Breastfeed Durham is thrilled to announce our 2024 workshop series, all made possible through the ICO4MCH funding. These workshops are designed to educate and support families, healthcare providers, community advocates, and more on the importance of breastfeeding. And the best part? Our workshops are fully customizable to meet your unique needs! Here’s how you can get involved—and how we can work together to support our community.
Comprehensive Training for Everyone
At Breastfeed Durham, we’re committed to providing a range of educational opportunities to meet the diverse needs of our community. Whether you’re a parent, a healthcare provider, or a community advocate, we have something tailored just for you:
- For Parents and Families: Our Ready, Set, Baby workshops offer comprehensive guidance for new and expectant parents. These sessions cover everything from preparing for breastfeeding to understanding infant cues, helping you get off to the best start possible.
- For Community Support: Whether you’re a dad, grandma, or childcare provider, we offer practical workshops designed to help you support lactating families. We provide the latest research, communication strategies, and hands-on tips to ensure that everyone around the mother-baby dyad is equipped to offer support.
- For Healthcare Providers: We offer specialized training sessions that align with American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines, focusing on breastfeeding as a normal physiological process with significant benefits. Whether you’re a nurse, doctor, or lactation consultant, these sessions will enhance your ability to support breastfeeding families.
- For Clinical Support Providers: Tailored workshops for those who work directly with patients, including nurses, and midwives. These sessions emphasize the importance of empathetic, evidence-based support in clinical settings.
- For Community-Based Lactation Support: Our peer support training sessions equip community health workers, peer counselors, and doulas with the tools they need to provide culturally responsive and compassionate support to breastfeeding families.
- For Community Advocates: We offer workshops on building collaborative relationships, policy development, and creating inclusive environments that support breastfeeding for all. Learn how to advocate effectively for breastfeeding in your community and beyond.
Specialized Workshops and Resources
In addition to our broad training offerings, we also provide specialized workshops on the following topics:
- Ready, Set, Baby: A comprehensive program for new and expectant parents, covering the essentials of breastfeeding and newborn care.
- Breastfeeding-Friendly Childcare: Learn about the requirements and benefits of becoming a breastfeeding-friendly childcare provider, ensuring that children receive the best support and nutrition.
- Making It Work Toolkit: This workshop provides strategies for mothers returning to work while continuing to breastfeed, including tips on pumping, storage, and navigating workplace accommodations.
- 🌍 Cultural Humility: Dive into the importance of cultural humility in lactation care, ensuring every patient’s background and unique needs are respected.
- 🤝 Building Collaborative Relationships: Learn how to foster strong connections between healthcare providers, lactation consultants, and doulas to provide seamless support for lactating families.
- 🌈 Inclusivity: Explore our work with various coalitions, including the Black Breastfeeding Coalition and the LGBTQ+ Human Milk Feeding Coalition, to ensure equitable lactation support for all.
- 📜 Policy Development: Become a pro at developing and implementing lactation-friendly policies, aligned with the International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes.
- 🏆 Awards and Recognition: Discover how to pursue awards like the NC Breastfeeding Coalition’s Family-Friendly Clinic Award and other accolades that recognize outstanding support for breastfeeding.
- 🌐 Resource Overviews: Stay updated on the latest resources from BreastfeedNC.org and BreastfeedDurham.org, and learn about new legislative changes that protect lactating parents in the workplace.
- 🥄 Introducing Solids: Get expert guidance on introducing solids with a focus on breastfeeding, especially for low-income families.
- 🔍 Identifying Gaps in Care: Let’s talk about identifying and addressing gaps in care for lactating families in Durham and beyond.
- 🤱🏽 Breastfeeding-Friendly Partners: We’ll hand you a list of breastfeeding-friendly community partners and locations where parents can comfortably breastfeed and provide human milk feeding for the first time.
- 👶 Child Care Centers: We offer information on breastfeeding-friendly childcare centers in Durham, explaining what this designation entails.
- 🤗 Supporting Lactation: Dive into insights on how families can support lactation, how to engage partners in the discussion, and how to introduce the idea of lactation to pregnant individuals sensitively.
Your Input Matters!
We want these workshops to be as beneficial as possible for you, and your input is invaluable. Here’s how you can participate:
- 🕰️ Preferred Times: Let us know what time slots or days work best for you to attend these sessions. We’re here to accommodate your schedule.
- 💡 Topics of Interest: Are there specific areas you’re eager to learn more about? Whether it’s lactation science, policy development, or cultural humility, we’ve got you covered!
Let’s Collaborate!
Your passion for lactation support drives us. By attending these workshops, you’re not just gaining valuable knowledge—you’re also contributing to the health and happiness of our entire community.
📩 Email Us to share your ideas, preferences, and to sign up for upcoming sessions. Together, we’re building a healthier, more inclusive community, one workshop at a time. 🌍💙