Center for Lactation Education
Breastfeeding Counselor Courses
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Course 510: Breastfeeding Counselor Exclusive Home Study
95 IBLCE L-CERPS or Contact Hours Cost is only $975.00
The Breastfeeding Counselor course is for peer counselors and health workers who seek core knowledge and skills for helping mothers breastfeed. The goal is for the student to achieve a basic understanding of breastfeeding management and counseling techniques. Reading Counseling the Nursing Mother will assist the student in completing assignments. Learning activities include study questions and role plays. A final exam is administered at the completion of the course.
Students receive a 69-page program guide. The course can be completed in 9 to 12 months, with 24 months the maximum amount of time allowed. Students are expected to submit a course component every 6 weeks.
Eligibility for a Breastfeeding Counselor Course
Students must have a high school diploma or equivalent. There are no specific postsecondary academic or professional requirements for admission to a Breastfeeding Counselor Course. However, applicants must have access to counseling breastfeeding mothers., i.e., through a support group.
Required Reading for Course 510
Lauwers, Judith and Swisher, Anna, Counseling the Nursing Mother: A Lactation Consultant's Guide, Boston, Jones and Bartlett, 2005.
Curriculum for Course 510
| Counseling and communication skills | Role in the health care team | Supplemental foods and weaning | Counseling grieving parents |
| Mammary growth and development | Factors in an infant's ability to feed | Sexuality, fertility and contraception | Neonatal jaundice |
| Health consumerism | Managing early feedings | Cultural diversity | Multiple birth |
| Nutrition counseling for women | Factors in milk production | Low income mothers | Cultural issues in nutrition |
| Drugs, alcohol, and other impurities | Feeding frequency and duration | Single and adolescent mothers | Contraindications to breastfeeding |
| Dietary advice to low income women | Social support for women | Collection and storage of breastmilk | Immunology and allergy protection |
| Colostrum and breastmilk | Breast and nipple problems | Devices and techniques to assist feeding | Working mothers |
| Changes in milk volume and content | Relactation and induced lactation |
Email us at info@bsccenter.org to get an application.
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