Breastfeeding Counselor Courses

Past students say:

Thank you for a wonderful program.  I have had an inspiring year with my BSC course and have had a great time learning.  JB

I have used every aspect of my training with you in some area.  I believe your program is the BEST without any doubt.  MB

72 Contact Hours

86 IBLCE CERPS

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 60-page program guide.  The course can be completed in 12 months, with 24 months the maximum amount of time allowed.  Students are required to submit a course component every 6 weeks.  Time commitment is 1-2 hours per week for one year.  See page 7 for eligibility requirements. 

Lauwers, Judith and Debbie Shinskie, Counseling the Nursing Mother:  A Lactation Consultant's Guide, Boston, Jones and Bartlett, 2000.

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

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