Schedule Registration: April–May 2015 • Apply at www.ictcmidwives.org Training: July 2015–February 2016 • Total of 93.5 hours (excluding internship and externship hours) • 8 Workshops (48 hours): • Monthly, 2nd Saturday during July through February, except • 3rd Saturday in September and October • 10 am–5 pm (6 hours/workshop) • Doula Training: Thursday–Sunday, September 10–13, 2015 (29.5 hours) • waived if doula training has already been completed • Peer Breastfeeding Counselor Training: Saturday–Sunday, December 11–12, 2015 (16 hours) Graduation: March 2016 Additional Details • Minimum Qualifications: High School Diploma or GED • Trainees are not required to have given birth. • Both women and men can participate in this training program. “Education helps one cease being intimidated by strange situations.” Maya Angelou ICTC History and Mission The International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC) was founded in 1991 as an infant mortality prevention, breastfeeding promotion, midwife and doula training nonprofit organization. Our mission is to increase the number of midwives, doulas and birth workers of color and to empower families in order to reduce infant and maternal mortality and increase breastfeeding rates. International Center for Traditional Childbearing PO Box 11923 Portland, OR 97211 P 503.460.9324 F 503.445.7760 www.ictcmidwives.org [email protected] Training Investment • The African American Childbirth Educator Training Program is valued at $1600 and includes all trainings and course materials. • Thanks to a generous grant, we are able to offer this training to eligible applicants for a reduced fee using an income-based sliding fee scale. • Financial aid, scholarships and payment plans are available. BLACK BABIES MATTER! African American Childbirth Educator Training Program TM Special Thanks to Kaiser Permanente for its financial support of this program. 4/2015 “Healthy Babies are Everyone’s Business” The community needs YOU to train as a Childbirth Educator. African Americans have always believed that education is power and that the teacher is powerful. Our families need African American childbirth educators who will teach Black birth traditions, labor and birth as a normal process, emotional aspects of pregnancy, nutrition, breastfeeding, newborn care, stress reduction, and confidence in mothering. Childbirth educators can promote doula care, build community and teach empowerment to support self-advocacy in the perinatal period. • empower African American families to make informed choices about labor, birth and their newborn. ICTC’s African American Childbirth Educator Training Program is a pilot project designed to certify a cohort of African American trainees who will gain the education, skills, confidence, and resources necessary to provide women and their families with culturally competent perinatal education. This unique program will give you, the trainee, an opportunity to learn and share in a group setting, within an environment of community, respect and trust which is designed to support a transformational learning experience. • Breastfeeding • Comfort Measures in Pregnancy, Labor and Birth • Nutrition during Pregnancy • Physical and Emotional Changes of Pregnancy • Postpartum and Newborn Care Training Highlights African American Childbirth Educator Training Program ICTC is dedicated to increasing the number of African American childbirth educators in Oregon who will: • provide more options for African American pregnant women to attend childbirth education classes or workshops in their community, and Training Basics African American Childbirth Educators employ positive group dynamics, respect each family’s uniqueness, and offer current information on the mechanisms and techniques of a healthy birth. Your role is to create trust in the birth process and empower women to trust their bodies, make informed decisions, and understand the collective experience of Black women’s birthing experience. Our training teaches you how to use lecture, personal interaction and resources to provide information to families on: • signs of labor and comfort measures • advantages of natural child birth • Cesarean section prevention and vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) • pain medication options • role of the father/partner during labor and recovery • role of a Doula • the newborn and bonding • patient rights • creating a birth plan • places to birth • Cultural Practices and Birth Traditions • Entrepreneurial Development • History of Childbirth Education in African American/Black Communities • Internship + Externship (observational + student teaching hours) • Systemic Racism’s Effects on Birth Outcomes • Skills for teaching and sharing experiences Certification Process • Complete monthly workshops (48 hours) • Complete independent study (5 books) • Observe one childbirth education class series (6+ hours) • Conduct student teaching (12+ hours) • Complete Doula Training (29.5 hours) • Complete Peer Breastfeeding Counselor Training (16 hours) • Observe 1 birth (hours vary per birth) • Pass final exam
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