DAY ONE of the Passion for Birth workshop
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You will incorporate effective (and fun) ways to open your childbirth classes.
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Ready to stomp out BORING
CB education? |
Your "tool box" of teaching strategies will be overflowing with ways not to be BORING!
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Road map - where birth has been and where
you are headed |
Identify how to overcome the barriers that impact a woman's options to have a healthy, safe and satisfying birth.
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Increase confidence and
decrease fear!
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Participate in teaching methods designed to decrease fear and increase confidence.
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Incredible pregnant body - getting ready to birth
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Instead of talking about discomforts, learn how to reframe your teaching to build on her strengths.
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The Great Motivator - PAIN/NO PAIN
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You will look at 8 - 10 different ways to teach about pain and then adapt the best to your teaching. |
Stand By Me - the important role of labor
support
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From the now infamous "labor tool belt" to the comfort measure relay race, experience ways to increase the
involvement of the labor partner.
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3 Rs - rhythm, ritual, relaxation
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Visit interactive ways to weave in breathing into sessions on rhythm, ritual and relaxation.
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DAY TWO of the Passion for Birth workshop
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Let the fun begin group teach back
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Always fun, your group will share a creative way to present a short topic!
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Opening - It's what birth is about
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From the endorphin stars to the ping pong ball in a balloon to charting a labor with the roll of a dice, no need to yawn
in this session.
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The Big Push - stop counting to ten
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You can never have too many ways to teach about keeping the hips moving to help that baby come out!
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Be up to date about Baby-led and Laid back breastfeeding. Discuss ways for parents to see the benefits of the sacred
hour immediately after birth!
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Postpartum - the reality sets in
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Parenting stations, Postpartum robe are only two of the many tried and true methods you will be able to add to your class.
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The tough stuff : The unexpected The Interventions
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While many educators dread teaching about when the unexpected happens or about medical interventions, you will finish
this session with plenty of strategies that will remove that dread!
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At the end of this session you will feel confident accessing information in the Cochrane and incorporating research into
your course!
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Putting the Pieces Together: creating your
topic list
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Working as a team, you will develop a flow to the core topics of a Lamaze class and walk away with a dynamic plan - whether
it be a 6 week or 2 day birth class (and everything in between)
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DAY THREE of the Passion for Birth workshop |
Creating a Course Design: Purpose/process/payoff
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Instead of focusing on generic objectives with the catch all phrase...will be able to.... learn how the P- P-P and the
T-T-T process can make your task of creating a learner centered program so much easier!
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Peer Teaching/facilitation
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Hands down, this is rated as one of the best sessions in every seminar - where you learn from each and share creative
and effective ways of facilitating learning!
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Working lunch: making money!
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Get all your questions answered about the financial aspects of being a childbirth educator! |
The Taters: juggling group dynamics
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You will brainstorm various ways to facilitate the diverse members of your childbirth class - ranging from Agi-tater
(who makes everyone mad) to what to do if the Tater Tots (young children) come to your program! There's over a dozen
members of the "Tater" family!
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Visual Aids Extraordinaire!
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Always fun, learn why your PfB materials includes broccoli rubber bands and paper lanterns and dominoes and so many more.
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Creating Meaningful Closings, Evaluations
and Celebrations!
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Join your new "BFFs" in toasting to the mission of stomping out boring childbirth classes! Discuss ways to have
a meaningful closing and an efficient way to complete evaluations on line!
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Passion
for Birth™ (PfB) knows
to "stomp out boring childbirth classes" is a HUGE challenge but we are working
to inspire, support and equip childbirth educators around the world to be dynamic and evidenced-based while including "fun"
and interactivity in their classes!
What
will I gain by coming to a PfB workshop?
- you'll be more effective and interactive!
- you'll build skills and learn techniques you can use immediately.
- you'll learn and retain more in 3 days than you can imagine.
- you'll increase
your networking resources.
- you'll get great
resource materials.
- and so much more.
Who comes to PfB workshops?
People who are just starting on their path to become childbirth educators as well as experienced educators who are
looking for fresh ideas or others who are interested in pursuing Lamaze or ICEA. Most groups include nurses, doulas,
new moms who were inspired (or traumatized) by their births, "natural" educators from other disciplines, social
workers and people who just know that they want to become a childbirth educator!
