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TRAINING WORKSHOPS

Preconvention Perinatal Fitness Educator
Weds. & Thurs., Oct. 22 & 23

Preconvention Postnatal Educator
Weds. & Thurs., Oct. 23 & 23

Doula & Labor Support Training Track
Thurs. - Sat., Oct. 23 - 25

Basic Childbirth Educator Training Track
Thurs. - Sat., Oct. 23 - 25


CONVENTION CORE SESSIONS

Thursday, October 23

Friday, October 24

Saturday, October 25

CONVENTION PROGRAM SESSIONS

Friday, October 24
7:00 am Registration, Bookcenter, and Silent Auction Preview Open
7:30 am Breakfast (included with registration)
8:00 am - 8:15 am Announcements -- Denise Wheatley, ICEA Convention Advisory Committee Chair

General Session
8:15 am - 9:15 am 2GS -- Research Update
Debby Amis, RN, BSN, LCCE, CD (DONA), FACCE
  • Identify three issues that impact childbirth around the world today
  • Discuss briefly two recommendations from organizations that impact childbirth
  • Discuss briefly two recent research studies that impact childbirth education
9:15 am - 9:45 am Exhibits Open
10:00 am - 11:30 am

502

The 8 Ps of Pushing
Jan Mallak, 2LAS, CPD (CAPPA), CD-PCD (DONA), ICCE-CD
  • List two ways to prepare for second stage
  • Describe the phases sometimes associated with pushing
  • Discuss the value of different positions for second stage
  • Demonstrate bearing-down techniques
  • State possible ways to avoid a separation or episiotomy
  • Define passive descent

503

Positive Posture: Using the Practice of Yoga to Prepare for Normal Birth
Ann Israel, MA, LCCE, FACCE, RYT
  • List the three major components of a yoga practice
  • Describe the benefits to the pregnant practitoner of the four (4) types of Asanas
  • Demonstrate proper posture for tadasana and explain why that practice can alleviate lower back pain throughout pregnancy

504

Stomping Out Boring Classes
Teri Shilling, MS, IBCLC, CD, LCCE
  • Experience "connecting" exercises to increase retention
  • Evaluate and apply the experiential education style
  • Adapt many hands-on interactive exercises
  • Commit to reorganizing perinatal education and to stomp out boring

505

What About Dad: How to Include Fathers in Your Teaching
Elizabeth Kirts Smith, MPH, HBCE, ICCE
  • List three positive attributes for children raised with a father
  • List three negative consequences of fatherlessness
  • Identify how to engage fathers
  • List three ways to provide father classes
11:30 am - 4:15 pm Lunch on your own and free time to explore Buffalo or take advantage of the following convention activities
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Exhibits open to both public and registrants
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Preview Ricki Lake Documentary: The Business of Being Born
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Business Meeting for ICEA Members -- Jeanette Schwartz, ICEA President
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm

602

The HUG: An Innovative Approach to Explaining Newborn Behavior
Janice Tedder, BSN, CS, FNP
    Describe six newborn Signs of Over Stimulation (SOSs) and explain how best to respond
  • State two examples of how a parent's misunderstanding of normal newborn behavior could interfere with parent-child bonding

603

The Toll of Infertility: Why Pregnancy Isn't a Cure
Elizabeth Kirts Smith, MPH, HBCE, ICCE
  • Know the prevalence and incidence of infertility
  • Name the types of infertility
  • List the most common types of Artificial Reproductive Therapy
  • State five effects of infertility on males and females
  • State how infertility can affect the ability to trust the body for birth and breastfeeding

604

Epidural Update
Penny Simkin, PT
  • List evidence-based research findings on selected outcomes with epidural analgesia
  • Name ways to prevent or correct selected undesired effects of epidural analgesia
  • Describe qualitative research findings of men before and after their laboring women receive an epidural

605

Creative Labor Rehearsals
Teri Shilling, MS, IBCLC, CD, LCCE
  • Participate in three different labor rehearsal strategies
  • Discuss characteristics of successful labor rehearsals
  • Create a plan to integrate/modify a labor rehearsal into their current teaching
5:45 pm - 6:30 pm Exhibits Open
6:15 pm Bidding Closes for Silent Auction
6:30 pm Boxed Evening Meal (included with registration)
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm Pick-up and Pay for Silent Auction Items

General Session
6:45 pm - 8:30 pm 3GS -- An Evening Celebrating the Decades
with Penny Simkin, PT (This presentation sponsored by New Parent Magazine)
  • An informal question-and-answer discussion time with Penny Simkin

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