The Australian Breastfeeding Association offers:
- standalone online workshops for health professionals
- 10960NAT Diploma of Breastfeeding Management
Enrolments for the 2022 intake of the 10960NAT Diploma of Breastfeeding Management are now open, with the first workshop scheduled for Saturday 10 September 2022. Enrolments will close on 2 September 2022. After that period the next course intake will be in May 2023. Please see further information below. To arrange a pre-course discussion, please email training@breastfeeding.asn.au Health professionals may also attend the workshops as stand-alone professional development. The workshops are currently delivered via an online platform only. Later workshops may have an option to attend face-to-face in Melbourne.
Health professional eLearning module options are available on the ABA health professionals website.
To express your interest in workshops, please email training@breastfeeding.asn.au
To register for individual workshops, please go to the Workshops for Health Professionals page
Manage breastfeeding situations and problems
Saturday 27 August 2022
9 am to 4 pm AEST
Delivered by: online meeting. The workshop will also be recorded and available to view later.
Presented by: Shona Cassels, IBCLC, BSc, ABA Counsellor and Simone Casey, IBCLC, ABA Counsellor
Learning objectives: By the end of this training, learners will be able to:
- Prepare to collaborate with clients on breastfeeding management
- Establish client breastfeeding situation
- Review management of breastfeeding situation with client
- Develop effective breastfeeding management plans in collaboration with clients
- Evaluate breastfeeding management plan to ensure
Professional development points:
IBLCE Pre-Exam Education and CERPS 6L Recognition No C202239
Take lactation histories and conduct breastfeeding assessments
Saturday 10 September 2022
9 am to 4 pm AEST
Delivered by: online meeting. The workshop will also be recorded and available to view later.
Presented by: Naomi Hull, RN, IBCLC, ABA Counsellor, MPH (Nutrition) and Shona Cassels, IBCLC, BSc, ABA Counsellor
Learning objectives: By the end of this training, learners will be able to:
- Prepare to take a lactation history and breastfeeding assessment
- Take a lactation history
- Conduct a breastfeeding assessment
-Maintain knowledge of human lactation and boundaries of practice
Professional development points:
IBLCE Pre-Exam Education and CERPS 6L Recognition No C202239
Use infant sleep and settling methods that support the breastfeeding relationship/ Counsel clients to manage life changes associated with breastfeeding
Saturday 1 October 2022
9 am to 4 pm AEST
Delivered by: online meeting. The workshop will also be recorded and available to view later.
Presented by: Leila Forde, IBCLC, ABA Counsellor, Cert IV TAE, Cert IV Breastfeeding Education, Dip Breastfeeding Management, Dip VET, Grad Dip Counselling and Psychotherapy, BA(Hons)/Dip Ed, MA, PACFA reg (clinical)
Learning objectives: By the end of this training, learners will be able to:
- Develop information and strategies for infant sleep and settling methods that support breastfeeding
- Communicate infant sleep and settling methods that are compatible with the breastfeeding relationship
- Review infant sleep outcomes and breastfeeding relationship with client
- Assist clients to identify life changes associated with pregnancy, childbirth and lactation
- Counsel clients about life changes associated with breastfeeding
- Assist clients having difficulty adjusting to life changes associated breastfeeding
- Support clients experiencing grief associated with breastfeeding
- Review management of client situation
Professional development points:
IBLCE Pre-Exam Education and CERPS 4.5L and 1.5E Recognition No C202239
10960NAT Diploma of Breastfeeding Management timetable
The workshop timetable for the 2022 intakes of the 10960NAT Diploma of Breastfeeding Management is available below:
Date | Number of days | Workshop |
4 June 2022 | 1 | NAT10960001 Take lactation histories and conduct breastfeeding assessments |
9 July 2022 | 1 | NAT10960006 Create environments to protect, promote and support breastfeeding; NAT10960007 Provide breastfeeding support within a legal and ethical framework |
27 August 2022 | 1 | NAT10960004 Manage breastfeeding situations and problems ** |
10 September 2022 | 1 | NAT10960001 Take lactation histories and conduct breastfeeding assessments |
1 October 2022 | 1 | NAT10960013 Use infant sleep and settling methods that support the breastfeeding relationship; NAT10960014 Counsel clients to manage life changes associated with breastfeeding |
22 October 2022 | 1 | NAT10960004 Manage breastfeeding situations and problems ** |
5 November 2022 | 1 | NAT10960005 Facilitate infant and maternal nutrition during lactation; NAT10960012 Evaluate and counsel on the use of breastmilk substitutes |
2023 Date TBC | 0.5 | NAT10960010 Provide pharmacological information and breastfeeding support to clients |
2023 Date TBC | 0.5 | NAT10960008 Use critical appraisal skills to evaluate human lactation research |
2023 Date TBC | 2 | Counselling and communication skills cluster: NAT10960002 Communicate effectively with clients to support breastfeeding; NAT10960003 Provide counselling to support breastfeeding; NAT10960009 Facilitate culturally-appropriate breastfeeding counselling |
About the 10960NAT Diploma of Breastfeeding Management
Does your professional practice include care for families?
Do you want to upgrade your knowledge and skills to enable you to support breastfeeding mothers and babies more effectively?
The Australian Breastfeeding Association has a long tradition of providing high-quality, evidence-based breastfeeding education for you as a health professional.
Designed with your needs as a health professionals in mind, this course will help you to further develop your skills and knowledge in lactation support.
The 10960NAT Diploma of Breastfeeding Management offers a unique opportunity for participants to build their skills and knowledge in the following areas:
- the anatomy and physiology of human lactation
- management of common breastfeeding problems
- providing counselling to support breastfeeding
- infant and maternal nutrition during lactation
- protecting and supporting breastfeeding
- evaluation of human lactation research
We offer a range of flexible study options to support you to complete this course. We offer distance education options, including online access to workshops. Learners will need to participate in some of the workshops online on the day they are run.
**Unit NAT10960001 Take lactation histories and conduct breastfeeding assessments is a pre-requisite for unit NAT10960004 Manage breastfeeding situations and problems
If you are interested in completing only a small number of units of the Diploma of Breastfeeding Management, enquire with the Training and Education Officer by emailing training@breastfeeding.asn.au or by phoning ABA National Support Office on (03) 9690 4620 and asking for the Training and Education Officer.
Download and read the Pre-course Information Booklet. It contains details of:
- Course structure
- Training costs
- Recognition of prior learning opportunity
- Regulatory requirements
- Student responsibilities and obligations
For more information
For further inquiries, please contact training@breastfeeding.asn.au
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