Lamaze® International Denver Chapter Childbirth Educator Program

 

Why Certify with Lamaze®?



Lamaze® Certification demonstrates to consumers, professional colleges and employers that you have acquired specialized knowledge and skills as a childbirth educator. It also establishes the childbirth educator as a unique and recognized professional in the perinatal health care field.


Course Credit

The Lamaze® International Childbirth Educator Program has been approved for 132.5 contact hours. (112.5 contact hours of independent study and 20 contact hours for the Seminar.)


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  1. •Birth is normal, natural, and healthy.

  2. •The experience of birth profoundly affects women and their families.

  3. •Women's inner wisdom guides them through birth.

  4. •Women's confidence and ability to give birth is either enhanced or diminished by the care provider and place of birth.

  5. •Women have a right to give birth free from routine medical interventions.

  6. •Birth can safely take place in birth centers and homes.

  7. •Childbirth education empowers women to make informed choices in health care, to assume responsibility for their health and to trust their inner wisdom.

 

The Program embraces the Philosophy of Birth adopted and promoted by Lamaze® International:

     

For over forty years, Lamaze International has been educating and certifying childbirth educators in Lamaze Childbirth Preparation. The mission of Lamaze International is to promote, support, and protect normal birth through education and advocacy. The Lamaze Accredited Childbirth Educator Program is key to advancing this mission.


Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educators (LCCE) have been leaders in developing standards and promoting positive changes in the delivery of childbirth and early parenting education, family-centered maternity care, and in increasing consumer awareness. The Lamaze Certification Program is the only internationally recognized childbirth educator certification program that the NCCA (National Commission for Certifying Agencies) accredits.


Upon successful completion of all program requirements candidates will be eligible to take the Lamaze International Certification Examination for Childbirth Educators. Candidates who pass the International Certification Exam are certified as Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educators and then become eligible for membership as a fellow in the American College of Childbirth Educators. For information about fees and dates of the International Certification Examination, contact Lamaze International.


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