Effective Prenatal Education Program An intensive five-day course for health professionals

Developing skills in facilitating effective prenatal education sessions is essential in these days of "informed choice" and increasing consumer awareness of birth related issues.

This Course, a module in the Graduate Diploma in Childbirth Education, is being offered in a stand alone, intensive format. The Course involves 40 hours of interactive, experiential learning in an intensive workshop, followed by two assessment tasks and will enable participants to:

• develop skills in the principles of adult learning, facilitation of groups, effective presentation and basic counselling, acquire innovative teaching strategies and explore a variety of learning activities.
• explore different models of prenatal education programs and design appropriate to meet client needs.
• incorporate the essentials of informed choice and evidence based care into parent education programs.

A pre-reading package will be sent to participants one month before the Workshop, and participants will be also be issued with a reading list, and sources of other useful materials.

Take advantage of this rare opportunity to join a select group of educators and gain outstanding experience and skills. Numbers are strictly limited to a maximum of 20 in each group to ensure personal attention, so register early to ensure your place.

Day One

• Introductions / Establishing our group rules / Personal evaluation / expectations
• The scope of childbirth education and the role of the educator
• Skills for parents
• Working with adults / how groups function / setting agendas
• Exploring attitudes / beliefs / values

Day Two

• Ethical and legal issues / informed choice
• Problem solving and empowering parents
• Basics of adult learning / selecting teaching activities and strategies
• Using teaching aids

Day Three

• Effective presentations
• Exploring class formats and program design for client needs
• Program preparation / evaluation strategies
• Practical - preparation of topic outlines

Day Four

• Examples of effective teaching activities for various topics in a pre-natal program
• Evaluation / adaptation / implementation

Day Five

• Expectations for presentations/ giving and receiving feedback
• Presentations by the participants
• Evaluation and feedback
• Workshop wrap-up

For further information, details of workshop program or accommodation details, please contact Katheryn Jettar at Birth International by email or by phone on (02) 9564 2322.