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15 Fun, Fast Ideas for Your Childbirth Class
by Nancy Hollenbeck
Play songs, read books, have your class participants write in journals. Make it educational, make it meaningful -- and make it fun!
Teaching Teen Classes: What Works, What Doesn't
by Kathy Standifird
Teen parents are the health care consumers, childbirth educators, nurses, midwives and doctors of the future. Our focus should be to create in them an attitude toward birth that is healthy and positive. Childbirth educators who work with teen parents should use a variety of teaching techniques and accommodate different learning styles, tailoring their classes to the developmental tasks of teens. Discussed in this article are various techniques which work well with teens, as well as a few techniques which do not.
Guided Imagery: Teaching Strategies for the Childbirth Educator
by Dana Schardt
Guided imagery is a simple, inexpensive, powerful intervention that can be easily integrated into childbirth education. Guided imagery has been shown to be beneficial in pregnancy and labor. This complementary and alternative medicine is both motivating and empowering to the mother. It provides a sense of control, comfort and mastery. Committing to this under-utilized resource should be a fundamental part of the childbirth educator's classroom instruction as an adjunctive skill with profound benefits to the expectant mother and her partner.
Mentoring the New Educator Through Scripting
by Denise Wheatley
Teaching is difficult and requires a degree of courage and self-confidence. Encourage the new instructor with honest compliments and carefully worded suggestions. Help her to set realistic goals for herself. Listening is often the best way to mentor.
Focusing on the Senses: The Amazing "Sensational" Abilities of Newborns
by Marcy White
New parents and newborns are especially suited to respond to each other through a variety of sensory and social behaviors that draw them close and help them begin to learn about one another. This article provides an overview of newborn senses that can be shared with expectant and new parents, providing them with an opportunity to gain greater insights into the amazing "sensational" abilities of their newborns. The more sensitive parents are to their newborn's behaviors the easier it will be for them to respond to their signals, leading to increased feelings of self-confidence and a deeper sense of secure attachment.
"I Saw Some Nurses Crying": Lessons in Caring and Compassion
by HIla J. Spear
Political Issues
by Naomi Bromberg Bar-Yam
Doula Care: An Age-Old Practice Meets the 21st Century
Nutrition News
by Dvorka Monti
Bringing Nutrition to Life: Prenatal Nutrition Teaching Strategies
Statistics
by Dale E. King
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Audio Visual Review
by Margery Simchak
Comfort Measures for Childbirth
Resources
by Linda Worzer
Teaching Strategies
Certification Update
International Issues
by Susan Elliott
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