CERP Sessions
Conference attendees may earn Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) from La Leche League Alliance for Breastfeeding Education through a providership with the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE). 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 $12 per CERP session topic.
All registrants are welcome at these sessions. The technical nature of CERP sessions requires participant and speaker concentration. 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.
All children, regardless of age, are allowed to accompany their parents to CERP sessions at Area Conferences. CERP speakers and attendees should be aware and accepting of the fact that first-time parents and older children may attend these sessions. Please be respectful of the needs of all attendees and quietly respectful to the speaker who is presenting.
CERPs have been approved from IBLCE through a providership with LLL Alliance.
Saturday CERP Sessions
101 - Obesity and Breastfeeding -- Kay Hoover
- The epidemic of obesity has focused greater attention on the impact of breastfeeding. This session reviews research on breastfeeding and the link to a reduction in childhood obesity, and difficulties of breastfeeding with maternal obesity.
102 - Tongue Tie and the Breastfed Baby -- Michael Virts
- How to assess, when to refer, and how to support the breastfeeding family after a tongue tie revision. Assessing the risks and benefits of frenotomy.
201 - When There is no Research to Back Practices: Being Life-Long Learners -- Kay Hoover
- This session covers the variety of experts who can help with unusual problems, using the knowledge we have to make reasonable suggestions, looking at other species, keeping good records, and staying abreast of the research.
202 - Breastfeeding Controversy: Milk-Sharing -- Marah Sollenberger
- Sharing breastmilk is a growing practice that can carry benefits or risks for a baby, depending on who's doing it and how. Facts about the history, safety, and types of milk-sharing will be presented. Explore how to support milk-sharing families while considering liability and LLL guidelines.
301 - We've Come a Long Way Baby -- Kathy Dettwyler
- But we still have far to go: looking back on almost four decades of breastfeeding advocacy in the United States. What has changed and what hasn't?
302 - Supporting Breastfeeding Mothers in the Early Weeks -- Shannon Lilienthal
- During the first weeks, new mothers are more likely to wean early if they encounter challenges with breastfeeding. This session covers the skills needed to gather a complete history, including asking the right questions to help a mother address her breastfeeding concerns. Three common challenges will be presented, and learners will role play to identify the sources of the breastfeeding challenges and to propose solutions
401 - Benefit, Risk, or Harm? Infant Feeding and Allergy Realities -- Maureen Minchin
- A new understanding of why early infant feeding matters, providing recent research into the microbiome and epigenetics along with decades of clinical and personal experiences. We will focus on allergy as an intergenerational legacy, discuss its presenting symptoms, and a current recommended approach to management. Emphasis is on the breastfeeding family and discussion will also include infant formula issues, maternal diet in pregnancy and lactation, possible allergy prevention in subsequent children, and the effects of allergy on families.
402 - Suck Training: A Tool for the Breastfed Baby -- Marah Sollenberger
- As natural as breastfeeding is, some babies, for various reasons, do not have the ability to latch onto the breast correctly. One strategy for getting a baby to latch well is teaching the infant how to suck using a method known as suck training. Hear the latest research on suck training, when to use suck training, and how to do and teach suck training.
403 - A Holistic Approach to Breastfeeding Support -- Elizabeth Shotwell
- Looking beyond the numbers and factoring in the qualitative data: non-verbal cues, the interaction between mother and baby, and overall growth and contentment can provide care providers with a more complete picture of the breastfeeding experience in order to provide a more holistic approach to support.
Sunday CERP Session
Session 5 Plenary Session - What's New? Recent Breastfeeding Research -- Kay Hoover
- The lactation field is steadily uncovering exciting new findings about breastfeeding. Join us for an informative presentation of the recent research and examine how to use your new knowledge in helping situations.