Teaching Skills for Educators Workshop

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This two-day program offers practical, experiential training in skills central to parent education. Everyone who is involved in the education of expectant parents, including midwives, childbirth educators, physiotherapists and community health workers will benefit from learning more about good communication, adult education, group skills and program design. An exciting, compact basic educational package, for new and experienced educators alike.

Day One

• What will we teach? Designing innovative programs that can be adapted for different groups and different settings.
• Making classes interesting and stimulating, through teaching techniques that appeal to different adult learning styles.
• Working with groups, involving partners, encouraging participation.

Day Two

• New ways of teaching about pain in labour, self-help, parenting and normal birth physiology.
• Motivating clients to view birth positively, and to enable them to gain confidence in their own abilities.
• Empowering clients to make decisions and evaluate their options — helping them to get what they need and want from the birth experience.
• Using research to strengthen your teaching and instigate change in hospital practice and protocols.

Registration

Workshop numbers are strictly limited to a maximum of 30 participants (allocated as registrations are received). To ensure your place, return your registration form early with payment. Phone registration will only be taken if credit card details are given.

About your workshop leader

Andrea Robertson is a Consultant in Childbirth Education from Sydney, Australia. Her books include Preparing for Birth, Making Birth Easier, Empowering Women, and The Midwife Companion. As the Principal of Associates in Childbirth Education, an independent training organisation, she oversees the world's first Graduate Diploma in Childbirth Education, and presents highly acclaimed training workshops for midwives and educators on teaching and practical midwifery, within Australia, and in many overseas countries.