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SUMMARY:2025 WV Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Training
DESCRIPTION:The WV Breastfeeding Institute and the WV Perinatal Partnership present the 2025 WV Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Training by IABLE\nThis training is via LIVE webinar\n3 sessions\, June 3\, 10 & 17\, 2025\n8:00 AM – 1:30 PM EST Each Day \nAbout the Training\nThe IABLE Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion (OBC) Course is a basic\, clinically-focused course for any person who is a medical or community breastfeeding/lactation supporter. We provide instruction on how to answer the most common breastfeeding/lactation questions that a family will have throughout the course of lactation\, into toddlerhood and beyond. \nCOST\nRegular cost is $250 per person WVBI price $150*\n*A limited number of (free) scholarships are available\, if you are able to pay the reduced price please do so and that will allow others to take the training as well. \nRegistration\n1.) Click this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/OBC2025 \n2) At the end of the pretest\, there is a link to the WV Perinatal Partnership website to complete the demographic information needed for registration. \n3) Once the registration form is completed\, you will receive an email from Mandy Quick within 48 hours to access the IABLE website and complete the IABLE registration—including the discount/scholarship code. \nRegistration includes a copy of the Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Handbook ($20 value) with shipping within the US. Books shipped outside of the US incur additional shipping fees. We will contact you if this applies to your registration. \nRecordings\nAttendees can earn credits through any combination of live participation and/or viewing the recordings. A link to the recordings will be emailed to registrants within 2-3 days following the webinar. The recordings will be available for 1 year.\nPlease note IABLE’s policy is to not permit registration for our events\, nor access to the recordings\, after the event has occurred. These include policies of our accreditors and speakers\, technical issues\, and fairness to everyone who has registered. Sometimes the recordings will be available later as an eCourse. IABLE will announce these in our newsletter when they are available. \nAccreditation\nA certificate listing credits earned will be available for download from your IABLE dashboard after the event evaluation is completed. Instructions for the evaluation will be emailed within 2-3 days after the course ends. \nCMEs\nThe AAFP has reviewed The Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Course and deemed it acceptable for up to 14.50 Live AAFP Prescribed credits. Term of Approval is from 01/11/2024 to 01/10/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.\nAAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA\, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed\, not as Category 1. \nCERPs\nThis course has been allocated a maximum of 14.5 (L) Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) by IBLCE. CERPs approval #CLT117-04. \nRNs\nAll state boards for nursing licensure approve of educational offerings that are approved by the American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC). According to ANCC Certification\, the continuing education hours approved by the AAFP and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ meet the requirement of formally approved continuing education hours and may be used as such for ANCC Certification renewal. https://www.nursingworld.org/certification/faqs/ \n  \nIf you have questions about the training or the registration email: mandymquick@wvbreastfeeding.org
URL:https://wvperinatal.org/event/2025-wv-outpatient-breastfeeding-champion-training/2025-06-03/
LOCATION:WV
CATEGORIES:Events,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T133000
DTSTAMP:20260624T232521
CREATED:20250512T205449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T205449Z
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SUMMARY:2025 WV Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Training
DESCRIPTION:The WV Breastfeeding Institute and the WV Perinatal Partnership present the 2025 WV Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Training by IABLE\nThis training is via LIVE webinar\n3 sessions\, June 3\, 10 & 17\, 2025\n8:00 AM – 1:30 PM EST Each Day \nAbout the Training\nThe IABLE Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion (OBC) Course is a basic\, clinically-focused course for any person who is a medical or community breastfeeding/lactation supporter. We provide instruction on how to answer the most common breastfeeding/lactation questions that a family will have throughout the course of lactation\, into toddlerhood and beyond. \nCOST\nRegular cost is $250 per person WVBI price $150*\n*A limited number of (free) scholarships are available\, if you are able to pay the reduced price please do so and that will allow others to take the training as well. \nRegistration\n1.) Click this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/OBC2025 \n2) At the end of the pretest\, there is a link to the WV Perinatal Partnership website to complete the demographic information needed for registration. \n3) Once the registration form is completed\, you will receive an email from Mandy Quick within 48 hours to access the IABLE website and complete the IABLE registration—including the discount/scholarship code. \nRegistration includes a copy of the Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Handbook ($20 value) with shipping within the US. Books shipped outside of the US incur additional shipping fees. We will contact you if this applies to your registration. \nRecordings\nAttendees can earn credits through any combination of live participation and/or viewing the recordings. A link to the recordings will be emailed to registrants within 2-3 days following the webinar. The recordings will be available for 1 year.