Simplifying Breastfeeding: The First 36 Hours
Explain the instinctive behaviors of the newborn and how they can be used to facilitate normal breastfeeding; employ a right-brained approach to teaching breastfeeding supported by neurobehavioral research; describe the effects of skin-to-skin on infant physiology and feeding behavior; examine how milk supply and infant stomach size affect early breastfeeding patterns.

The Natural Laws of Breastfeeding: New Paradigms and Teaching Tools
Explain the significance of mammalian feeding sequences to human latch on/attachment; describe the effects of touch on infant feeding behavior, growth, and health; examine the dynamics of milk supply and infant physiology and their effects on early breastfeeding; identify the effects of breast storage capacity and degree of breast fullness on breastfeeding patterns and milk supply.

Latch–On Update
Describe possible effects of shallow and deep latch-on breastfeeding outcomes; analyze how approaches to positioning and latch-on differed during the 1980s and 1990s; discuss the anatomic and physiologic rationale for new latch-on and positioning concepts; summarize the lessons learned from analyzing different approaches to latch-on.

Helping Mothers Who Exclusively Pump
Explain the physical laws of milk production and how they apply to a woman exclusively pumping; identify when a woman needs a larger diameter nipple tunnel for her breast pump; evaluate factors that may affect a woman’s ability to experience a milk release with a breast pump; select individualized pumping plans for women based on differences in breast storage capacities.

Nipple Pain and Trauma: Causes and Treatments
Describe the most common causes of nipple trauma in the breastfeeding mother; list the four stages of nipple damage; select comfort measures for a breastfeeding mother with nipple pain; recommend appropriate treatments for each stage of nipple damage using evidence-based guidelines; define causes of nipple pain that are complications of nipple trauma or unrelated to nipple damage.

Earth Mothers and Ethologists: Scientific Evidence for Attachment Parenting
To describe the impact of culture on breastfeeding and parenting practices; To describe adaptive significance of attachment parenting and how this style differs from a more typical American style of parenting; To describe what we can learn to help mothers in our culture.

Breastfeeding Misconceptions: Demystifying What Is Normal
Redefine a few concepts about breastfeeding; define breastfeeding is not free; define breastfeeding is not always easy; define “ Breastfeeding is NOT ’beneficial” rather breastfeeding is normal.

Hypoplasia/Insufficient Glandular Tissue
Identify by sight and describe in words the physical characteristics of hypoplastic breasts; list other factors that may underlie insufficient breast tissue and describe how they may interfere with successful lactation; identify potential warning signs that lactogenesis may not occur; develop an ethically and professionally sound approach to pregnant mothers who may be at risk for lactation difficulty; list strategies for supporting breastfeeding/mothering at the breast for mothers with an insufficient milk supply.

Case Studies in Breastfeeding Management
Discuss levels of problems, methods of eliciting information, particularly on the telephone, counseling skills; analyze three or more actual case studies, practicing the skills discussed; apply skills to participant’s experiences; summarize the principles discussed and the skills practiced, with particular application to La Leche League work.

Depression in New Mothers: Treatment Options for Breastfeeding
Describe how most treatments for depression are compatible with breastfeeding; list alternative treatments for depression and how these impact breastfeeding; list conventional treatment options available for new mothers and how these treatments impact breastfeeding.

Helping Mothers with Flat or Inverted Nipples
Describe how to assess flat and inverted nipples; describe how to intervene for flat and inverted nipples; describe how to preserve the mother’s milk supply

Getting Baby Back to the Breast
Discuss strategies to help a baby who has not been breastfeeding to go back to the breastfeeding; list differences between breast and bottle and ways to help baby overcome them; discuss ways to support mother who is working with a non-latching baby.