BIPOC doula training with Samshara Morgan
May 14 - 16, 2021
This will be a virtual training.
The Joy In Birthing Foundation is sponsoring 10 BIPOC people for this training.
The only requirement is to be passionate about birth work, to identify as a BIPOC person, and to commit to three births with our organization you can use towards your certification. We also require a donation of $101 to confirm your spot. This fee will automatically enroll you as a volunteer doula in our program. Part of the course will be bi-lingual English/Spanish.
The Doula Birth Training & Certification program offers the most comprehensive birthworker training available as a birthworker; one well versed in all of the arts needed to support new families: doula care (birth and postpartum), childbirth and lactation education, nutrition education, and family life coaching. This course offers a focus on cultural competency as a vital key in supporting families of color and addressing the appalling rate of infant and maternal mortality in those communities.
There are 10, ten scholarships available per training, and these are awarded to the first two scholarship applicants to complete the application process and registration. Application deadline is three weeks prior to the training.
To be considered for this training please fill out the following application:
Please note:
- I understand that the $101 deposit is not refundable even if you cannot attend the workshop for any reason.
- I understand that my scholarship and workshop space will not be held for me until I have paid the $101 in full. I understand that a limited number of scholarships are available per training. If I do not register within 72 hours of being awarded the scholarship, the scholarship may be given to another student.
- I understand that scholarships are not given retroactively or in the form of partial refund. In order to be eligible for the scholarship I must send the required documentation once I have been notified of having been awarded the scholarship.
SECURE YOUR SPOT FOR THIS TRAINING SEND THE DONATION/DEPOSIT TODAY.
Advanced Birth Doula Techniques Workshops
with our Founder Doula Giuditta Tornetta
Date to be announced
workshop will be held at
to be announced
You are currently working in the field of birth and are looking to add more tools to your birthing kit. How has your life as a doula so far… grown you? Is it working out for your family? are you taking care of yourself?
Come join us to learn:
This workshop is designed for BIRTH and POSTPARTUM doulas I encourage you to get familiar with these techniques as you can help the mother prepare for what is to come in your prenatal meetings. Most courses of this type cost over $300 this is a great opportunity for our volunteer doulas.
Come join us to learn:
- Prenatal, interviews getting the job.
- Cultural sensitivity - Foundation clientele of color
- Prenatal visits what to discuss, how to present, what to bring
- Active support during labor - when to join the client - how to support at the hospital / home
- Rebozo techniques
- Hypnosis techniques in labor
- Comfort position and fetal rotation - Challenging births - what can you do?
- Respectful communication - advocacy
- Epidural support
- Placenta Magic
- Birth plan
- Privacy - Pushing
- Postpartum visits - navigating families
- Avoiding burn out
This workshop is designed for BIRTH and POSTPARTUM doulas I encourage you to get familiar with these techniques as you can help the mother prepare for what is to come in your prenatal meetings. Most courses of this type cost over $300 this is a great opportunity for our volunteer doulas.
Click on the button below to enroll
Advanced Postpartum Doula Techniques Workshops
with our Founder Doula Giuditta Tornetta
Date to be announced
workshop will be held at
to be announced
In the advanced postpartum doula workshop you will learn:
• What do client's expect from a postpartum doula, the good, the dreamy, the challenging the ugly...
• What makes you stand out as a pp doula
• Breastfeeding and more breastfeeding, as well as formula feeding what? when? your role...
• Welcoming baby into the world – the first few hours what to expect at the hospital
• Bathing, diapering, clothing, swaddling ... the role of the doula
• Soothing techniques, understanding baby’s language
• To swaddle or not to swaddle
• Baby gear what mom should have, for your low income moms where you can get free stuff
• Baby sleep what to expect, how to deal with parents who want baby to sleep through the night too soon
• How to create daily rituals that will last a life-time – day time rituals - family dinner – the nighttime ritual
• How to show parents games they can play with their newborn to encourage greater bonding
• Understanding baby’s language, cues and moods
• Help mom take care of herself
• When to refer out, how to spot emotional problems, a pp doula role in pp depression
• Creating a collaborative environment between all family members
• How to deal with pediatric advise that is not reflective of recent medical studies - your role
• House chores, cooking etc - your role
• What do client's expect from a postpartum doula, the good, the dreamy, the challenging the ugly...
• What makes you stand out as a pp doula
• Breastfeeding and more breastfeeding, as well as formula feeding what? when? your role...
• Welcoming baby into the world – the first few hours what to expect at the hospital
• Bathing, diapering, clothing, swaddling ... the role of the doula
• Soothing techniques, understanding baby’s language
• To swaddle or not to swaddle
• Baby gear what mom should have, for your low income moms where you can get free stuff
• Baby sleep what to expect, how to deal with parents who want baby to sleep through the night too soon
• How to create daily rituals that will last a life-time – day time rituals - family dinner – the nighttime ritual
• How to show parents games they can play with their newborn to encourage greater bonding
• Understanding baby’s language, cues and moods
• Help mom take care of herself
• When to refer out, how to spot emotional problems, a pp doula role in pp depression
• Creating a collaborative environment between all family members
• How to deal with pediatric advise that is not reflective of recent medical studies - your role
• House chores, cooking etc - your role
Giuditta Tornetta, is the one of the founders and executive director of the Joy In Birthing Foundation. She has been a birth and postpartum doula for the past 15 years, serving hundreds of families, and teaching birthkeepers around the world with internationally renown midwives and doulas. Giuditta is the author of two best-selling books and has a bustling practice in the Los Angeles area. For more information about the facilitator of this workshop visit here. Giuditta says, "My passion is not only serving families and offering a doula to every woman who wants one, regardless of income, but also accompany new doulas on their journeys to a successful career in this wonderful profession. We might not be able to change the world, but we can improve maternal outcome one mother at the time. One of my contribution to the foundation is to offer advanced workshops yearly so that I can share my experience with you, as well as hopefully create a loving and supportive circle of doulas who will back each other up, and become your best friend. I hope you join me."
Past events and our sponsors
“Giving Birth In America,” produced by the maternal health
non-profit, Every Mother Counts, is a new three-part, documentary series
which examines some of the reasons that the U.S. is the only industrialized
country with a rising maternal mortality rate. The series follows pregnant
women in New York, Montana and Florida documenting their final weeks of
pregnancy and healthcare options, highlighting the importance of doula care.
Immediately following the documentary there will be a panel discussion featuring some of the Joy In Birthing Foundation doulas and their client, who will share their birthing experiences.
Immediately following the documentary there will be a panel discussion featuring some of the Joy In Birthing Foundation doulas and their client, who will share their birthing experiences.
We are grateful for our sponsors
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The Joy In Birthing Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization focused on ensuring that all women have access to maternity care that is safe, healthy, equitable, and empowering. Our goal is to provide safe and loving birthing Doula services to ANY FAMILY regardless of their ability to pay. We collaborate with agencies with maternal-child health programs and serve women in the foster care system, homeless shelters, teenagers, victims of sexual trafficking and torture as well as women involved in the justice and criminal system. For more information visit JoyInBirthingFoundation.org
Every Mother Counts is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother. Every Mother Counts informs, engages, and mobilizes new audiences to take actions and raise funds that support maternal health programs around the world. The organization was founded by global maternal health advocate Christy Turlington Burns in 2010. For more information visit EveryMotherCounts.org |
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