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2006
March
31
Deadline for Eli
Hormann Memorial Scholarship & ILCA General Scholarship
applications for 2006 ILCA Conference
March
31-April 2
ILCA Board Meeting,
Los Angeles, California, USA
April
1
Deadline for Research
Grant applications
April
15
Deadline for voting
in ILCA Board Elections
May
15
Early-Bird registration
deadline for 2006 ILCA Conference
June
1
Deadline
for ILCA China trip registration
July
13-15
2006 ILCA
Conference in Philadelphia, USA.
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Conferences |
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2006 ILCA Conference
The 2006 ILCA Conference
in Philadelphia. USA is only four months away!
Registration
brochures were mailed at the end of February. The brochure
is briefer than in previous years. All conference details
are available on the ILCA website by clicking
here.
You may
register online at www.ilca.org
or by mailing or faxing the completed registration form to
the ILCA office.
ILCA
Conference Personal Program Planner
Preview
the content of the 2006 Conference sessions before you arrive
at the conference! ILCA’s Conference
Program Planner is designed to help you decide which sessions
to attend before you complete your registration form. The
Program Planner includes abstracts of conference sessions,
biographical sketches of the speakers, and other information
you need to plan your agenda.
Sessions
that award E-CERPs and R-CERPs are identified. Poster Session
and Oral Research Session topics will be posted in April after
they are determined.
Plan how
you will spend your time at the conference, including meetings
you wish to attend. Simply click
here and start planning! You still need to send a completed
registration form to ILCA, but the Program Planner will help
you learn more about what to expect in each session before
you make your selections. You may also print it out and bring
it to the conference with you. Contact Heather Sewell at heathersewell@ilca.org
if you have any questions about the Program Planner.
Previewing
Featured Speakers
This month’s
featured speaker is Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC.
Dr. Kendall-Tackett is a health psychologist, International
Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Research Associate Professor
of Psychology at the Family Research Lab, University of New
Hampshire, and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.
[more]
Find
a Roommate for ILCA 2006
An easy way to find a roommate for the 2006 ILCA conference
is to post a message on ILCA's online Discussion
Board! Go to www.ilca.org,
click on Discussion Board, and then on Attending a Conference?
Find a Roommate. To facilitate a response, be sure to include
your email address. If you’re not sure how to login,
email info@ilca.org for
help.
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ILCA
Bookstore |
| Featured
Selection: ILCA's Spanish Glossary
Working
with Spanish-speaking clients? Not proficient in Spanish yourself?
Here is a handy tool to help! ILCA's very affordable Spanish/English
glossary specifically covers words and phrases you need when
working with breastfeeding mothers. A convenient two-sided
laminated sheet, this glossary is a must in the workplace.
Order copies for all of the staff at your hospital or community
facility.
Price: $2.50 each
Save 10% by ordering 10 -- or 20% by ordering 20 or more!
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Letters
To The Editor |
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invite you to use this forum for sharing your views with fellow
members. Send your letters to ILCA eGlobe editor Beverley
Rae at beverleyrae@ilca.org.
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IBCLC
Day |
Celebrating
IBCLC Day - March 1, 2006
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| Planning
committee for ALTA California Lactation Consultant Association
IBCLC Day celebration: left to right, IBCLCs Karen Dietzen,
Karen Evon, Susan, Martinson and Patricia Dubray |
Members
celebrated IBCLC Day worldwide with emailed greetings, open
houses, press releases and special recognition of new and
seasoned IBCLCs at education events. Tell us how YOU celebrated!
Email a brief report with digital photo if possible, to eGlobe
editor Beverley Rae
for inclusion in the next issue!
In Sacramento,
California, USA more than 40 Lactation Consultants
gathered to celebrate IBCLC Day with balloons, decadent desserts,
music, and ceremony.
Twenty-five IBLCE
certificants from 2004 and 2005 received IBCLC recognition
pins attached to a yellow ribbon and a certificate of achievement
(both obtained from the ILCA website) from Karen Dietzen,
RN, IBCLC, President of the ALTA California Lactation Consultant
Association. All present introduced themselves and thanked
colleagues who mentored, supported and encouraged them, evoking
a strong sense of camaraderie and support.
One of
the founders of this long standing ILCA affiliate, Karen Evon,
IBCLC, RLC was honored with a tribute from many of the attendees
she mentored and encouraged to become Board Certified Lactation
Consultants.
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Newly certified
IBCLCs who were recognized at the ALTA
California celebration. In the front row (left) is Yang
Her, the first Hmong IBCLC in California.
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New
IBCLCs Honored during Affiliate Conference
Sue Wirth,
IBCLC from Albany, California USA reports that
Bay Area Lactation Associates (BALA), her ILCA affiliate,
honored new IBCLCs during its annual conference in early March
and gave them a discount on the conference fee.
IBCLC
Day Press Release
The Center
for Infant and Young Child Feeding and Care in the Department
of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill issued a press release.
[more]
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| In
The News |
| ILCA
Board of Directors Election – Vote Today!
Ballots
and an emailed listserv for the 2006 Election for the ILCA
Board of Directors were sent out on February 15, 2006. If
you have already voted on-line or returned your ballot, thank
you! If not, please vote on-line today. Click here to go to
the Elections Page of the website [http://www.ilca.org/voting/voteonline.php]
[more]
ILCA
at Work
ILCA
at 27th Session of Codex in Bonn, Germany
[more]
ILCA
at 15th Anniversary of Innocenti Declaration
in Florence, Italy [more]
ILCA
Trip to China With People-to-People
Join several of
your colleagues on a delegation of lactation consultants to
China in September 2006. Delegates will visit clinics, hospitals
and schools, and will meet with local professionals specializing
in breastfeeding and lactation support. The exchange will
include extensive discussions on breastfeeding and infant
feeding expectations and values, especially exclusivity, duration,
and non-breast milk foods; family roles in breastfeeding support:
women and men, generations, and urbanization; and the management
of breastfeeding in relation to chronic and acute infectious
disease (HIV, SARS, avian flu).
The People-to-People
Breastfeeding and Lactation Support Delegation is being led
by Doraine Bailey, MA, IBCLC, ILCA Past President (2005).
http://www.ambassadorprograms.org/upcomingprograms/
medical/doraine_bailey.asp. Deadline for applications
is June 1, 2006. [more]
Happy
Birthday WABA!
The World
Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) marked its 15th Anniversary
on 14 February 2006. WABA was born on 14 February 1991 to
act on the Innocenti targets, specifically through large scale
social mobilization such as the annual World Breastfeeding
Week, and via information, networking and global advocacy.
Read about the celebrations at http://www.waba.org.my/waba_15th_anniversary.htm
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| Education |
| Five
New Independent Study Modules – Free Download
Free
downloads of ILCA’s newest Independent Study Modules
are now on the ILCA website in both the Education
and Members
Only sections.
Select from the following titles:
Helping
Parents Survive the Second Night
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC; 2 L-CERPs and CEUs; expires August
1, 2007.
Putting the Global Strategy into Practice for IBCLCs
Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH; 2 L-CERPs and CEUs; expires August
1, 2007
The
Immunological Secrets for Breastfeeding: Implications for
Best Practice
Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH; 2 L-CERPs and CEUs; expires August
1, 2007
Breastfeeding,
Fertility and the Life Cycle
Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH: 2 L-CERPs and CEUs; expires August
1, 2007.
Clinical
Instructor Workshop Training Module
Phyllis Kombol, RNC, MSN, IBCLC and Gini Baker, RN, MPH, IBCLC,
FACCE ; 5 L-CERPs and CEUs; expires August 1, 2007.
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