The Illinois Department of Human Services and

the Springfield Urban League

Community Health Training Center

Invite you to attend the upcoming webcast:

“Ramping Up Professional Support for WIC Moms”

Initial Broadcast: September 13, 2016

08:30 AM - 10:00 AM CST

(This webcast may be viewed for CEU until July 4, 2017)

The numbers of WIC women choosing to breastfeed has never been higher in the U.S. However, the numbers of mothers who continue to breastfeed and to do so exclusively has not changed much through the years, indicating that while many women start out wanting to breastfeed, many do not continue, often due to challenges that arise in the early postpartum period. This session will focus on some of the complex situations that can arise for new mothers, along with the important role of professional support from International Board Certified Lactation Consultants®. The session will review scope of practice, options for WIC clinics without access to an IBCLC, and requirements for becoming an IBCLC.

OBJECTIVES:

Following the webcast teleconference, participants will be able to:

1.  Identify at least two types of complex breastfeeding situations in which professional support is recommended.

2.  Name at least two ways professional support from an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant impacts breastfeeding success.

3.  Identify the general scope of practice for a peer counselor.

4.  Give at least one example of a staffing model using an IBCLC in a WIC clinic setting.

5.  Name the four basic criteria for becoming an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant.

AUDIENCE:

·  Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Supervisors

·  Breastfeeding Peer Counselors

·  WIC Staff

·  Breastfeeding Advocates

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

Beginning in July 2016, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIU) is providing continuing education credit for various disciplines including contact hours for Registered Nurses, Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Hours for Registered Dietitians, CERPS for IBCLCs and attendance credit for all other professions. The amount of credit for each webcast varies based on the length of the presentation.

Due to overlapping fiscal years, the procedure for receiving continuing education credit for the September 13, 2016 webcast is explained here. After the webcast, CHTC staff will provide your information and type of continuing education credit requested to SIU. Within seven days, you will receive an email from SIU requesting that you create a profile on their website using either IE10 or newer, Google Chrome or Firefox. After your profile is created, you will be given access to the quiz and will have three attempts to pass. Once the quiz is passed, you will be able to print a certificate of attendance. SIU will provide the list of people that passed the quiz and a second IDHS continuing education certificate will be sent to the email address listed on the original registration form.

Application for CERPs has been submitted to the International Board of Lactation Examiners.Application for contact hours for RNs has been submitted. Application for CPEs for RDs has been submitted. This webcast meets a portion of the hourly requirement for CLC/CLS recertification.

ALL participants must register to receive the webcast link and print a certificate. This webcast may be viewed and the evaluation completed until July 4, 2017 for continuing education credit for RN, RD, LDN, IBCLC (CLC or CLS).

PRESENTER: Cathy Carothers, BLA, IBCLC, RLC, FILCA

The presenter has no relevant affiliations or financial interests or arrangements.

***********Registration is required to receive the link to view the webcast. ************


Meet The Speaker…

Cathy Carothers, BLA, IBCLC, FILCA

Cathy Carothers

Cathy Carothers is co-director of EVERY MOTHER, INC, past president of the International Lactation Consultant Association, and past chair of the United States Breastfeeding Committee. An experienced trainer and speaker, she has provided over 650 lactation-related training programs in every U.S. State and Territory, and several foreign countries.
She is a Fellow of the International Lactation Consultant Association, and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant since 1996. She has served as project director for several national breastfeeding initiatives for the Federal government, including the USDA WIC national peer counseling program, the WIC national staff breastfeeding training curriculum, and the HHS Office on Women’s Health Supporting Nursing Moms at Work initiative. She was honored with the National WIC Association’s National Leadership Award in 2014. She is current chair of the Monetary Investment for Lactation Consultant Certification (MILCC); board member for the Mothers’ Milk Bank of Mississippi; former State WIC Breastfeeding Coordinator for the Mississippi WIC Program; and founding president/board chair for the Mississippi Breastfeeding Coalition. She is the mother of 5 breastfed children and “nana” to two healthy breastfed grandchildren, ages 3 and 6.

Accessing Training Materials

o  Each viewer is responsible for printing their own handouts.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRINTING HANDOUTS

At the CHTC web site, http://www.springfieldul.org/page.aspx?item=10, you will find information about how to register for classes, future training schedules, and materials for webcast presentations. To access the webcast materials, click “Distance Learning” found near the top of the home page. The “Distance Learning” page will appear with information pertaining to the next webcast found under “Next Event.” All of the handouts for the upcoming webcast are available.

Information, including handouts, for previous webcasts and satellite presentations, can be accessed by selecting the “Past Satellite Teleconference Handouts and Videos’ link at the bottom of the page. Select a date and a list of handouts for the selected presentation will appear. Select an item (handout) and Adobe Acrobat Reader will appear in your browser with the requested information. From your browser menu, choose “File”, then “Print.” From this point, the printing process will function as it does for any other document. Each presentation may consist of multiple handouts. Please note that in order to have a complete set of handouts for the

telecast, you will have to select and print each item listed. If necessary, click the “Back” button

from the browser menu bar, repeat this process as needed to print all available documents.


Webcast Registration Form

Original Broadcast: September 13, 2016

Please return this form by September 2, 2016

Registration Instructions

1. Confirmation emails, including the links (URLs) to view the presentation, will be

sent after registrations are received.

2. Please complete this page using your agency’s word processing software and return

it to the Training Center addressed to one of the following email addresses:

Cassandra Curry at or Roberta Pondexter at

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3. This form must be completed for each attendee.

4. Handout materials are available only at the Springfield Urban League Community

Health Training Center’s web site: http://www.springfieldul.org/page.aspx?item=13

Agency:
Name:
Mailing Address (city, state, zip)
Phone number: / Fax number:
e-mail address
Type of continuing education credit requested: RD, RN, LDN, IBCLC (CLC, CLS), None