The International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA) is a professional organization that supports educators and health care professionals who believe in freedom to make decisions based on knowledge of alternatives in family-centered maternity and newborn care.
Approved Contact Hours
Contact Hours
All listings can be used towards and applied to the requirements for the ICEA Recertification process.
ICEA accepts and automatically honors contact hours obtained by attending DONA and Lamaze approved workshops for recertification. Below is an up-to-date listing of ICEA approved contact hours offered by other organizations. If your ICEA approved contact hour offering is not listed here, contact the main office info@icea.org and request it to be posted. Apply today for your program to receive ICEA approved contact hours.
Alternate Contact Hours
ICEA alternate contact hours are self paced. Professionals will read articles or position papers and comprehension will be tested with a quiz. No more than twelve (12) of these can be used towards an individual's recertification contact hour requirement. Each position paper is worth one (1) ICEA contact hour.
Available Contact Hour Programs (Ongoing)
Center For Early Education and Development (CEED)
College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota
Online Course Schedule (upon completion, each course is worth 24.0 ICEA Contact Hours)
*Bridging Education and Mental Health (9 Week Session)
*Introduction to Infant Mental Health (9 Week Session)
*Parent-Infant Pathways: An Educator’s Guide to Providing Information and Support to New Parents (9 Week Session)
*Premature Babies and Their Parents: Information and Insights for Early Intervention Personnel (9 Week Session)
*Prenatal Developmental Intervention: Strategies for Professionals Working with Families During Pregnancy
(9 Week Session)
*Seeing is Believing (SIB): Videotaping Families and Using Guided Self-Observation to Build on Parenting Strengths
(14 Week Session)
*Supporting Stressed Young Children Through Relationship-Based Teaching (9 Week Session)
These are ongoing programs scheduled throughout the year. For registration and more information visit:
http://cehd.umn.edu/ceed or contact Karen Anderson: (612)625-6617 / ander352@umn.edu
Labor Support Skills for Nurses Workshop
Childbirth Professional Development Group
7.0 ICEA Contact Hours
Also approved by the California Nursing Board for 8.0 Contact Hours
This is an ongoing program scheduled throughout the year. For registration and more information visit:
http://laborsupport.yolasite.com or contact: birtheducators@gmail.com / (707)742-3830
Body Awareness Birth™ Yoga Educator & Mother Support Specialist™
Body Awareness Birth Institute
22.0 ICEA Contact Hours
Also approved for 22.0 CEC's by the American Fitness Professionals and Associates
This is an ongoing program scheduled throughout the year. For registration and more information visit:
http://bodyawarenessbirth.com or contact: bodyawarenessbirth@gmail.com / (707)742-3830
Evidence-Based Labor Support For Nurses
7.0 Contact Hours
This is an ongoing program scheduled throughout the year. For registration and more information visit: www.jmbirthconsultants.com
Pregnancy & Parenting: Exploring the Relationship Around Infant Loss and the Subsequent Pregnancy
9.0 Contact Hours
This is an ongoing program scheduled throughout the year. For registration and more information visit: www.jmbirthconsultants.com
The Happiest Baby Educator Program
An Independent Study Program
6.5 Contact Hours
Contact Sherry Turney Mayeaux: education@thehappiestbaby.org / (888)980-8062
Lamaze Prenatal Yoga Teacher Workshop
17.0 Contact Hours
Workshop dates, locations, and registration reoccuring throughout the year.
Contact Lauren Kemp: lkemp@lamaze.org / (202)367-2479
PESI HealthCare
*Challenges in Obstetrics: Current Trends, Treatments, and Issues (6.0 ICEA Contact Hours)
*Breastfeeding: New Strategies for Improved Outcomes (6.0 ICEA Contact Hours)
*High Risk Obstetrics: Current Trends, Treatments, and Issues (6.0 ICEA Contact Hours)
*Gestational Diabetes: Diagnosis to Delivery and Beyond (6.0 ICEA Contact Hours)
*High Risk Obstetrics: Care from the Community to the Tertiary Setting (6.0 ICEA Contact Hours)
*Complicated Pregnancies: Implications and Management (6.0 ICEA Contact Hours)
These are ongoing programs scheduled throughout the year. For registration and more information visit: www.pesihealthcare.com / Phone: (800)843-7763 / Email: info@pesihealthcare.com
“Childbirth Training 1” Online Course
Bates Technical College
12.0 Contact Hours / Offered Every Quarter
Info: eheaney@bates.ctc.edu / (253)680-7523
Childbirth Instructor Training For Interested Birth Professionals
Bates Technical College
Combination of Online and Onsite Training