\nPlease note IABLE’s policy is to not permit registration for our events\, nor access to the recordings\, after the event has occurred. These include policies of our accreditors and speakers\, technical issues\, and fairness to everyone who has registered. Sometimes the recordings will be available later as an eCourse. IABLE will announce these in our newsletter when they are available. \nAccreditation\nA certificate listing credits earned will be available for download from your IABLE dashboard after the event evaluation is completed. Instructions for the evaluation will be emailed within 2-3 days after the course ends. \nCMEs\nThe AAFP has reviewed The Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Course and deemed it acceptable for up to 14.50 Live AAFP Prescribed credits. Term of Approval is from 01/11/2024 to 01/10/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.\nAAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA\, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed\, not as Category 1. \nCERPs\nThis course has been allocated a maximum of 14.5 (L) Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) by IBLCE. CERPs approval #CLT117-04. \nRNs\nAll state boards for nursing licensure approve of educational offerings that are approved by the American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC). According to ANCC Certification\, the continuing education hours approved by the AAFP and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ meet the requirement of formally approved continuing education hours and may be used as such for ANCC Certification renewal. https://www.nursingworld.org/certification/faqs/ \n  \nIf you have questions about the training or the registration email: mandymquick@wvbreastfeeding.org
URL:https://wvperinatal.org/event/2025-wv-outpatient-breastfeeding-champion-training/2025-06-10/
LOCATION:WV
CATEGORIES:Events,Webinar
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SUMMARY:2025 WV Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Training
DESCRIPTION:The WV Breastfeeding Institute and the WV Perinatal Partnership present the 2025 WV Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Training by IABLE\nThis training is via LIVE webinar\n3 sessions\, June 3\, 10 & 17\, 2025\n8:00 AM – 1:30 PM EST Each Day \nAbout the Training\nThe IABLE Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion (OBC) Course is a basic\, clinically-focused course for any person who is a medical or community breastfeeding/lactation supporter. We provide instruction on how to answer the most common breastfeeding/lactation questions that a family will have throughout the course of lactation\, into toddlerhood and beyond. \nCOST\nRegular cost is $250 per person WVBI price $150*\n*A limited number of (free) scholarships are available\, if you are able to pay the reduced price please do so and that will allow others to take the training as well. \nRegistration\n1.) Click this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/OBC2025 \n2) At the end of the pretest\, there is a link to the WV Perinatal Partnership website to complete the demographic information needed for registration. \n3) Once the registration form is completed\, you will receive an email from Mandy Quick within 48 hours to access the IABLE website and complete the IABLE registration—including the discount/scholarship code. \nRegistration includes a copy of the Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Handbook ($20 value) with shipping within the US. Books shipped outside of the US incur additional shipping fees. We will contact you if this applies to your registration. \nRecordings\nAttendees can earn credits through any combination of live participation and/or viewing the recordings. A link to the recordings will be emailed to registrants within 2-3 days following the webinar. The recordings will be available for 1 year.\nPlease note IABLE’s policy is to not permit registration for our events\, nor access to the recordings\, after the event has occurred. These include policies of our accreditors and speakers\, technical issues\, and fairness to everyone who has registered. Sometimes the recordings will be available later as an eCourse. IABLE will announce these in our newsletter when they are available. \nAccreditation\nA certificate listing credits earned will be available for download from your IABLE dashboard after the event evaluation is completed. Instructions for the evaluation will be emailed within 2-3 days after the course ends. \nCMEs\nThe AAFP has reviewed The Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Course and deemed it acceptable for up to 14.50 Live AAFP Prescribed credits. Term of Approval is from 01/11/2024 to 01/10/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.\nAAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA\, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed\, not as Category 1. \nCERPs\nThis course has been allocated a maximum of 14.5 (L) Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) by IBLCE. CERPs approval #CLT117-04. \nRNs\nAll state boards for nursing licensure approve of educational offerings that are approved by the American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC). According to ANCC Certification\, the continuing education hours approved by the AAFP and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ meet the requirement of formally approved continuing education hours and may be used as such for ANCC Certification renewal. https://www.nursingworld.org/certification/faqs/ \n  \nIf you have questions about the training or the registration email: mandymquick@wvbreastfeeding.org
