More About Workshops
Skills You Will Learn
In the course of this weekend workshop & certification program, you will learn to:
Develop & define the scope of your practice & learn how to create professional protocols for the services you choose to offer.
Conduct prenatal & postpartum visits, take a comprehensive history, & maintain client confidentiality.
Provide highly effective labor support to your clients by utilizing techniques which can reduce the mother’s discomfort, promote faster, safer births, & reduce the need for medication & medically unnecessary interventions.
Create & preserve a safe birthing environment understanding its importance to the psychological & physiological program of a healthy, normal birth.
Support the birthing family when pregnancy or birth doesn’t go as planned.
Communicate effectively & professionally with mothers, partners, families & medical professionals, establishing trust & mutual empowerment among the birthing team.
Market & promote yourself as a professional Labor Assistant/Birth Doula in your community.
What You Will Receive
Complete tuition of $425 (payment plans are available; see Tuition and Payment) includes everything you will need to become certified except for the books. The tuition represents an investment whose complete return you’ll be able to realize after attending your first few paid births. In addition to attendance at the weekend training seminar, your tuition includes:
toLabor Program Manual
with over 100 pages of worksheets, resources, sample forms & certification paperwork
Certification
You may opt to earn certification through completing the requirements
Referrals
After taking the workshop, you are listed on our website and receive online referrals
Activates Membership
Personal Attention, Networking & Support
from our Director of Labor Assistant Training, Regional Directors & the main office.
And as a Special Bonus
Enroll for the workshop more than 60 days in advance and receive a a discount of $60 or 30 days in advance & receive a discount of $30.
AND
Past graduates of our training who are current members, may attend a workshop again for only $200.
Workshop at a Glance
The toLabor workshop has been designed to encompass a variety of learning styles, and includes a strong emphasis on experiential learning. The experiential exercises provide participants with hands-on practice using labor support techniques, and with an introduction to skills such as palpation of fetal position, during pregnancy, and introduction to basic pelvic examination.
Follows is a summary of the workshop outline.
Day One ~ Friday 1:00 – 9:30
Registration and Introductions
Defining Our Role
Understanding the Dance of Labor: The 4 P’s
Gate Control: Three Ways to Reduce Pain in Labor
Tools of the Trade: Comfort Measures Using the 5 Senses
Day Two~ Saturday 9:00 – 6:30
Normal Labor & Birth
Interventions: “Tubes Are Us”
Experiential Learning: Palpation & Heart Tones
Measurements of Well-Being
Breathing, Relaxation & Positions in Labor
Day Three ~ Sunday 9:00 – 6:30
Cesarean Sections & VBACs
Experiential Learning: Pelvic Exams
Ethical Guidelines for Labor Support Providers
Designing Your Practice: Services, Compensation, Marketing, Contracts