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Doula Course News: NEXT ADVANCED DOULA COURSE: NBERC will offer its last 'on-site residential ' course 18th - 22nd October 2010. You can secure your placement a $300 deposit is necessary. (see process below) It is necessary for any person who declares themselves to be a Doula to have attended training. A Doula is not a Midwife and is not trained in the skills of a Midwife. However instead a Doula is a support to a Midwifery or Obstetric team. The doula can enhance the birth experience for a family, and can provide pre & post-natal support. Typically, a doula will meet with the family during pregnancy to build a strong relationship and practice the techniques used in labour that can enhance a gentle outcome. During labour the doula remains with the woman to support both the woman and her family needs until after the baby is born. Some Doula's prefer not to attend the births but rather assist the families either prior to or after the birth. The Doula is a valuable person especially within the hospital environment when busy practitioners are not able to be 'with the woman' at all times. In this situation the Doula can provide care-giving continuity. Testimony from a Previous Doula Day Workshop Doula Course Praise "Now, if I was actually thinking straight I would have said thank you so much for yesterday, I'm still on a bit of high about it all! You and Chris have so much passion and love for the whole birth process that it's infectious. After hearing me rave on and on, my almost 10yr old informed me this morning that she wants to be a doula J (actually that was only after she overheard me telling my mum that I could probably charge about $1000!). I have just finished reading through bits and pieces of "Spiritual Midwifery" about life on 'the farm'; I definitely got similar vibes down there yesterday, a real feel good kind of feeling and a fantastic feeling of sisterhood. You'd think that growing up with 3 older sisters I'd have always had this kind of chick thing happening but unfortunately my family wasn't like that at all. I'm really looking forward to becoming a part of another big family – doulas rock J I can't wait for the upcoming advanced course and doula day. Now to just get off my bottom and complete the online component oh and my ABA assignment. Gosh and then there's the h/schooling and the washing and the cooking and the playing with my darling munchkins and the loving of my luffly man… See you soon, take care Michelle
The Advanced Certificate doula training offered by our centre is world class. It will greatly enhance your skills as a doula, and will instantly bring you into contact with midwives, and pregnant women. Most importantly it will educate you on how to assist your clients that are seeking a totally natural birth. However, the course, includes an in depth discussion about how the Doula can assist the woman if her birth requires intervention. It will assist the Doula to understand the anatomy/physiology of birth & breastfeeding, birth terminology, setting up a Doula birth bag and how to collaborate effectively with your clients primary caregivers and personal at the chosen place of birth. The course includes discussion about the myths of birth and looks at many birth rituals. On completion you will have the skills and the confidence to ably attend to women at their birth and to set up your business. Advanced Doula Training We offer the highly regarded Advanced Doula Certificate for those wanting to train as a Doula. Before commencing your own business - we highly recommend each Doula complete both a Basic & Advanced Course. It is unfortunate that this year, due increase in catering and accommodation costs, the total cost for the a Basic & Advanced Course, thru the Natural Birth Education & Research Centre is now $1,840.00 + Gst (fee revised in 2010). This total fee covers the cost of the Basic Doula Course via Optimum Birth, your education, food and your accommodation for 5 days (on site) at the Natural Birth Education & Research Centre - plus on completion all all requirements, your first years registration on The National Doula Register (www.doularegister.com) Fee Discounts If, you have already completed the Optimum Birth course you will be entitled to a $440 discount on the total cost of the advanced course. You are entitled to a $200 discount if you have completed a basic course elsewhere. Advanced Doula Certificate Booking Proceedures Your booking for the Advanced course will require a non-refundable deposit of $300.00. You will need to have enrolled and completed at least one module of the Basic Course or completed a similar course elsewhere, before attending our Advanced Doula Residential Course. Basic Doula Course - Proceedures You can participate in the Basic Course via our centre (the Optimum Birth Basic). Once we receive your details and payment for the Basic Course ($440) we arrange for Optimum Birth to forward the course to you. Following this, your student account will be emailed to you and you will be able to begin the Basic Course.The Basic Doula Certificate is conducted as an online course through our learning partner, Optimum Birth. (If you make your booking and pay for the Optimum Birth Basic course thru our web- site then these fees are kindly donated to The Natural Birth Education & Research Centre by Optimum Birth). Does the Doula Training Prepare you to be a Primary Midwife caregiver? The training does not prepare you to take a leading role as a Midwife at an out-of-hospital birth. It does however, prepare you to assist a birthing team of either Midwives, Doctors or Obstetricians who are the clinical attendants for either a hospital or out-of-hospital birth. Doula's are not trained Midwives. We do not prepare doula's to be the primary attendant at a homebirth nor is our training a preparation to support at 'free-births'. A requirement of completing the course is that your register on the National Doula Register (www.doularegister.com). All Doula's who are registered with the National Doula Register agree not to act as a Midwife but instead to be a support to a woman who has a recognised qualified Midwife or Obstetric practitioner in attendance at the birth. Training Option After considering our training options we have settled on the Advanced Doula Certificate being conducted as a week long residential course running for 5 full days Monday to Friday (we offer two intensives per year). Residential Five Day Course The Advanced Doula Residential Course commences on a Monday morning at 9am and ends on the Friday afternoon at 5 pm (five full days). Our usual networking day workshop will NOT be conducted at the end of the October 2010 residential course, this year. In the past it the Advanced Doula Course has been followed with a day workshop where other trained doula's attend to either update their skills or network with other Doula's and to share stories -a separate fee of $60.00 is charged for this day if you require overnight accomodation after the residential course is completed so that you can attend the Doula Networking day the centre charges a fee of $40.00 (includes breakfast). Advanced Course Discount (without accommodation) It is preferable that students utilise the accommodation options (our dinner chats often prove to be the most valuable learning and offer a great time for sharing stories and have become very much a part of the course). However, for those who need to attend to families a reduced fee of $700.00 (+ gst) is available (this includes morning tea lunch each day). Advanced Course - attendance at required births The Advanced Course does not include the three births that you are also required to attend. If you would like to contribute to the centre's voluntary support we can at times mentor you through your first three births. If you would like to participate in this way then please discuss this with our administration.
Our next Advanced Intensive 18th - 22nd October 2010.
Bookings Essential - 66291312
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