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November 12-15, 2012
Mon-Thu
9-4:30 each day
Gave me the confidence I needed to teach the material and the resources to validate what I teach.
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Overview of the Great Starts Workshop
The Great Starts workshop is a basic teacher education program: a four-day workshop designed to lay the foundation for providing education about the perinatal period. Parent Trust for Washington Children's Great Starts' program is a recognized leader in childbirth education, with a half century of experience.The workshop is designed for nurses, midwives, labor support doulas, physical therapists, maternal-child health care professionals, and anyone with a solid working knowledge of the birth process who would like to learn how to effectively share that knowledge with expectant families.
The Purpose of the Workshop
“The purpose of the Great Starts Basic Teacher Education Workshop is to increase your knowledge and confidence so you feel prepared to begin teaching birth preparation and parenting classes. We provide a comprehensive training program for aspiring childbirth educators, covering teaching techniques, curriculum planning, and a review of the content covered in childbirth preparation and early parenting classes. Although the primary focus in on teaching classes to groups, participants will also learn educational skills they can use one-on-one with clients.Our training combines all the best techniques from a wide variety of childbirth education methods with current, evidence-based information on maternity care practices, and concrete tools for how to present the information in an engaging, memorable way.
The training is approved for 24 hours of continuing education with the International Childbirth Education Association.
This activity has been submitted to the Washington State Nurses Association Continuing Education Approval & Recognition Program (CEARP) for approval to award contact hours. The Washington State Nurses Association Continuing Education Approval & Recognition Program (CEARP) is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.”