URL:https://wvperinatal.org/event/2025-wv-outpatient-breastfeeding-champion-training/2025-06-17/
LOCATION:WV
CATEGORIES:Events,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Monthly Love Your Birth Control Virtual Training
DESCRIPTION:Monthly Webinar Series – “Empowering women to choose the birth control method that works for them!” \nEmpowering women to choose the birth control method that works for them! \n\n\nFollowing the training\, participants can request to receive the materials discussed for use in their practice. Materials include posters for clinics and offices\, education grids for patient discussions\, and patient education cards for handouts to clients. All materials are commercial-free and provided at no cost to training participants. \n\n\nBy the end of this presentation\, participants will be able to: \n\n\nList different methods of contraception\, their uses\, and risks and benefits of each\, including resources for factual information about different methods of contraception and myths about birth control\nDemonstrate methods for assisting women to learn about birth control using a client-led approach and interactive education grid\nIdentify ways to build rapport\, and overcome barriers to access to contraception\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThese trainings are offered once per month. Register above. \nTrainings are appropriate for clinical and non-clinical staff\, as using the same reassuring and non-judgmental language is imperative to build rapport and allow free flow of information.\nCEUs and CME’s will be provided.\n  \nIf you are interested in having a site-specific training\, an in-person or virtual training can be planned for your office. Please reach out to Amna Haque at ahaque@wvperinatal.org for scheduling details.
URL:https://wvperinatal.org/event/monthly-love-your-birth-control-virtual-training-jun2025/
LOCATION:WV
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250619T170000
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SUMMARY:Training - Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care
DESCRIPTION:This two-day course\, taught by expert and engaging faculty\, uses a thorough\, evidence-based curriculum designed for psychiatrists\, nurses\, physicians\, social workers\, mental health providers\, childbirth professionals\, social support providers\, and anyone interested in building skills for assessment and treatment of perinatal mood disorders. Your registration includes training manual\, handouts\, and certification of continuing education credits. \nObjectives:\nUpon completion of this course\, participants will be able to:\n1. Identify the challenges faced when identifying and treating perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.\n2. Describe the symptoms and understand the differential diagnosis of prenatal and postpartum depression\, anxiety\, panic disorder\, OCD\, PTSD\, bipolar disorders and psychosis.\n3. Discuss psychopharmacology as it relates to pregnancy\, postpartum\, and lactation.\n4. Assess prenatal and postpartum risk factors.\n5. Assess for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.\n6. Identify treatment options for perinatal mood disorders (PMDs).\n7. Discuss breastfeeding and PMDs.\n8. Develop psychosocial and self-help treatment plans as well as appropriate psychotherapy techniques and alternative therapies.\n9. State appropriate psychotherapy modalities.\n10. Indicate consequences of untreated PMDs.\n11. Discuss effects and consequences on partners.\n12. Identify social support\, legislative changes\, and community resources\, including how to set up support groups and offer social support.\n13. Discuss cultural differences and PMDs.\n14. Discuss spirituality and PMDs. \n$425 – Regular Registration\n$325 – Student Registration \nRegister Here\n \n \n 
URL:https://wvperinatal.org/event/perinatal-mood-disorders-components-of-care/
LOCATION:Embassy Suites by Hilton – Charleston\, 300 Court St\, Charleston\, WV\, 25301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T163000
DTSTAMP:20260624T232521
CREATED:20250410T200907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T201322Z
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SUMMARY:Training - Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy Training
