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Education:
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| 1972-1974 |
Associate
of Arts Degree- Cape Cod Comm. College
|
| 1974-1976 |
B.A.
Degree- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
|
| April
1994 |
Certified
as Childbirth Educator by Childbirth Education Association of Metro New
York
|
| August
1994 |
Certified
as Childbirth Educator by Childbirth Education Association of
Westchester/Putnam |
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Professional
Experience:
|
| July,
1987-August, 1999 |
Professional
Labor Support Doula
|
| 1986-present |
Teach
Parenting Classes
|
| 1987-present |
VBAC
Instructor –Private Classes
|
| 1992 |
Labor
Assistant to Virginia Jackson, CNM
|
| 1994-present |
Childbirth
Education Instructor
|
| 1999-present |
Professional
Postpartum Doula |
|
1999-2003
|
Postpartum
Doula for The Tenth Month
|
| 2001-2003 |
Managing
Director of The Tenth Month |
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Continuing
Education:
|
| 1989 |
Completed
Course in “STEP” Parenting
|
| 1991-1992 |
Labor
Support/Midwifery Study Group
|
| 1991 |
March
Of Dimes “Networking Resources-A Recipe for Improved Perinatal
Outcome”
|
| April
1991 |
“Very
Beautiful and Courageous—Helping Couples Achieve Natural Childbirth
After Cesarean”
|
| May
1993 |
W/P/R
Lactation Con.: Breastfeeding Update ‘93
|
| May
1993 |
March
of Dimes: Selected Drugs used During Labor And Delivery: Effects of the
Fetus and Neonate
|
| Sept.
1993 |
Midwives
of North America Annual Conference |
| April
1996 |
The
Art and Politics of Midwifery
|
| April
1997 |
American
College of Nurse Midwives: Acupuncture and Herbs Workshop |
| Feb.
1998 |
Lamaze
International Birth Summit
|
| Oct.
1998 |
W/P/R
Lactation Consortium: Breastfeeding Multiples
|
| May
1999 |
Lactation
Consortium: Dr. Jack Newman
|
| Oct.
2000 |
Lamaze
Int’l: “Pain: Coping with the Pain of Labor and Birth” Conference
|
| Sept.
2001 |
ACNM
Conference: Herbs and Homeopathy for the Childbearing year |
| Oct.
2002 |
Lactation
Consortium: AIDS and Breastfeeding
|
| Oct.
2003 |
ACNM
Local Conference: Nutrition for the Childbearing Year
|
| Apr.
2005 |
Birth
Partners: Body, Birth and Beyond |
| May
2006 |
When
Survivors Birth, Penny Simpkin Seminar |
| August
2006 |
AAA
Defensive Driving Course |
| October
2006 |
Breastfeeding
Update with Beth Shulman |
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Professional
Organizations:
|
| 1986-1990 |
Cesarean Prevention Movement;
Vice President, 1990
|
| 1990-1994 |
Int’l Cesarean Awareness
Network; President, 1992-1994
|
| April,
1994-present |
International
Childbirth Education Association
|
| Sept.,
2003-present |
DONA International; Professional Doula
Association |
|
Feb.,
2005-present
|
Doula
Network
|
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Jan.
2005-present
|
Vice
President of Hudson Valley Birth Network |