Special Events and Continuing Education
We Have Participated In
Our own LeAnne Mars has completed her nursing studies and passed her boards to become an RN! We are so proud of her.
We had a great time meeting hundreds of WNC families Saturday, March 12-at the Asheville Mall. Join us next year!
Cheryl learned a lot at the water birth workshop - Friday, March 11 2011 at
Pardee Hospital (for professionals) with Barbara Harper,RN, CD, CCE,
founder and director of Waterbirth International Resource and Referral
Service, has been researching and documenting waterbirth and gentle
birth since 1983. The Oregonian newspaper referred to her as "the Billy
Graham of waterbirth." She is the author of Gentle Birth Choices and the
producer of Gentle Birth Choices video. She produced Birth Into Being:
The Russian Waterbirth Experience video.
Lamaze and ICEA 50th Anniversary Mega Childbirth Education Conference
Attended by Cheryl with the other Mission Childbirth Ed. staff
Thurs. Sep. 30 - Sun. Oct. 3, 2010
The information learned was incredibly valuable and up to date. Cheryl will be passing on all pertinent information to our doula partners for many months to come so we can update our doula practices. Cheryl learned a lot of new, evidence based information about how to have a safe and normal labor and birth and new information about newborns and breastfeeding along with her wonderful Mission Hospital co-workers.
DONA Members Day
Friday, August 20, 2010
Cheryl is the DONA state Rep. for NC and TN and on Aug. 20 she coordinated and presented at a DONA Members and Advanced Doula Training Day held at the Mission Wellness Resource Center in Asheville, NC. There were 19 women in attendance from NC, TN and GA. It was a wonderful day for doulas to network with each other, learn new information and methods and earn 5 continuing education credits for a very small fee to cover food and the space rental. The photos below were taken on that day by participants.
Mid March 2010
Penny Simkin and Ann Keppler, co-author's of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn and The Simple Guide to Having a Baby presented at MAHEC. Kelley attended the conference while Cheryl was at Mission Hospital providing doula support for a client.
Kelley with Ann Keppler and Penny Simkin
Friday, March 19, 2010 at MAHEC
All DONA International certified doulas are required to have 15 hours of continuing education every 3 years to re-certify. Our primary Peaceful Beginning doulas, Kelley, Cheryl and Tracie go beyond that requirement and consistently attend continuing education seminars and trainings obtaining 50% more credit hours than is required by their professional organizations DONA and ICEA. Which are the certifying organization for Kelley and Cheryl's childbirth education certification.
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Cheryl Orengo ~ Kelley Thomas-Hill~ Tracie Coyle ~ LeAnne Marrs ~ Rowan Lischerelli
Peaceful Beginning © 2011
