Continuing Education for Doulas
In a profession of ever changing information, keeping your skills and
knowledge current is essential to your practice!
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Continuing education as a doula allows you to professionally grow, while expanding your knowledge and understanding. You will continue learning through presentations, classes, workshops and conferences, all relevant to client care within the doula profession. Your doula organization will have requirements for your re-certification. The steps to quality may include attending additional programs, presentations and/or workshops that qualify for continuing education. You may also find classes and training opportunities by searching online or by contacting your local doula association's website or other birthing community affiliates.
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Local Support
In Edmonton, Alberta we are fortunate to have a large community of birth professionals working with families. Becoming a member of the Doula Association of Edmonton, and the Association For Safe Alternatives In Childbirth (ASAC) are great starting places to connect with our birth community. Who knows, you may just find members of your new doula practice, or a trusted friend with whom you can call upon for backup labour support!
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Rebozo for Labour and Birth
In many cultures around the world, rebozos have timelessly been used by pregnant and birthing women for added comfort measures and relaxation, to help reposition babies, to ease labour and back pain, while conserving a mother’s energy.
Rebozos are also a great tool for doulas, midwives and partners to work with, making it easier to support labouring women by reducing the physical impact on the birth attendant's body.
In this two and half hour class, you will learn how to use a rebozo during the prenatal period, and throughout the various stages of labour, while safely protecting your own back.
This class will inspire you to share your knowledge with your clients, and work with a rebozo during your next birth. You'll most likely notice the soothing positive impact a rebozo has on a labouring mother's experience and
renewed connection with her partner.
This continuing education class has been approved by CAPPA, DONA and New Beginnings.
Investment: $40.00 per person. Bring your own Rebozo or short baby wrap.
Rebozos are also a great tool for doulas, midwives and partners to work with, making it easier to support labouring women by reducing the physical impact on the birth attendant's body.
In this two and half hour class, you will learn how to use a rebozo during the prenatal period, and throughout the various stages of labour, while safely protecting your own back.
This class will inspire you to share your knowledge with your clients, and work with a rebozo during your next birth. You'll most likely notice the soothing positive impact a rebozo has on a labouring mother's experience and
renewed connection with her partner.
This continuing education class has been approved by CAPPA, DONA and New Beginnings.
Investment: $40.00 per person. Bring your own Rebozo or short baby wrap.
Sonya is a seasoned labour and postpartum doula, a certified doula instructor, a placenta encapsulation specialist, and is presently certifying to become a childbirth educator through CAPPA. She has worked with hundreds of mothers and families, embarking alongside them on their birth journey, for the past 17 years.
Sonya believes birth is a transformation of self and that all families deserve individualized care to support their growth as parents. Those of us who take on the facilitating doula role also require support and guidance to become the best they can be, for the families they are privileged to serve. Sonya is currently a board member of the Doula Association in Edmonton, a member of ASAC, CAPPA, as well as a founder and the sole proprietor of Full Circle Birth Collective. She has attended many midwifery and birth related training classes, seminars and workshops in Canada and the USA.