| Topic |
Speakers |
| Thursday,
September 29 |
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| 9:00 am to 12:00 pm |
Thursday |
CSE I Listening from Your Heart
Identifying feelings and the rationale behind them. [CS]
|
Jerami Pack
Delainey Casey |
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| 1:00 to 4:00 pm |
Thursday |
CSE II Offering Information for Change
Recognizing deeper meanings. Offering information to enable
responsible decision-making. [CS]
|
Jerami Pack
Delainey Casey |
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|
| 7:00
to 8:30 pm |
Thursday |
“The No-Cry Sleep Solution...
The Gentle Way to Help Your Children Sleep Through the Night”
(Open to the public) |
Elizabeth Pantley |
| Friday,
September 30 |
|
| 9:00 to 9:30 am |
Friday |
Opening Ceremonies
|
Marcia Lutostanski |
| 9:45
to 12:30 pm (DOUBLE SESSION--Sessions
1&2) |
Friday |
CSE III Developing Skills for Harmony
Teaches how to set limits and confront others in nonthreatening
ways. [CS] |
Jerami Pack
Delainey Casey |
| |
|
| SESSION 1:
9:45 to 11:00 am |
Friday |
101 Environmental Chemicals in Breast
Milk [CERP]
Agricultural, occupational and environmental pollution
concerns of mothers with chemical exposures. [BE]
|
Kelly Bonyata, IBCLC |
102 Understanding and Managing your
Anger
Helping parents understand the reasons they get angry at
their kids. Specific alternatives to angry outbursts; step-bystep
process to control anger. |
Elizabeth Pantley |
103 Raging Waters
Menopause is a life passage as well as a physical event. Discuss
symptoms, facts, and fallacies, and how nutrition and natural
remedies can help this to be a joyful time. |
Janice Horvath |
| CA1 Make String
Art |
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| Session
2: 11:15 to 12:30 pm |
Friday |
201 Working and Breastfeeding [CERP]
Practical tips, techniques and strategies for supporting the
mother who is away from her breastfeeding baby. [BE]
|
Michelle Angeletti, PhD |
202 Kid Cooperation
Learn how to encourage cooperation in a peaceful way, improve
children's behavior and stay calm and in control while handling
discipline with authority.
|
Elizabeth Pantley |
203 Infant Massage: Enhancing the
Bond Between Parent and Infant
Learn massage techniques to relieve colic, relax baby, enhance
growth and improve communication and sleep.
|
Jerri Monroe |
| CA2 Make a Loopy
Caterpillar |
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| Session
3: 1:45 to 3:00 pm |
Friday |
301 Bountiful Harvest: Increasing
Milk Supply [CERP]
How to increase breast milk supply by use of psychological,
chemical and mechanical means. [BE] |
Andrea Mass |
302 Optimizing Speech and Language
Development in Your Baby
Using baby sign language can help ease frustration for you and
your child by enabling your baby to communicate. |
Sara Browning |
303 The LLLong Haul
Exploring the paths of more experienced Leaders. Discuss the
benefits of long-time leading and tips to avoid Leader burnout
and stress. [OM] |
Chris Berning |
304 Getting More Involved in LLL
The many different ways you can help La Leche League at the
local, state and international level in its mission to help
mothers and babies. Includes a discussion of leadership prerequisites.
Open to all attendees, whether or not they are interested in
leadership. |
Marcia Lutostanski
|
305 Family Nutrition: Giving Kids
the Tools to Make Their Own Wise Choices
A nutritious diet is an important investment in our children's
futures. It can be challenging to establish healthy eating habits-come
learn tips and techniques to get your children eating wisely. |
Pamela Willams-Smith
David Smith |
306 The Art of Baby-wearing
Review the history and philosophy of baby-wearing. How it can
make breastfeeding easier and mothers more mobile. Various techniques
and equipment will be presented. Proper fitting will also be
demonstrated and practiced.
