Training and CPD

I strive to ensure that my knowledge and skills are as up to date as possible, here are details of recent training courses I have attended and have booked in for the upcoming months:

Ongoing Study

  • Understanding & supporting PND – Alex Heath
  • Perinatal Mental Health Training – level 4 OCN

2023

  • 7/2/2023 – Mental Health First Aider training – MHFA England delivered by SO COACH, 2 days
  • 09/05/2023 – Resources workshop, NCT
  • 23/01/2023 – IJBPE Conference

2022

  • 07/10/2022 – The long day format, NCT
  • 22/09/2022 – Still Parents: life after baby loss exhibition
  • 13/07/2022 – Feeding Futures conference
  • 28/06/2022 – Preparing for a nurturing postpartum – Sophie Messager
  • 22/06/2022 – Fathers and Childbirth with Debbie Garrod
  • 13/06/2022 Complex Mental Health Network Event: Human Rights and Restrictive Practice: Trauma Informed or Trauma Inducing?
  • 06/04/2022 – Improving choices and care for women; groups, resources and services
  • 28/03/2022 – Durham Infancy and Sleep Centre 22nd Anniversary Conference
  • 10/03/2022 – Twinstrust facilitation training
  • 04/03/2022 – Laid back breastfeeding workshop
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2021

  • 19/10/2021 – Supporting parents following a pregnancy loss & when a baby dies – part 2
  • 08/12/2021 – Perinatal Mental Health: Raising Awareness and Enabling Support
  • 15/09/2021 – Supporting new parents’ wellbeing amidst COVID and beyond – Surrey Perinatal Impact Partnership
  • 10/09/2021 – Understanding the Neonatal experience – Caroline Smith, NCT
  • 18/08/2021 – Safeguarding training, NCT
  • 12/07/2021 – Working with stressed parents, NCT
  • 09/07/2021 – Shattered Dreams: Exploring transition to parenthood – Caroline Smith, NCT
  • 02/07/2021 – Supporting Parents with Birth Trauma, NCT
  • 30/06/2021 – Perinatal mental health in fathers webinar
  • 29/06/2021- Northern Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2021
  • 28/06/2021 – Safer Sleep and Supporting Parents, Lullaby Trust and BASIS
  • 18/06/2021 – Supporting Breastfeeding Multiples, Kathryn Stagg IBCLC
  • 09/06/2021 – Finding and using maternity data: a guide for parent reps
  • 13/05/2021 – Mother Blessing Ceremony Workshop Emma Ashworth.
  • 22/03/2021 – How did I miss that? Breast assessment and non-white skin tones, Nekisha Killings, GOLD Learning – 1 cerp
  • 20/03/2021 – Small but Mighty Collaborative Conference on baby loss – Beyond Bea
  • 08/03/2021 – CAHN International Women’s Day Event – #ChoosetoChallenge Black Women’s Voices – Breaking the Cycle of Poor Maternal Outcomes
  • 06/03/2021 – Pelvic floor and postnatal Recovery – Kerry Cooper, NCT
  • 04/03/2021 – It’s all about SLEEP – Alison Ryan, NCT
  • 01/03/2021 – Every Mother Matters, discussion group all birth workers, parents and anyone else who wants to help make positive changes in the black birth and infant feeding community.
  • 15/02/2021 – Consent: Rights in Childbirth – Developing Doulas
  • 09/02/2021 – Why Postnatal Recover matters – Sophie Messager
  • 03/02/2021 – Having a ball in birth- Association of Radical Midwives

2020

  • 16/12/2020 – Becoming Mothers: Perinatal Mind and Body Research – Postnatal Bodies
  • 10/12/2020 – Becoming Mothers: Perinatal Mind and Body Research – Self, Social and Cultural Influences
  • 02/12/2020 – Becoming Mothers: Perinatal Mind and Body – Postnatal Support
  • 01/12/2020 – Bespoke Doula online session from Beyond Bea
  • 30/11/2020 – Maternity Voices Partnerhip volunteer training – Cheshire and Merseyside MVP Chairs
  • 24/11/2020 – Supporting parents following a pregnancy loss or death of a baby, Bereavement Training International
  • 15/11/2020 – Freebirthing in the UK: Understanding the lived experience via I-poetry , Gemma McKenzie
  • 11/11/2020 – What is Normal Infant Sleep? The view from Anthropology, plus Q and A session – Basis, Proffessor Helen Ball
  • 29/07/2020 – Lets Talk Birth, 3 day online conference (Day 1 Mental health and well being, Day 2 Physiology and Practice, Day 3 Community and supporting each other)
  • 14/07/2020 – Midlands Maternity and Midwifery Festival Online live streamed conference
  • 13/05/2020 Maternity & Midwifery Hour Episode 6: COVID-19 and Infant Feeding
  • 24/04/2020 Why Doulas Matter discussion with Maddie McMahon
  • 04/02/2020 – Online module: Addressing Postnatal Depression as a Healthcare Professional, University of Exeter via Future Learn

2019

03/11/2019 – 1 day, Weaning: letting baby lead the way, Maddie McMahon of Developing Doulas

02/11/2019 – 1 day, Tongue-tie – the politics and the passion, Maddie McMahon of Developing Doulas

04/10/2019 – OCN level 6 (8 Credits) – Holistic Sleep Coaching

23/09/2019 – Introduction to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Early Trauma, online

14/07/2019 – 1 day, Postnatal Recovery Massage

25/06/2019 – 1 day, Northern Midwifery Festival, Manchester

03/05/2019 – 1 day, Maternal Mental Health Conference Crewe

07/04/2019 – 1 day, Deeper into Closing the Bones

30/03/2019 – 1 day, NCT regional practitioners forum, Peter Brocklehurst and Wendy Jones MBE

2018

09/11/2018 – 2 days, BFI training CoCH

6/11/2018 – 1 day, breastfeeding case studies, Maddie McMahon of Developing Doulas

5/11/2018 – Online, Twins and Multiples -Knowledge, NCT

29/09/2018 – To Baby and Beyond , Infant Massage diploma

24/09/2018 – Online, Introducing solid foods – Knowledge, NCT

22/09/2018 – 1 day, Breastfeeding Support & Knowledge For Non-BFCs, NCT

02/07/2018 – 2 days, MAM Learning Course: 3 Steps, Mia Scotland

04/05/2018 – 2 days, Mama Conference, Glasgow

27/03/2018 – Webinar – Understanding the infant Microbiome, 1 hr

24/03/2018 – 1 day, Doula UK Conference, London (workshops on human rights in childbirth, choice after a traumatic birth)

19/01/2018 – 1 day, Baby Focused activities, brain development, Bridget Supple, NCT

2017

26/11/2017 – 1 day 4th Trimester study day NCT

17/11/2017 – 1 day Midwifery and obstetric update day, NCT

08/11/2017 – 1 day Mark Harris introduction to the rewind technique

04/11/2017 – 1 day NCT national day – Alain Gregoire on perinatal mental health

19/09/2017 – 1 day, Closing the bones, Sophie Messenger

24/06/2017 – 2 days Breastfeeding Festival 2017

14/05/2017 – 1 day Doula Element – rebozo workshop

27/03/2017 – 5 days Developing Doulas

25/03/2017 – Doula UK Conference

24/02/2017 – 4 days Consultancy training with Slingababy

In 2017 I also completed my level 5 studies with University of Worcester on the Postnatal Pathway of Birth and Beyond

2016

Level 4 University of Worcester Birth and Beyond

Organisations I have trained with

MHFA Bade