Opportunities to Learn More about Breastfeeding

Local Learning Opportunities

Lactation Counselor Training Course
The Lactation Counselor Training Course is a comprehensive, evidence-based, college-level breastfeeding management course that includes practical skills, theoretical foundations, and competency verification.

Basic and complex technical issues are explored within the context of problem-solving and counseling strategies. This course prepares participants for professional work in the hospital, public health, and community settings. It trains participants to gain insight into clients’ problems, with a strong focus on counseling skills.

At the end of the course, participants who have completed all competencies may sit for the CLC® examination, the premier national certification in lactation management in the United States, administered by the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice (ALPP).

Breastfeeding Trainings for Lactation Specialists

• Supporting Breastfeeding in Child Care online
  This interactive training module is now available on the Colorado Shines Professional Development Information System (PDIS).
  • Visit the Colorado Shines Professional Development Information System (PDIS). Search “breastfeeding” in the Course Catalog. To view the course, you will need to create an account and log in, or use your existing login information (you can do this even if you are not a child care professional). The online training module is designed for child care professionals, but can also be helpful for anyone interested in learning more about breastfeeding in child care settings.
• Childhood Obesity Prevention
  Continuing to breastfeed for the recommended amount of time can be challenging, especially when children need to be in child care. Learn practical solutions for encouraging and supporting mothers to breastfeed their babies.
• Texas Department of State Health Services
  Content includes a series of videos/slides on: infant development, breastfeeding recommendations, bottle-feeding, introducing solids, choking, toddler, and preschool nutrition needs.
• Breastfeeding University
  Developed by an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, lactation consultants, public health professionals, educators and La Leche League leaders, these trainings will help learners to establish a working knowledge of the importance of breastfeeding and how to support mothers and families to meet their breastfeeding goals.
• Creating a Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Setting
  This self-guided training gives informal child care providers, such as family, friends, or neighbors the basics for supporting breastfed children while in their care.

Breastfeeding Trainings for Coalitions

• CDC-USBC Bi-Monthly Coalitions Webinars
  Learn how to assist breastfeeding mothers who are having difficulty breastfeeding. This video offers simple tips for effective assistance with latching on.
• Power Tools for Coalitions
  The United States Breastfeeding Committee hosts this series of webinars as part of its training, technical assistance, and capacity-building support for the network of breastfeeding coalitions across the United States.
• Michigan Breastfeeding Monthly webinar series
  Michigan Breastfeeding Network presents the Great Lakes Breastfeeding Webinars from 1-2 pm EST on the third Tuesday of every month.

Breastfeeding Trainings for Health Care Providers

These trainings would benefit a wide range of health care professionals, including primary care physicians, OB/GYNs, nurses, WIC staff, and anyone else who works with breastfeeding moms in a clinical setting.

• Breastfeeding Grand Rounds
  The School of Public Health sponsors this annual webcast in partnership with the New York State Department of Health Bureau of Supplemental Food Programs.
• Optimizing Support for Breastfeeding as Part of Obstetric Practice
  This webinar seeks to reach obstetricians and gynecologists, midwives, other obstetric providers, lactation consultants, nurses, and staff in New York State to review these recommendations and discuss their role in supporting women in meeting their breastfeeding goals.
• Healthy Children’s Center for Breastfeeding
  Healthy Children Project, Inc. is defining the field of research-based breastfeeding education and ethical, evidence-based breastfeeding practice.
• Supporting & Promoting Breastfeeding in Health Care Settings
  School of Public Health, University Physicians, and healthcare providers have a unique role in promoting breastfeeding and supporting a woman’s decision to breastfeed. This support begins during preconception care and continues through prenatal care, delivery, postpartum care, and during ongoing care of the infant, woman, and the family.

Breastfeeding Videos and Resources to Share with Clients and Patients

• Global Health Media
  Click the Breastfeeding tab to access videos with simple visual demonstrations for initiating breastfeeding and addressing common breastfeeding challenges.
• Stanford Medicine Newborn Nursery
  Learn how to assist breastfeeding mothers who are having difficulty breastfeeding.
• WIC Breastfeeding Support
  The Women, Infants, and Children program offers resources for families who breastfeed through their Loving Support resources.

Breastfeeding Trainings for Lactation Professionals

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  The United States Breastfeeding Committee hosts this series of bi-monthly webinars as part of its efforts to “create and model a culture of inclusion, diversity, and equity.”
• Stanford Medicine Newborn Nursery
  Learn how to assist breastfeeding mothers who are having difficulty breastfeeding.
• Breastfeeding Grand Rounds
  This annual webcast is sponsored by the School of Public Health in partnership with the New York State Department of Health Bureau of Supplemental Food Programs.
• Michigan Breastfeeding Monthly webinar
  Michigan Breastfeeding Network presents the Great Lakes Breastfeeding Webinars from 1-2 p.m. EST on the third Tuesday of every month.