Wednesday Pre-Conference Workshops

Wednesday, April 11, 2012  Pre-Conference Workshops

• A1–The Midwifery Management of Neonatal Resuscitation with Karen Strange – 8a to 6p — $200 until March 1, 2012; $225 from March 2 thereafter — maximum of 40 attendees allowed
  • One day certification session approved for continuing education units
  • Attendees will gain and understanding of neonatal transitional phsiology in light of recent research as well as specifics for resuscitation in the out of hospital setting.  This workshop will include the latest studies on thermal management and the baby’s perspective of birth as well as the imprint that resuscitation may leave.
  • Learn to evaluate which newborns need resuscitation and how to demonstrate initial ventilatory strategies and indications for resuscitation.
  • Enjoy this hands on, thorough full day of training unlike any other neonatal resuscitation workshop.
  • Recertification for those already certified is available through this workshop and for those who need medication and intubation certification as well, the exam and practical for these skills will be included.

  NEW BOOK AND TESTING INFORMATION

  According to AAP/NRP, there is no longer a difference between someone taking the class for the first time and those renewing–everyone is the same from here on out.  As of January 1, 2012, all AAP/NRP courses will use the 6th Edition Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation.  You must read chapters 1-4 & 9 and complete the online examination for those chapters.  The online exam must be completed within 30 days of the class date.  Once you have passed, you will need to print out a verification form and bring that verification form to class.  You must take the test before you come to class and print out the verification form and bring it to the class or you will not be admitted into the class.

  You must read and test on chapters 1-4 & 9.  You do not have to buy the book but you do need to read it.  The book/eBook can be purchased at: Purchase book here.

  The online test costs $23.50 and that goes directly to AAP/NRP.  You must take the exam within 30 days of the class.  Once you begin the exam, you have 14 days to complete and pass tests 1-4 & 9.  After 14 days, the online exam becomes invalid and requires payment to begin again.  DO NOT start the online exam the night before the test!  Past students have had technical difficulties and have not been able to complete the exam and you will not be admitted without the verification form.  For instructions and information about how to take the online exam, click here: www.aap.org/nrp/pdf/NRPexam.pdf
  In order to take the online exam (chapters 1-4 & 9), click here: http://www2.aap.org/nrp/exam/

• A2–Physiological Pushing, Tear Prevention and Natural Healing with Heather Brock and Kristi Zittle – 9a to 11a — $35 until March 1, 2012; $45 thereafter — Maximum of 40 attendees allowed
  • Intense education and hands on training regarding the peri-abdominal muscular structure and the true nature of the fetal ejection reflex.
  • Life changing tips to save the peri-abdominal muscular integrity and to prevent such common ailments as hemorrhoids, cystocele, and rectocele while strengthening the already weakened peri-abdominal muscular walls.
  • Understand the truth on how to educate oneself and others to prevent perineal tearing and the most advanced information on natural healing if tearing were to occur.

• A3–Healing From Birth Disappointment and Trauma: How to Regain Your Trust When the Unexpected Brings Fear with Lisa Barrett, Claire Hall, and Kristi Zittle-- 12:30pm – 2:30pm– $35 until March 1, 2012; $45 thereafter — maximum of 40 attendees allowed
  • We will discuss how to recover from, release fears, recapture and reconnect with truth and your ability to trust again after an adverse outcome.
  • We will learn through varied perspectives how:
    • The midwife can recover, release her fears, recapture and reconnect with truth and her ability to trust again
    • Birth workers can support one another by recognizing how detrimental “snap judgements” of other midwives can be to the parents, the midwife involved, and the community of birth all together
    • To bring healing to the birth community by encouraging ways to reach out to midwives who are battling when most often we attack, slander, gossip, and ruin reputations based on speculations and hearsay–not facts; and, by learning to encourage and uplift these midwives so as to promote truth and birth trust and just good sense decency and love toward our sisters.

• A4–Emotional Freedom Techniques Workshop with Eileen Sullivan–5p to 9p– $85 until March 1, 2012; $100 thereafter — maximum of 40 attendees allowed
  • We will learn what Emotional Freedom technique is and how to demonstrate standard Short-Cut EFT tapping points (all eight) as well as understanding the standard set up and reminder phrases.
  • We will also learn how to use EFT to ease pregnancy discomforts; reduce pregnancy complications; prepare for labor and birth; address labor concerns or complications; resolve postpartum issues; relieve trauma from a difficult/disappointing/or disempowering birth experience; and be able to treat oneself for specific concerns.
  • We will learn about psychological reversal and how to resolve it using EFT.

• A5 – Birthing Peace: How the New Science of Human Thriving Can Bring Joy to Your Life & To Your Clients with Marcy Axness–$65 until March 1, 2012; $85 thereafter
  • Through the magic of transference, clients may see you as The Good Mother. In this workshop you’ll get a practical roadmap and tools to use in your own parenting, for more delight and joy at home (not to mention kids with optimal wiring of their brain circuitry); and ways of being with your clients that will deepen rapport, trust and delight. A user-friendly 7-principle framework for understanding and meeting children’s needs from newborn (or brand new client) to adolescence (or less adoring near-term client)… including ways for you and your clients to:
    • enrich the power of the magic postpartum window
    • harness the most potent means of teaching, and learning
    • share optimal childbirth preparation with our children
    • detour around the most common “peaceful parenting pitfalls” that are epidemic in our culture—and into more joy
    • engender such a level of respect that 99% of discipline issues evaporate and family enjoyment blossoms
    • revise old programming that trips up even the most conscious parents when kids push their buttons…so we don’t recycle it for yet another generation
    • tap into the power we each have to influence who we become in the coming weeks, months and years, thanks to the wonders of neuroplasticity, cell regeneration, and epigenetics: we are always pregnant with and parenting our future selves!