10960NAT Diploma of Breastfeeding Management

The Australian Breastfeeding Association offers:

• standalone online workshops from our diploma course designed for health professionals
• 10960NAT Diploma of Breastfeeding Management

Take lactation histories and conduct breastfeeding assessments 

Saturday 4 June 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
Cost (including GST): Member - $235; Non-member - $265
To register please click on the links below:

Member $235

Non-member $265

Create environments to protect, promote and support breastfeeding/

Provide breastfeeding support within a legal and ethical framework 

Saturday 9 July 2022
9 am to 4 pm AEST

Delivered by: online meeting. The workshop will also be recorded and available to view later.

Presented by: Kathleen Halliday, IBCLC, BNutrDiet, Dietitian (APD), ABA Counsellor and Kate Mortensen, IBCLC, ABA Counsellor, Grad Dip Counselling

Learning objectives: By the end of this training, learners will be able to:

- Examine societal issues that impact on breastfeeding 
- Research breastfeeding friendly environments
- Implement and monitor a breastfeeding friendly program or initiative
- Recognise and comply with legal and ethical guidelines in lactation practice
- Use ethical concepts in lactation practice
- Support breastfeeding clients within a legal and ethical framework
- Maintain legal and ethical lactation practice 

Professional development points:

IBLCE Pre-Exam Education and CERPS 3L and 3E Recognition No C202239

Cost (including GST): Member - $235; Non-member - $265
Registrations will open soon.

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 

Cost (including GST): Member - $235; Non-member - $265
Registrations will open soon.

To register your interest in other topics, please email training@breastfeeding.asn.au

10960NAT Diploma of Breastfeeding Management timetable

Enrolments for the 2022/2023 intake of the 10960NAT Diploma of Breastfeeding Management are now open. 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 will initially be 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.

The workshop timetable for the new 2022/2023 intake of the 10960NAT Diploma of Breastfeeding Management is available below:

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.

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
- visit our training for health professionals
- view all upcoming conferences and seminars
- for lost certificates of attendance, contact us
- for information regarding refunds and cancellations, visit Training refunds and cancellation policy

The Australian Breastfeeding Association is a Registered Training Organisation. RTO: 21659