Trainings for Perinatal Professionals
Your funding provides individuals with access to ALL of these incredible trainings and courses. Families need professional and knowledgeable support to ensure their safety and wellbeing during this foundational time.
Our trainings meet Medicaid Certification requirements.
Birth Doula Training
Evidence-based and comprehensive birth doula certification prepares individuals to confidently enter the field trained, certified, and ready to support families. With the growing awareness that doulas make a positive and lasting impact in both maternal and infant health when they are integrated into the support team, demand for doulas continues to grow across private and public settings.
Postpartum Doula Training
Evidence-based and comprehensive postpartum doula training prepares individuals to confidently support families through the transition into parenthood — with competence and credibility. Having a trained and certified postpartum doula supporting a family postpartum improves maternal and infant health outcomes.
Prep for Post: Perinatal Professional Training
Prep for Post™ Perinatal Professional Training equips perinatal professionals with evidence-based strategies to support expectant families through the prenatal and early postpartum periods. With postpartum mood and anxiety disorders being the leading complication of birth in the United States, the curriculum emphasizes strategies that all perinatal health providers can use to appropriately integrate critical perinatal mental health psychoeducation and screening in the prenatal period. The curriculum is trauma-informed, and focuses on early relational health while integrating culturally responsive, equity-focused practices to reduce disparities in birthing and postpartum outcomes.
The First Year: Perinatal Professional Training
The First Year™ Perinatal Professional Training offers a comprehensive framework for supporting families from birth to 12 months with an emphasis on responsive caregiving, developmental science, early relational health, and culturally attuned practice. This course prepares providers to screen and appropriately intervene with families in ways that reduce stigma and increase engagement with services. Providers will learn to use the First Year materials to deliver equitable, accessible, and trauma-informed postpartum and infant-support education in a variety of settings where parents of newborns access care to increase screening and accessible intervention.
Breastfeeding for Perinatal Professionals
Comprehensive breastfeeding course that focuses on best practices, accurate lactation fundamentals, and practical strategies to guide and support breastfeeding families with clarity and professionalism.
Comfort Measures for Perinatal Professionals
Comfort isn't optional in labor — it's foundational. This course is designed for perinatal professionals who want to provide stronger, calmer, more effective labor support.
Newborn Care for Perinatal Professional
The early postpartum period shapes a family's confidence and sets the foundation for the future. This evidence-based course equips individuals with the practical skills and professional insight needed to confidently support newborns and families in the first weeks and months.
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Program requirements and funding pathways can vary by partner. Contact us for the current information that applies to your organization.
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