join us! This program is open to all individuals exploring and expanding their career path in birth work. This is a professional training program and upon completion of the course, students will receive a certificate.
This course meets online twice weekly via zoom.
Sessions will be recorded for replay during the duration of the course.
Starting Tuesday, April 30th – May 23rd, 2024 6:00-8:30pm ET
The course meets twice a week – Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2.5 hours each day.
Investment:
Course Tuition – $725.00 + processing fees
Tuition Includes:
- Optional group orientation session
- Access to 4-week Professional training program live classes via zoom
- Access to online private student learning portal
- Access to educational manual
- Access to Teacher Assistant support during the duration of the course
Course Schedule:
Tuesday, April 30th – 6:00-8:30PM ET
Thursday, May 2nd – 6:00-8:30PM ET
Tuesday, May 7th – 6:00-8:30PM ET
Thursday, May 9th – 6:00-8:30PM ET
Tuesday, May 14th – 6:00-8:30PM ET
Thursday, May 16th – 6:00-8:30PM ET
Tuesday, May 21st – 6:00-8:30PM ET
Thursday, May 23rd – 6:00-8:30PM ET
Training Program Syllabus
Session 1 – April 30th: Delivering Culturally Competent Childbirth Education
In this section, we explore what a childbirth educator is, the values that they carry in the work, and the ways personal experiences impact the way we show up in the classroom. Next, we delve into sacred anatomy and paths to parenthood.
Session 2 – May 2nd: Reclaiming Bodily Autonomy
We will kick off this unit with an exploration of consent—what it is, what it is not, and what it looks like within various birth settings. Next, we’ll take a deeper look into the role of trauma, which covers the trauma that clients may bring to the birth setting, and the trauma that can unfortunately stem from the experiences many face during their reproductive journeys. Central to a positively memorable birthing and pregnancy experience is the avoidance of this kind of trauma, and so, for our last section of this unit, we will work to equip you with some boundary-setting tools that can keep the care team on track.
Session 3 – May 7th: Comfort and Care during Pregnancy
Pregnancy comes with a variety of experiences, both pleasant and unpleasant. During the course, we will characterize a few and talk about comfort measures and techniques that can assist those on the journey.
Session 4 – May 9th: Navigating Labor and Birth Support
The moment is here! This unit touches on all things labor and birth. We will talk about the various stages of labor, and comfort measures that can ease the experience at every stage as the birthing person prepares to meet their baby. Additionally, we will explore birth in its full scope—measures to help clients prepare for the big moment, the birth plan, deviations from the birth plan, and ways to manage.
Session 5 – May 14th: Abortion, Miscarriage, Loss and Community Care
In this section, we explore the different types of abortion, miscarriage, and loss that can be experienced, ways to navigate these experiences and provide self and community care strategies to support you throughout your journey.
Session 6 – May 16th: Postpartum Wellness and Care
The time after childbirth is equally as significant as the time leading up to it. In this unit, we will talk about postpartum healing, with an emphasis on mental health.
Session 7 – May 21st: Infant Feeding and Early Newborn Care
The health of a growing infant has implications for the health of its birthing parent. We will talk about infant feeding and nutrition, and newborn care overall. By the end of this unit, you should feel more comfortable informing new parents about their options.
Session 8 – May 23rd: Facilitation Skills and Sustainable Business Practices
By the end of the course, we’re sure you’ll all want to get out there and practice. Our facilitation and business training unit accounts for this. We’ll discuss strategies for getting your practice off the ground, and discuss strategies for framing your new practice around your unique skill set.
No Prerequisites: This course is available to everyone regardless of background.
Facilitators:
Karma Tudor, Community Doula Coordinator, CLC, 200 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher (including Prenatal Yoga), Childbirth Educator, Doula, Student Midwife
Bintou Diarra, Editorial Lead at Mama Glow, MS1 at Alpert Medical School, Doula, BSc in Medical Anthropology
Leona Hariharan, Partnerships at Mama Glow, Doula, EMT, CPR Instructor, BSc in Neuroscience and Performance Studies
Latham Thomas, Founder, Mama Glow, Visiting Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Brown University
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