Family Trees Lamaze-Accredited Childbirth Educator Program offers an eight week study group for individuals who are sitting for the next Lamaze Certification Exam.
This is an accountabilty group, not a short cut to prepare for the exam. Homework, reading, and quizzes are required and must be completed on time in order to join the live Zoom meetings each week. Active participation and contribution to class discussion is expected.
In addition to preparing for the certification exam, students will also learn various techniques for teaching childbirth education.
This is an accountabilty group, not a short cut to prepare for the exam. Homework, reading, and quizzes are required and must be completed on time in order to join the live Zoom meetings each week. Active participation and contribution to class discussion is expected.
In addition to preparing for the certification exam, students will also learn various techniques for teaching childbirth education.
Requirements
- All participants must be an eligible candidate for the Lamaze certification exam
- All participants must own the newest edition of the Lamaze Learning Guide (released Sept. 2019)
- All participants must have their copies of the following books:
- Giving Birth With Confidence: The Official Lamaze Learning Guide
- Babies Are Not Pizza, They're Born Not Delivered
- Pregnancy, Childbirth & The Newborn
- Optimal Care In Childbirth
- Breastfeeding book of your choice: Womanly Art Of Breastfeeding, Jack Newman's Guide To Breastfeeding, or Breastfeeding Made Simple
- All participants must complete the weekly homework before attending the weekly Zoom class. Students who do not submit the weekly work will not be permitted into the weekly Zoom class.
- This is to help you stick to your study plan and keep you accountable!
- All participants must contribute to the study group discussion
Investment
Registration Fee: $30
Weekly Zoom Class: $15 per class
- Registration into the group
- Access to a recorded virtual seminar
- Six month membership to Evidence Based Birth (R) Higher Ed program
Weekly Zoom Class: $15 per class
- 1 - 1.5 hour weekly Zoom class
- Attend as many or as few as you wish
- In addition to exam content review, students will learn additional teaching methods
- Weekly Zooms are paid for as you go
- Zoom meeting dates/times:
- Sundays, Septembeer 13 - November 1, 2020
- 11 am or 7 pm Eastern Time
- To accomodate various time zones, participants will be able to choose to attend one of two class times
- These meetings will NOT be recorded
Schedule & Registration
Week One (9/13/2020)
- Review Giving Birth With Confidence
- Evidence-based care
- Lamaze Foundations
- Tackling the Learning Guide
Week Two (9/20/2020)
- Healthy Birth Practice #1
Week Three (9/27/2020)
- Healthy Birth Practice #2
Week Four (10/04/2020)
- Healthy Birth Practice #3
Week Five (10/11/2020)
- Healthy Birth Practice #4
Week Six (10/18/2020)
- Healthy Birth Practice #5
Week Seven (10/25/2020)
- Healthy Birth Practice #6
Week Eight (11/1/2020)
- Newborn & Breastfeeding