LABOR DOULA TRAINING and
​CHILDBIRTH EDUCATOR TRAINING

Training to be held live online!

When it is safe for us to assemble, an opportunity for an in-person, hands-on practice
session will be provided to virtual training participants at no additional charge,
to celebrate being together again!
​The session will also be streamed to virtual class participants not able to join us in person. 

$550
$100 Deposit holds your slot (Final fee due two weeks before training)

​Scholarships available!
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* Not to be combined with any other discount or scholarship

Contact me to schedule training
in YOUR community!

​​2021 Labor Doula Training
April 24-25
May 21-22
June 12-13
July 10-11
August 14-15
September 3-4
October 30-31
November 20-21
December 10-11

2021 Childbirth Educator Training

May 15-16
June 18-19
July 24-25
August 21-22
September 10-11
October 23-24
November 12-13
​December 4-5

These two-day workshops are the first steps toward becoming CAPPA Certified Labor Doulas (CLD) or CAPPA Certified Childbirth Educators (CCCE). It's 18 hours of everything birth! We will explore the do's and don'ts, the hows and whys of providing support to laboring women and their partners, discuss what it is like to be IN labor and AT labor, delve into benefits and risks of inductions and routine interventions and learn the ins and outs of running a successful doula or childbirth educator practice. We will learn a lot, we will laugh a lot and we will make connections with colleagues who will become a support system for you as you begin your work as a birth professional.

Certified Labor Doula

You will receive the CAPPA Labor Doula Manual, required for completion of your certification, and a doula kit including everything you need to walk out of training, into a birth. You will learn:

• CAPPA certification and policies
• Practical application of Scope of Practice, ethics and integrity
• Building bridges with medical/midwifery professionals
• Modeling and teaching positive communication and self-advocacy 
• Support for every stage of labor and birth
• Hands on practice of proven comfort measures and labor support techniques
• Emotional support for labor and birth, as well as unexpected events
• Hospital procedures - risk/benefit as well as alternatives and support
• Cesarean and VBAC support
• Prenatal and postpartum consultations and support
• Breastfeeding initiation and support
• Business development, marketing, and networking to create a successful career

You will leave prepared to begin working as a doula, trained, skilled and with a support network of professional doulas to back you up and support you. 

labor doula training registration

Certified Childbirth Educator

You will receive the CAPPA Childbirth Educator Manual, required for completion of your certification, and you will learn:

• CAPPA certification and policies
• Practical application of Scope of Practice, ethics and integrity
• Principles of adult learning​
• How to develop an engaging curriculum
• Innovative teaching activities
• Stages of labor
• Labor support techniques
• Interventions and cesarean births
• Making decisions and communication
• Business development, marketing, and networking to create a successful career

You will leave prepared to begin designing and developing your own childbirth class curriculum, armed with practical teaching skills and tools for making engaging presentations. 


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childbirth educator training registration

scholarship application

We will explore these topics and more in a relaxed, friendly, fun environment.
Our time together does not end after our second day together. Participation in the training
includes being added to a closed Facebook group (separate groups for doulas and childbirth educators)
​for the exclusive use of those who take my training.

Specific location, time and other details will be provided to you upon completion of
the registration process. Unless otherwise noted, all workshops take place in Houston, Texas.

Interested in hosting a training in your community?
Contact Debbie for information regarding host responsibilities and scholarship opportunities for hosts.

About CAPPA certification

Are you drawn to the idea of supporting families on their journey to parenthood? Do you wish to join an organization that will train you to provide the best of professional support to your future clients and support you as you build your business? The decision about which organization to choose for your certification is an important one. I came to CAPPA with several years of childbirth educator and doula work under my belt and a deep commitment to the highest standards of service and integrity. CAPPA continues to impress me on both fronts, again and again. Check out CAPPA's certification process.

ABOUT LABOR DOULA CERTIFICATION

ABOUT Childbirth educator CERTIFICATION

About the trainer

It is the most sacred of honors to be invited into the lives of a family as they plan their births and have their baby. The responsibility for training the next generation of childbirth educators and doulas who will be given that sacred honor is awesome, astounding, and exciting beyond words! I am delighted to present to you the comprehensive CAPPA training curriculum and to enhance my workshops with my both my background in training and development and my years of years of training expectant couples in childbirth classes I designed and my experience as a doula in hospitals, homes and birth centers (and once in a grocery store parking lot).

ABOUT THE TRAINER

Take the first steps to becoming a birth professional!
​There are two steps to register:

Step 1: Register for labor doula training

Step 1: Register for Childbirth Ed. Training

Step 2: Pay for labor doula training

step 2: pay for childbirth ED. training