DESCRIPTION:PSI’s Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy Training is an evidence-based curriculum designed for mental health and psychotherapy providers who have previously completed at least fourteen hours of perinatal mental health training. This advanced training covers differential diagnosis\, evidence-based psychotherapeutic approaches\, and advanced therapeutic issues. It combines expert presentation with case studies\, group discussion\, and practical examples of treatment approaches. This course or an equivalent six-hour advanced training course is a pre-requisite for the Perinatal Mental Health Certification\, in the mental health/psychotherapy specialty. Registration includes training binder and continuing education credits. \nObjectives:\nUpon completion of this course\, participants will be able to: \n1. Understand diagnostic coding related to perinatal mental health (PMH)\n2. Discuss evidence-based therapeutic approaches for PMH\n3. Discuss grief and loss related to PMH\n4. Describe evidence-based psychotherapeutic tools to address symptoms in PMH \n  \n$250 for Advanced Training\n$150 for Student Registration\nYou must have completed the two-day course before attending the advanced session \nRegister Here\n \n \n 
URL:https://wvperinatal.org/event/training-advanced-perinatal-mental-health-psychotherapy-training/
LOCATION:Embassy Suites by Hilton – Charleston\, 300 Court St\, Charleston\, WV\, 25301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250625T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250625T163000
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SUMMARY:Lamaze Evidence-Based Labor Support for Nurses Workshop
DESCRIPTION:United Hospital Center – Bridgeport\nClassrooms 4 & 5\nWednesday\, June 25\, 2025\n8:30 – 4:30 \n \nRegistration is complimentary and lunch will be provided. \nLabor and delivery nurses play an essential role in ensuring healthy\, satisfying birth\, and breastfeeding initiation. The Lamaze Evidence-Based Labor Support for Nurses Workshop educates labor and delivery nurses to create the bridge between knowledge and practice! \n\nInteractive\, hands-on curriculum\nAppropriate for new and experienced nurses\nLearn evidence-based skills to support normal physiology of labor\, birth and breastfeeding\nHospitals benefit through higher quality measures and patient satisfaction\nChildbearing families can benefit from a healthy and satisfying birth experience.\n\nUpon completion of the program\, learners will gain: \n\nIncreased confidence among participants that the supportive care they provide during labor and birth is evidence-based.\nStrategies for implementing evidence-based labor support measures within their practices.\nIncreased knowledge of the role they play in improving Joint Commission Perinatal Care Core Measures relating to elective delivery\, Cesarean birth\, exclusive breastmilk feeding\, and consumer satisfaction.\nIncreased expertise and skills in providing labor support.\n\nPresenters Molly McMillion RN\, BSN\, IBCLC\, LCCE\, Shauna Lively\, EdD\, RN LCCE\, Leigh Belin\, RN\, and Annie White-Barb\, RN LCCE will lead this one-day event. Their expertise and guidance will boost your confidence while helping develop the skills needed to become a nurturing labor support care provider. Good labor support\, including mothers with epidurals\, will reduce C-Section rates\, according to the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative. \nThis program has been approved by Lamaze International for 7.5 Lamaze Contact Hours. Lamaze International is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing\, Provider Number 15932.  \nFor more information/questions\, contact: Shauna Lively\, slively@wvperinatal.org
URL:https://wvperinatal.org/event/lamaze-evidence-based-labor-support-for-nurses-workshop-6-25/
LOCATION:United Hospital Center – WVU\, 327 Medical Park Dr\, Bridgeport\, 26330\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250630T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250630T163000
DTSTAMP:20260624T232521
CREATED:20250613T161940Z
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SUMMARY:Lamaze Evidence-Based Labor Support for Nurses Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Cabell Huntington Hospital\nCafeteria Classroom\nMonday\, June 30\, 2025\n8:30 – 4:30 \n \nRegistration is complimentary and lunch will be provided. \nLabor and delivery nurses play an essential role in ensuring healthy\, satisfying birth\, and breastfeeding initiation. The Lamaze Evidence-Based Labor Support for Nurses Workshop educates labor and delivery nurses to create the bridge between knowledge and practice! \n\nInteractive\, hands-on curriculum\nAppropriate for new and experienced nurses\nLearn evidence-based skills to support normal physiology of labor\, birth and breastfeeding\nHospitals benefit through higher quality measures and patient satisfaction\nChildbearing families can benefit from a healthy and satisfying birth experience.\n\nUpon completion of the program\, learners will gain: \n\nIncreased confidence among participants that the supportive care they provide during labor and birth is evidence-based.\nStrategies for implementing evidence-based labor support measures within their practices.\nIncreased knowledge of the role they play in improving Joint Commission Perinatal Care Core Measures relating to elective delivery\, Cesarean birth\, exclusive breastmilk feeding\, and consumer satisfaction.\nIncreased expertise and skills in providing labor support.\n\nFor more information/questions\, contact: Shauna Lively\, slively@wvperinatal.org
URL:https://wvperinatal.org/event/lamaze-evidence-based-labor-support-for-nurses-workshop-6-30/
LOCATION:Cabell Huntington Hospital\, 1340 Hal Greer Boulevard\, Huntington\, WV\, 25701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Workshops
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