CERP Sessions
All registrants are welcome at these sessions. The technical nature of CERP sessions requires participant and speaker concentration. We therefore recommend attendance by children be limited to quiet infants in arms and non-separating children who will sit quietly near their mother. If you are bringing your children into sessions, please be reminded that, in keeping with LLL tradition, your child’s needs are to be respected and attended to quickly. Your cooperation is appreciated. Please remember that this is a family-friendly conference, and as a result, your CERP experience here may differ from those conferences attended by healthcare professionals. If you wish to receive CERPs for attending any of these session topics, mark the appropriate space on the registration form and include a payment of $10 per session topic.
Saturday CERP Sessions
101 - Assessing Breastfeeding -- Kay Hoover
- A video presentation comparing babies who are breastfeeding effectively and babies who are breastfeeding ineffectively. Guidelines for identifying each will be presented.
201 - Attachment Parenting -- Kathy Dettwyler
- Not so new! Its true origins, based in mammalian physiology, and the role of LLL in promoting attachment parenting since the 1950s.
202 - Legislation and Sausage: Creating Breastfeeding Law in Your State -- Jake Marcus
- Presenting the elements of effective state breastfeeding legislation as well as the process by which it is created. Attendees will engage in legislative drafting as well as debate, divided into small groups that include representatives from breastfeeding coalitions and chambers of commerce. Through education, negotiation and compromise, attendees will live the legislative process.
301 - The State of Breastfeeding in Pennsylvania -- Kay Hoover
- What's happening across our state and how you can help promote and advocate for breastfeeding in Pennsylvania.
302 - Too Little, Too Much, or Just Enough? -- Lisa Mandell
- Strategies to help mothers deal with, and distinguish between, oversupply and undersupply or perceptions of either.
401 - Promoting Breastfeeding, Promoting Guilt -- Kathy Dettwyler
- A frank discussion of the problem of health care professionals saying they don't want to give mothers complete and accurate information about the risks of artificial infant formula because they are worried about making mothers feel guilty about not breastfeeding. Includes examples of how guilt is often used to promote healthy behaviors in health advertising, and seeks to understand who is really being "protected" from feeling guilty in the breastfeeding context. Ends with a discussion of the distinction between guilt and regret, and steps for moving beyond guilt.
402 - Breastfeeding 2.0: Law and Ethics in Providing Breastfeeding Support Using the Internet -- Jake Marcus
- Social Media creates more opportunity to provide breastfeeding support to a wider audience of women. However, improper use of Web sites, Facebook, Twitter and other Internet also endanger privacy, risk violating ethical rules, and require different safeguards. This session will explore best practices in professional Internet conduct.