Are you ready to fulfill your dream of becoming a doula?
Complete online learning
Your Doula Journey Begins Here
Join us for our client-centered and trauma-informed hybrid doula course as we guide you through interactive teaching and demonstrations! The VIRTUAL workshop creates the opportunity for students to learn, hold space, and boost their confidence alongside peers and our experienced team of instructors. Live lectures with your doula trainers and international experts via Zoom, featuring group support, community building, engaging Q&A sessions, and interactive discussions
Includes:
• Comprehensive live virtual classes covering birth preparation and support techniques.
• Access to an extensive online resource library with videos, readings, and guided exercises.
• Interactive group discussions and practice sessions for real-time learning and collaboration.
Recommended For:
• Aspiring doulas looking for a new career path in birth work.
• Individuals on their own pregnancy or fertility journey seeking deeper knowledge.
• Healthcare professionals, educators, social workers and yoga teachers who want to integrate birth support into their offerings.
Mentorship:
• Access to experienced mentors who offer tailored feedback and support throughout the training and beyond.
• Continuous support and personalized feedback to help you build confidence and refine your skills.
• Access to an online community for ongoing guidance and networking opportunities.
Birth Doula Curriculum
- Learn about conception and the pregnancy journey
- Learn about normal pregnancy changes and how we can help people experiencing challenges and discomforts
- Learn about the hormones of pregnancy, birth, and early postpartum
- Review the history of birth and understand our current context
- Learn about the history of labour support
- Explore various issues affecting under-resourced families and how you can help
- Learn about working with families from different cultures, religions, backgrounds and how you can level-up your support
- Explore your own biases and knowledge gaps
- Get a deep dive on the BEST ways to support families prenatally
- Explore a variety of activities to use in your prenatal visits with families
- Learn the MOST effective way to do a consultation with a client to get hired
- Review communication tools and strategies to make the most of your interactions with families and care providers
- Learn about the signs of labour and stages of labour.
- Explore the role of the doula and how we support people through the journey.
- Delve into the 5 elements of care: emotional, physical, informational, partner support, advocacy.
- Practice hands-on skills to use in birth to help increase comfort and decrease pain.
- Learn about the various medications families will have access to in labour and birth, their benefits and trade-offs
- Learn about the most common challenging situations and how to handle them as a doula
- Explore the reasons for cesareans and how to support families through these experiences
- Learn about normal newborn characteristics
- Learn about newborn feeding and how to support families
- Learn about perinatal health disorders
- Discuss how to get your first clients
- Learn how to get started in your practice
- Review the various options for how you can work as a doula
Upcoming LIVE VIRTUAL Training DatesÂ
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