The 3-day training covers the following topics:

• Goals/Roles of the Lactation Educator

• Historical Look at Breastfeeding

• Anatomy of Breast and Lactation Physiology

• Importance of Breastfeeding/ Hazards of Formula Feeding

• Counseling the Postpartum Family

• Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding – BabyFriendly Information

• Working with the Hospital

• Maternal/Infant Challenges

• Pumping/Expressing Breastmilk

• Medications and Mother's Milk

• Maintaining Milk Supply

• Teaching To Adult Learners

• Latch and Positioning

• Working with the Hospital

• When and who to refer moms to for additional help

• And much more!

​Additional DVDs, presentations and business building skills are shared.

Labor and postpartum doulas, Registered Dietitians, public and community health employees, WIC staff, childbirth educators, or anyone passionate about breastfeeding- this course satisfies the Core Competencies of Breastfeeding Care and Services for all health care providers as outlined by the United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC- no endorsement is implied).

Hospital staff, pediatricians, obstetricians, midwives, nurses, speech language pathologist- this course satisfies the 20 hour World Health Organization Curriculum to support the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative.

Additionally, this workshop begins the coursework to become a Certified Lactation Educator (CLE) with CAPPA (Childbirth & Postpartum Professionals Association).

The CAPPA 20 Hour Lactation Educator Training Class includes the CAPPA Lactation Manual, Resource Notebook, Certificate of Attendance, and lots of goodies and give-aways to enhance your practice. Offering 24 CAPPA Contact Hours, 20 Nursing Hours and 21.5 L-CERPs available upon request.

Now offering a group discount for 3 or more from the same agency, $25 off the early bird registration price per person and a military discount. Please make note that if you need to register with a P.O. and pay by check through your employer, or have any questions, please email The Baby's Voice at info@thebabysvoice.com or call 270-202-9545.

Why become a certified lactation educator (CLE)?

Certified Lactation Educators (CLE©) provide evidence-based information to the community, families, and professionals to encourage an increase in breastfeeding initiation, duration, and support. CLEs are found teaching community and hospital-based breastfeeding classes, as peer breastfeeding counselors in the hospital and public health setting, facilitation support groups, and providing both phone and in-person support.

Transform your understanding of what breastfeeding/breastmilk really is:

• An irreplaceable relationship

• A brain developer

• An immune system

• An organ system

• A living tissue

• Transform your professional skills:

• Increase your competencies in the first hours, weeks and days after a birth

• Hone your postpartum skills

• Learn unique strategies for teaching breastfeeding to families

• Explore adult learning styles

• Enhance your communication skills

  Transform yourself:

• Take the leap to explore new ways to work with families

• Connect with other women who love working with moms and babies

• Open your mind to new concepts surrounding breastfeeding

• Take the first step to becoming certified as a lactation educator with CAPPA

This course helps to train professionals to offer breastfeeding support, information and education. The CAPPA CLE does not prescribe, treat, nor diagnose breastfeeding related conditions and is trained to refer clients facing circumstances that require this degree of intervention to a qualified professional. The CAPPA 20 Hour CLE course is not an IBCLC exam prep course, nor does the CAPPA CLE training prepare a student to become an IBCLC. To learn more about the CAPPA CLE scope of practice, visit http://www.cappa.net/lactation-educator.

Your faculty: Bonnie Holt Logsdon, RD, IBCLC, CLE is first a daughter, wife, and mother. She is a nutrition and lactation expert with over 15 years of experience. As a dietetic intern, right out of college, Bonnie attend a breastfeeding class and wondered why everyone wasn't talking about this "first food", breastmilk and it altered the course of her career. As a registered dietitian (RD), she worked in public health for over a decade in both Kentucky and New York City. Currently, Bonnie owns a private practice nutrition and lactation consulting business, The Baby's Voice- Nutrition & Lactation Consulting Services, and serves prenatal and postpartum families in the Louisville, Kentucky and Southern Indiana area.

Bonnie is the current President of the Kentuckiana Lactation Improvement Coalition (KLIC), a faculty member for CAPPA, a member of the United States Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA), a member of the Appalachian Breastfeeding Network (ABN), a member of the Lactation Improvement Network of Kentucky (LINK), and a member of LACTWORLD.

Empowering women with education to make informed decisions related to their health and the health of their babies is powerful work! Register now to begin your journey with lactation education.

**Refund Policy: We understand that emergencies may arise and although we do not issue refunds, your payment can be applied to a future training by the same faculty within one year of initial postponement. Applicant must contact Bonnie Logsdon to make these arrangements. If the class is canceled by the trainer, Bonnie Logsdon, attendees have the option of receiving a full refund or transferring to another lactation educator training through CAPPA.