Nonprofit Statement: La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian, organization dedicated to providing support, encouragement, information, and education to women who choose to breastfeed.
Mission Statement: To help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.
***Due to a lack of registrants, this event has been canceled. We are sorry for this inconvience****
Registration Costs:
Two Day Health Care Provider Combo (Thurs dinner & all day Friday) $195. Health Care Provider Friday Only $145. Health Care Provider Thursday Dinner Only $75
Two Day LLL Leader Combo (Thurs dinner & all day Friday) $175 LLL Leader Friday Only $125. LLL Leader Thursday Only $60
Thursday includes Speaker and Dinner Friday Includes Speakers, Breakfast, Lunch and Breaks
A $20 late fee will be added after May 18, 2014
Seminar Schedule and Topics
Thursday, June 5, 2014
5:30 p.m. Registration Opens
6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Breastfeeding in the US: Achieving Health and Social Equity Exploring US breastfeeding initiation and duration rates based on racial, ethics, and socio-economic groupings. How the lactation community and government can work together to support and improve breastfeeding disparities across the nation.
Friday, June 6, 2014
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:45-10 a.m. Breastfeeding with Obseity and After Gastric Bypass: Supporting the obese mother through pregnancy and breastfeeding. Understanding how weight loss surgery may affect the breastfeeding relationship. The benefits of breastfeeding on baby's weight.
10:00-10:15 a.m. Break
10:15-11:45 a.m. Breastfeeding in the Child Care Setting: The health and societal benefits of creating a supportive breastfeeding atmosphere for employed mothers and their babies.
12:00-1:15p.m. Lunch
1:30-3:00 p.m. Identifying and Supporting Mothers with Insufficient Glandular Tissue: The physical and emotional impact of hypoplasia on breastfeeding. Identifying other physical factors that may interfere with breastfeeding. Strategies for supporting mothers with IGT in a professional and ethical manner.
3:00-3:15 p.m. Break
3:15-4:45 p.m. Keystone Support: Breastfeeding Education and Health Care Providers: Action 9 in the Surgeon General's Call to Support Breastfeeding advocates for education and training in breastfeeding for all health care providers who work with women and children. Explore the most effective ways to teach all health care providers about breastfeeding. Discover evidence-based educational interventions, founded on a systemic review, to improve breastfeeding knowledge of health care providers.
4:45-5:00 p.m. Complete Evaluations
Our Speakers...
Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH, IBCLC
Catherine Sullivan, MPH, RD, LDN, IBCLC, CLC
Kathleen Anderson, MEd, CLC
Diana Cassar-Uhl, MPH, IBCLC
Audrey Perry, DNP, CNM, RN
Hotel Rooms are available until May 20, 2014 at a special rate for LLL Alliance Health Care Provider Seminar attendees. King and Double Queen rooms are available for $89.00 (plus tax) a night. Also available are King Suites for $129.00 (plus tax). This special rate is available for use two days before and two days after the seminar and includes complementary guest room internet. Call the hotel at: 703-793-3366 and request a room in the La Leche block.
Continuing Education Credits available...
Continuing Education Recogition Points (CERPs) for lactation consultants have been applied for through LLL Alliance for Breastfeeding Education a providership with the International Board of Lactation Consultants Examiners. 7.5 total CERPs: 3.0 R, 3.0 L, 1.5 E
An application has been submitted to Michigan Nurse Association CEAP. Please contact Rhonda Harris (734-624-8363) for more information about contact hours.