DONA Doula Training Classes
Overview:
Why take the DONA approved birth doula training?
This training is an interactive course that will help prepare you to become a doula. Whether you want to support a friend throughout the birth process or make a career choice, this course is for you!
DONA International is the premier doula association. With more than 6,995 birth and postpartum doula members and growing, they are the largest doula association in the world. By offering A DONA International training, we are providing quality training and meaningful certification.
DONA International serves mothers and families by providing access to information and research about doulas, childbirth and the postpartum experience. DONA International certification sets the bar for doula education and professional development. It indicates to families that a doula has achieved a high level of training and professionalism.
This training is one step towards certification with DONA International. With the high level of recognized training and the knowledge of what it is like to be a doula in Manitoba, this training will leave you with knowledge and inspire you to make a difference in the lives of childbearing women. You can learn more about all of the requirements for becoming a certified doula through DONA at www.dona.org.
Payment a $100 non-refundable deposit is due within two weeks of registering and the remainder of the fee must be received by 1 week before the class starts. If you would prefer to make payments please outline your intended payment schedule in your notes when you register.
If you would like to see a DONA Doula Workshop offered in your community, please get in touch with Birth Roots at (204) 792-6769. The training will be offered for free to the organizer in the community. Cost of the training may differ based on expenses and travel for instructors to your community.
Class Dates:
Waiting List for - DONA Approved Breastfeeding Class for Doulas - Payment will be due if an opening becomes available.: Oct. 13/2011 - Oct. 10/2011
Cost: $0.00 + GST
Registration: Openings are still available.
- Date: Thursday Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Location: 206-83 Sherbrook St, Winnipeg Note: Good for DONA certification & re-certification. Taught by Linda Romphf - La Leche League Leader since 1985, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (Exam written in 1999 & 2009). In 1999 she was trained as a breastfeeding peer support trainer by the WIC Texas program in Austin, Texas. She has been training peer support workers for the last 16 years and is currently an educator (consultant) with the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (First Nation and Inuit Health Canada)
Advanced Doula Training - Caesarean Birth and Doula Support: Dec. 12/2011 - Dec. 12/2011
Cost: $75.00 + GST
Registration: Openings are still available.
- Date: Monday Time: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Location: 206-83 Sherbrook Street Note: Learn how to support families who will be birthing by Caesarean, both planned and unplanned.
Advanced Doula Training - Perinatal Loss: Mar. 12/2012 - Mar. 12/2012
Cost: $100.00 + GST
Registration: Openings are still available.
- Date: Monday March 12 Time: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Location: 206-83 Sherbrook St Note: This workshop is open to midwives, doulas, social workers, counselors, nurses, and others who professionally support new families. As childbirth professionals, each of us will ultimately be called upon to support a family that has suffered a loss through miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death. The overall purpose of the workshop is to expand your skills to encompass the complexities of grief and loss that arise through perinatal loss. There is nothing you can say to heal the grief of losing a child, but acknowledging and supporting grief is a way to help healing. We will examine specific ways to provide compassionate and family centered care, have the opportunity to hear from families who have experienced loss, share experiences and learn to be present with our clients realizing that while pain and loss are inevitable, trauma is not. We will also evaluate how we can "support" ourselves throughout this difficult process in a way that will promote healing and growth.
Brandon DONA Birth Doula Training - Learn more at www.dona.org: May. 03/2012 - May. 07/2012
Cost: $575.00 + GST
Registration: Openings are still available.
- Date: Thursday, May 3 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Location: TBA
- Date: Friday, May 4 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Location: TBA
- Date: Saturday, May 5 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Location: TBA
- Date: Sunday, May 6 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Location: TBA
Kenora DONA Birth Doula Training - Learn more at www.dona.org: Jun. 22/2012 - Jun. 25/2012
Cost: $575.00 + GST
Registration: Openings are still available.
- Date: Friday, June 22 Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Location: TBA
- Date: Saturday, June 23 Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Location: TBA
- Date: Sunday, June 24 Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Location: TBA
- Date: Monday, June 25 Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Location: TBA
Winnipeg DONA Birth Doula Training - Learn more at www.dona.org: Oct. 20/2012 - Oct. 28/2012
Cost: $525.00 + GST
Registration: Openings are still available.
- Date: Saturday, October 20 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Location: 206-83 Sherbrook Stree
- Date: Sunday, October 21 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Location: 206-83 Sherbrook Street
- Date: Saturday, October 27 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Location: 206-83 Sherbrook Street
- Date: Sunday, October 28 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Location: 206-83 Sherbrook St
Required Reading before for the DONA Doula Training:
Simkin,P.,2008.The Birth Partner: A complete Guide to childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and all other labor companions. Third Edition. Boston:Harvard Common Press. Klaus,M.H., Kennell,J.H., Klaus,P.H.,2002. The Doula Book. Massachusetts: Perseus Publishing. Simkin,P., Whalley,J., Keppler,A.2001 (Revised and Expanded Edition). Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn: The complete Guide. Meadowbrook, Minnesota