8.0 Contact Hours / 3 College Quarters: 1 Online, 2 Onsite
Info: eheaney@bates.ctc.edu / (253)680-7523
Certified HUG Teacher (CHT) Training
HUG Your Baby
12.0 Contact Hours (Distance Learning)
For Additional Information Visit: www.hugyourbaby.org
Contact: Jan Tedder, BSN, FNP at jantedder@earthlink.net / (919)923-6609
Give Them a HUG: Helping Parents Understand the Language of Their Newborn
HUG Your Baby
6.0 Contact Hours (Several Onsite Locations: San Francisco, CA | Durham, N.C. | and available ONLINE)
For Additional Information Visit: www.hugyourbaby.org
Contact: Jan Tedder, BSN, FNP at jantedder@earthlink.net / (919)923-6609
Certified HypnoBirthing® Infant Massage Instructor Class
Body and Birth Wellness Center & Instructor Kim L. Young
15.0 Contact Hours
For Additional Information & Upcoming Dates Visit: www.bodyandbirth.com / (412)716-1559
Baby Planner Certification Program
Sponsored by International Academy of Baby Planner Professionals
September 2010 | Online Long Distance Learning Program
24.0 Contact Hours
For Additional Information Visit: www.iabpp.com/certification.html
Contact: info@iabpp.com / (415)637-1902
Available Contact Hour Programs (Upcoming)
Fostering the Best in Breastfeeding Success
Thursday, September 16, 2010 (St. Francis Hospital, Federal Way, WA)
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 (St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma, WA)
Sponsored by Franciscan Health System and the Washington State Department of Health/WIC
4.0 Contact Hours
For More Information Please Contact Sonja Dahl at: sonjadahl@fhshealth.org / (253)426-6756
Bringing Baby Home Certification Training
Sponsored by Relationship Research Institute
September 17-19, 2010 | Spring 2011 | Fall 2011
Swedish Medical Center's Education and Conference Center | Seattle, Washington
22.0 Contact Hours
For Additional Information Visit: www.bringingbabyhomeonline.org / (206)832-0355
Breastfeeding ABC's (Advocacy Basic Initiation Community Resources)
A 6-Hour Workshop for Professionals
Bates Technical College
Saturday, September 18, 2010
6.0 Contact Hours
Info: www.bates.ctc.edu/registration / (253)680-7523
Breastfeeding Proficiency and Practice
September 22, 2010 | November 17, 2010
Mercy Women's Center (Sacramento, California)
8.0 Contact Hours
For More Information Please Call: (916)614-2200
Special Babies: Special Focus
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 (St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma, WA)
Sponsored by Franciscan Health System and the Washington State Department of Health/WIC
4.0 Contact Hours
For More Information Please Contact Sonja Dahl at: sonjadahl@fhshealth.org / (253)426-6756
Marketing to a New Generation of Parents: Success as a Childbirth Business Owner
Sponsored By the Coalition for Improving Maternity Service (CIMS)
October 14, 2010 (Online Live Webinar)
1.0 Contact Hours
Registration Information Click Here
For More Information Contact: Denna Suko at dsuko@motherfriendly.org / (919)863-9482
The Doula Experience (formerly Great Expectations)
The Birth Enrichment Workshop: An Advanced Doula Training, Parts I and/or II
October 21-22, 2010 (Cleveland, Ohio)
16.0 Contact Hours
Sunday Tortelli, CCE, CD (DONA), HBCE, LCCE, CLC, SunTdoula@aol.com / (440)572-2574
Birth, Babies, Breastfeeding and Bonding in the 21st Century
Sponsored by The BEST Connection (Breastfeeding Education, Support & Training)
November 11-12, 2010 | Keeley the Katerer Banquet Center | Portland, Maine
13.0 ICEA Contact Hours
For More Information Visit: www.thebestconnect.net
Additional Questions Contact: Cheryl Bean-Moody, BS, IBCLC at Cheryl@thebestconnect.net / (207)649-2386
MotherMassage®: Massage During Pregnancy
21.0 Contact Hours
*November 12-14, 2010; Educating Hands School of Massage (Miami, FL)
Attn: Lolo Karam (800) 999-6991 Ext. 103
For All Other Questions And Additional Information Please Contact:
Elaine Stillerman, LMT / estillerman@cs.com / (212)533-3188
The Doula Experience (formerly Great Expectations)
DONA Approved Birth Doula Workshop
December 10-12, 2010 (Cleveland, Ohio)
19.0 Contact Hours
Sunday Tortelli, CCE, CD (DONA), HBCE, LCCE, CLC, SunTdoula@aol.com / (440)572-2574
2011-2012 ICEA Board Selection Information
IJCE June 2010
2009 ICEA Convention Audio Recordings & Contact Hours
The 2009 Convention Audio Recordings are now available for purchase!
In addition, earn up to 12 ICEA Contact Hours by listening to selected sessions. A contact hours claim & application form will be mailed alongside your audio CD purchase.
($25.00 per 1 contact hour, maximum of 12 contact hours can be claimed)
Get yours today!
ICEA Contact Hours
Neonatal Circumcision
ICEA Alternate Contact Hour ProgramPosition Statement and Review: Neonatal Circumcision
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