Conference

Student / La Leche League Leader Discount Registration includes Continental breakfast, Lunch Buffet, Coalition totebag, and Syllabus. A copy of Breastfeeding Made Simple is not included in discount registrations but may be purchased for $16.95.

Community Members may attend the afternoon sessions only for a $10 fee (lunch / totebag / book / syllabus not included)

Walk-in registrants are not guaranteed program materials or meals,
so register early!

Registration Information:
Register before March 1^st to avoid late fee. Walk-in registrants are not guaranteed program materials or meals, so register early!

Refund Requests / Substitutions:

All refund requests must be in writing and postmarked no later than 5/17/08. Refunds will be given less a $25 handling charge.

There will be a $5.00 charge for participant substitutions. The following items must be presented at the registration table:

If applicable, educational credit certificates will be mailed to the new participant after the conference.

• Describe the mechanics of latch-on for breastfeeding, as they relate to infant jaw structure and head position.
• Describe the use of positional stability and baby-led attachment to stimulate a baby’s natural feeding interest and ability.
• Describe a key change established in South African hospitals that decreased mortality 5-fold during the 1990s.
• Describe the defense and nutrition programs of human newborns, and how they affect growth and physiology.
• Explain why it’s important for researchers to use a biological norm in breastfeeding “marketing” and in studies.
• Describe 2 techniques that can help change the breastfeeding perspective of a mother or colleague.
• List 4 commonly-used words whose impact on the breastfeeding mother can be negative despite their apparently supportive use.
• Defend the use of humor as a marketing tool.
• Give a brief description of situation ethics and its possible relevance to the breastfeeding helper.
• List three possible personal goals for breastfeeding helper.
• State 1 tenet that is part of your personal code of ethics as a breastfeeding helper.
• Describe two methods of mammalian learning and their implications for helping with breastfeeding.
• List two human “infant survival strategies.”
• Describe two ways in which our current approach to birth and breastfeeding interferes with normal maternal and infant behaviors.

Physicians, Nurses, Lactation Consultants, Dietitians, Certified Nurse Midwives, Certified Professional Midwives, La Leche League Leaders, WIC Employees, Nutritionists, Nurse Practitioners, and anyone who works with breastfeeding moms.

The technical nature of this conference requires participant and speaker concentration. Attendance is therefore limited to adults and quiet infants and young children. If you are bringing your child into sessions, please attend immediately to any situation that may distract others, including happy noises. Please bring only quiet toys for your child. Consider sitting near the rear exit so that you can take your child out if they become noisy and are distracting other participants. You and your child may return to the session when quiet. Your cooperation is appreciated.

If you are a health care provider who works with breastfeeding mothers and babies, this outstanding seminar will help you gain vital information to make a difference in the lives of your patients.

From Chattanooga: From I-75 take Exit 333. At the light at the end of the exit ramp, turn right and travel ½ mile up the hill on Dug Gap Battle Road. Turn left into the Trade and Convention Center and continue to the right to the main entrance.

From Atlanta: From I-75 take Exit 333. At the light at the end of the exit ramp, turn left and cross the interstate and continue ½ mile up the hill on Dug Gap Battle Road. Turn left into the Trade and Convention Center and continue to the right to the main entrance.

The breastfeeding coalition serves to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding as the preferred and accepted method of infant feeding. The activities will focus on education and training, data collection, and dissemination of current research information as well as community and public health advocacy.

This site was last updated 03/21/08. Please send comments or suggestions to Melanie.

Conference Schedule
7:45	Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:10	Welcome
8:15	Watch Your Language
9:45	Break / Visit Exhibits
9:55	Ethics for the Breastfeeding Helper
10:55	Break / Visit Exhibits
11:05	Ethics for the Breastfeeding Helper continued
12:05	Lunch Buffet / Visit Exhibits
12:50	What Would Mammals Do
2:20	Break / Visit Exhibits
2:30	Changing Paradigms in Infant Latch
3:30	Break / Visit Exhibits
3:40	Kangaroo Mother Care - Everything Old is New Again
4:10	Closing & Evaluations

	Continental Breakfast (with vegetarian options)
	Lunch Buffet (with vegetarian options)
	Breastfeeding Made Simple by Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC & Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Ph.D., IBCLC
	Canvas totebag with NW Georgia Breastfeeding Coalition logo
	Syllabus (containing handouts from the speaker)
	Educational Credit Certificates through the following organizations: GNA, IBLCE & ADA (if applicable)

Description	Amount
Full Registration postmarked prior to March 1^st Registration includes breakfast, lunch, totebag , book & syllabus	$90.00
Full Registration postmarked after March 1^st Walk-in registrants are not guaranteed program materials or meals, so register early!	$110.00
Student / La Leche League Leader Registration postmarked prior to March 1^st Students must provide a copy of their current student ID to receive discount. Includes breakfast, lunch, totebag & syllabus	$45.00
Student / La Leche League Leader Registration postmarked after March 1^st Walk-in registrants are not guaranteed program materials or meals, so register early!	$55.00
Community Members (afternoon sessions only - lunch / totebag / book / syllabus not included)	$10.00

	Georgia Nurses Association (GNA) 6.5 Hours
	The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBCLE) Hours: 4.5 L and 2.0 E CERPs
	American Dietetic Association (ADA) 6.5 Hours