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Become a Lamaze-Certified Childbirth Educator

The Lamaze Childbirth Educator Seminar teaches you how to: 

  • Promote the childbearing experience as a natural, safe and healthy process which profoundly affects women and their families. 
  • Assists women and their families to discover and use strategies to facilitate natural, safe and healthy pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and early parenting. 
  • Help women and their families understand how complications and interventions influence the nor¬mal course of labor and birth. 
  • Designs, teaches, and evaluates a course in Lamaze preparation that increases a woman’s confidence and ability to give birth.

Educator Programs


Learn more about the various Lamaze-Accredited Childbirth Educator programs, and their unique formats and offerings. See the list below and click on the program name for more information. For details on bringing a Lamaze training program to your location, please contact the Lamaze Administrative Office at 800-368-4404.

Visit the Lamaze Professional Development Calendar to find or sign-up for an event.

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Birth Pathways
Calling all who enjoy the beach to the Birth Pathways Childbirth Educator seminars located in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, just minutes from the beach.  Surf through your Childbirth Educator program supported by instructors with 30+ years of experience.  Small, intimate groups enhance your access to the instructor and to hands-on, dynamic learning. Your fees include a copy of  Prepared Childbirth the Educator's Guide.

Birthsource™ Lamaze® Childbirth Educator Program
Located in the Heart of the Midwest (Ohio), the Birthsource™ Childbirth Educator Program can take it on the road!  Host a Birthsource™ Seminar and receive a copy of  Innovative Teaching Strategies Handbook for Birth Professionals and Creating and Marketing Your Birth Related Business (written by Birthsource™ Program Director Connie Livingston) as a thank you gift!

Denver-CPAC Childbirth Educator Program
Educators with Altitude!
Have you ever been to the Rocky Mountains? Come and connect with other women n the Denver area who are passionate about childbirth! Rolling current research into a fun and interactive teaching environment, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge to help guide women to experience a safe and healthy birth. If you can’t come to the mountains, we’ll move mountains to come to you!"

Douglas College Lamaze Childbirth Educator Program 
Douglas College is based in Vancouver, British Columbia but our Childbirth Educator Program reaches around the globe offering workshops regularly in such places as Ontario, Israel, India, Taiwan.  Our team of trainers focus on modeling and teaching you how to teach with directly transferable activities. You will be well prepared not only with the content but will leave with a range of effective and exciting ways to teach. www.douglas.bc.ca/ce/perinatal

Duke University Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program 
The Duke AHEC Lamaze Program, located on the campus of Duke University Medical Center, uses online learning modules to help you jump start your childbirth education training!  After completing the online modules with the accompanying workbook, you will attend our 2-day high-energy, hands-on seminar to learn how to teach an interactive and engaging childbirth education class. Seminars are offered 4-5 times a year in various cities across North Carolina and neighboring states.  

Family Way Lamaze Childbirth Educator Program
Learn to share your enthusiasm for birth while presenting evidence-based information in interactive childbirth classes. Join us as we demonstrate and discuss the appropriate use of both technology and touch in the classroom and in labor. Come to Texas to have some fun while learning to teach. A copy of Prepared Childbirth –The Educator's Guide (a $75 value) will be our gift to you.

New York City Lamaze Childbirth Educator Program

Passion for Birth Lamaze Childbirth Educator Program
On a mission to stomp out boring, PfB offers fun and very interactive workshops around the globe.  Register early and get a complimentary copy of The Idea Box for the Creative and Interactive Childbirth Educator, created by PfB founder, Teri Shilling.

The Birthing Business
We offer two seminars a year in Massachusetts and we have program faculty in Wisconsin and Minnisota offering english/spanish seminars as needed.

Universidad Anahuac

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
The Pittsburgh program focuses on "Teaching You to Teach". Seminars are limited to 12 participants for more interaction and are offerred 1-2 times a year in Pittsburgh. Opportunities are available to observe births at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC and to have a student teaching experience there. The program travels within a 6 hour drive for a minimum of 6 participants.

 

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