Are you a dedicated doula, birth worker, yoga teacher, midwife, baby massage instructor or maternity nurse seeking to enhance your skills and deepen your understanding of diverse client needs during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum?

Look no further! Our CPD Weekend is designed with you in mind, bringing together a stellar lineup of expert speakers to empower and inspire you.

The event will run online and we have 3 guest speakers.

You can book into all the talks or choose from just one or two (with a discount offered for anyone booking 2 or more talks).

WHY ATTEND?

Our talks have been chosen to help you upskill yourself and improve your knowledge. You will learn how to provide better support to your clients and gain insights into the unique challenges faced by diverse communities.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours are essential for birth workers, doulas, and midwives to maintain their professional development and stay up-to-date with the latest research and best practices.

By attending our trainings, you will earn CPD hours while gaining valuable insights into how to provide better support to your clients.

Gain Valuable Insights: Elevate your expertise as our speakers share practical knowledge and insights on supporting LGBTQI+ clients, neurodiverse individuals, and plus-size clients during the perinatal journey.

Embrace Diversity: Explore the beauty of diverse birth and postpartum experiences and learn essential tools to provide inclusive and compassionate care to all your clients.

Boost Your Confidence: Equip yourself with the latest information and strategies to navigate the unique challenges that may arise in diverse birth scenarios.

Professional Development: Earn CPD hours to enrich your professional portfolio, demonstrating your commitment to ongoing learning and excellence in birth support (a Certificate of attendance will be given to all participants).

Flexible Attendance Options: Live on Zoom: Engage in real-time with our speakers and fellow participants, fostering connection and interaction.

Recorded Sessions: Can't make it live? No worries! Access the recorded sessions at your convenience, ensuring you don't miss out on valuable content.

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WHEN?

27th Jan:

10.15am - 11.45am (Speaker One) / 1.30pm - 3pm (Speaker Two)

28th Jan :

10:30am - 12pm

WHERE?

Join us from the comfort of your own home and experience the convenience of attending our online event via Zoom. You’ll have the opportunity to learn from top industry experts, and gain valuable insights that will help you grow your career.

All our Speakers will be offering the chance to ask questions at the end of their talk to those attending the event live.

For those of you who cannot make the day in person, don’t worry, you can still book in and we will send you on the recording so you can watch in your own time.

WHO?

Our theme for the weekend is diversity, and we have invited three experts to share their knowledge and experience on supporting clients from different backgrounds. Our speakers will cover topics such as supporting LGBTQI+ clients in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, supporting clients who are neurodiverse, and supporting plus-size clients.

All talks will be recorded and sent to anyone who would like to attend but cannot make it on the live Zoom training.

SPEAKER ONE:

AJ SILVER:

Saturday 27th January 10.15am - 11.45am

An Introduction to LGBTQ+ Competency in Perinatal Services.

Investment: €40

AJ will cover the basics of LGBT competency, barriers LGBT families face during the perinatal period AND ways those supporting families in the antenatal, labour and postnatal period can make their practice more inclusive and supportive of LGBTQ+ families. They will also be offering a terminology cheat sheet and further resource links to take away with attendees.

About AJ: AJ is the founder of The Queer Birth Club. They founded The Queer Birth Club in 2020 to fill the gap in LGBTQ+ education in the birth and baby sector. Since it's founding The Queer Birth Club has worked with organisations such as NHS England, Birthrights, Make Birth Better, The Positive Birth Company, The NCT as well as Universities, Collectives and NHS trusts across the UK & Ireland. Their debut book Supporting Queer Birth was published in April 2022. Such was the demand for AJ's insight and passion for LGBTQ+ inclusion that stock sold out before publication!

Find out more about AJ here

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SPEAKER TWO:

NIAMH CASSIDY

Saturday 27th January 1:30PM - 3PM

Neurodiversity in Maternity Care.

Investment: €40

In this interactive workshop Niamh will delve into the unique challenges and considerations surrounding pregnancy, labour, birth and the maternity system for Neurodivergent people.

The workshop aims to develop an understanding of how neurodivergent traits can impact people's experiences of this life stage.

The sensory sensitivities, communication styles, and executive functioning differences commonly associated with neurodivergencies such as autism and ADHD will be explored to give doulas the information and skill sets to ensure their own services are ND friendly and so they can tailor their support to meet these specific set of clients needs in the maternity system and beyond. 

About Niamh: Niamh Cassidy is a childbirth educator and Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant in Private Practice and specialises in VBAC and Breastfeeding Workshops. She is also the Founder of The Pregnancy & Postnatal Entrepreneurs Collective which aims to support self employed birth and postpartum workers to grow their businesses without compromising their ethics. After going on the journey of discovery and diagnosis with her son she realised that all of their similarities were also all the 'traits' that led to his diagnosis and at the age of 40 Niamh was officially diagnosed with ADHD also.

You can find out more about Niamh and the work she does here

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SPEAKER 3:

MICHELLE MAYEFSKE

Sunday 28th January 10.30am - 12pm

Six Steps You Can Take to Become a More Size-Inclusive Professional

Investment: €40

This conversation will cover practical ways birth and postpartum professionals can make their services more inclusive for all families, including those with larger bodies.

The topics covered include: addressing your own bias, what weight stigma is and how it impacts the care people receive, common experiences of plus size folks and how you can ensure you are not unintentionally contributing to systemic harm.

About Michelle: Michelle Mayefske is a certified birth and postpartum doula, childbirth educator, fat activist and author. She has made it her mission to change the way people approach plus pregnancy and birth. Through her teaching and social media networks, she seeks to empower and educate plus size expecting parents-and their birth partners-so they may seek the positive birth they want and deserve. Her ongoing trainings for birth professionals are paving the way in increasing truly size inclusive care across the globe.

You can find out more about Michelle and the work she does here:

Website | Facebook | Instagram

WANT TO BOOK MORE THAN ONE TALK?

Discounted rates offered if you book more than one talk.

BOOK 3 TALKS : €95

BOOK 2 TALKS: €70

Discounts offered to :

DCI Members

DAI Members

Cuidiu Members

Contact your organisation or you can pop us an email and we can give you the codes.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING WITH YOU