|
Julie Nicewinter
Jeanne Castle |
307 Meeting Children's Nighttime
Needs While Meeting Your Need for Sleep
Parenting doesn't stop at night. Babies need to nurse, older
children may need comforting. Approaches to meeting everyone's
needs while getting necessary rest. |
Nancy Moses |
| CA3 Make Puzzle
Frames |
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| Session
4: 3:15 to 4:30 pm |
Friday |
401 Candidiasis: Current Trends in
Management of Yeast Infections in the Breastfeeding Dyad [CERP]
Learn the latest techniques for treating and preventing yeast
overgrowth in mother and baby. [BE]
|
Alicia Rudin, IBCLC |
402 Exercising Stronger Wings
Encouraging your ‘tweenager (eight- to 12- year-old) to
explore independence while still maintaining a strong parental
emotional attachment. |
Joan Peloso
Mary Rainer |
403 Planting the Seeds and Watching
them Grow
Ideas for creating a strong and lasting Group and revitalizing
the established Group. Includes when and how to start a new
Group or add a meeting; and/or how to split a large Group. [OM]
|
TBA |
404 Taking the Mystery out of the
Preview
Find out what it’s all about! Learn what the Preview includes,
who it involves, and why it is a part of the application for
LLL leadership. Watch a Preview situation role-play and participate
in a discussion on preparation for the Preview. |
Sheryl Sacharoff
Tammy Veatch |
405 Eeek, it’s Four O’clock!
What’s for Dinner?
Tips and ideas to make a nutritious meal with what’s on
hand. |
Betsey Lunsford
Angeli Chin-Franz |
406 Childbirth Today and Tomorrow:
Trends and Concerns
Listen to a panel of experts in the field of birthing review
where we are and where we’re going. |
Anne Boyd |
407 Isn’t He or She a Little
Big for That?
Sharing session for mothers with older children who nurse. Discuss
the triumphs and trials of breastfeeding your older child. Share
ideas for coping with and enjoying this unique relationship.
Reflect on mother’s feelings, child’s needs and
society’s views. |
Nancy Moses |
| CA4 Make a Bottle
Hoopla Game |
|
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Saturday,
October 1
|
|
| Session 5:
9:30 to 10:45 am |
Saturday |
501 Drugs and Human Milk [CERP]
An evidenced based review of the pharmokinetics of drugs in
a breastfeeding mother and breastfed child. Including a discussion
of the relative safety of certain non-AAP reviewed drugs used
during breastfeeding. [BE]
|
David Ziska, Pharm.D.
Elaine Ziska |
502 Creating Original Books for Your
Family
Interactive session to learn how to make homemade books using
photos and artwork and either original text or text adapted
from children's books, songs or poems. Attendees will cooperatively
make a book. |
Laura Johnson |
503 Becoming IBLCE Certified through
LLL Leadership
Using your experience as an LLL Leader to become IBCLC certified.
Exploring the pathways and requirements. |
Anne Boyd |
504 Hello, this is LLL
Role-playing helping calls. Effective listening skills, asking
the right questions, the importance of phone logs and resources
available to Leaders. |
Joan Peloso
Tammy Veatch |
505 Starting Solids and Nutritional
Needs of the One-to-Three year old
Tips and ideas to ensure your one-to-three year old is getting
the nutrition they need. |
Pat Lindsay |
506 The Last Baby: Letting go of
the Childbearing Phase of your Life
Discussing the strong emotions that come from this important
life passage. Tips for coming to terms with your feelings.
|
Chris Berning |
507 Intake and Output
Evaluating nursing situations and gauging breastfeeding's effectiveness
based on baby's output. [BE] |
Tina Chambers |
| CA5 Make Box Animals |
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| Session
6: 11:00 am to 12:15 pm |
Saturday |
601 Hot Topics -Identifying and Dealing
with Tongue Tie, Short Frenulum and more [CERP]
Evaluating challenging breastfeeding situations due to tongue
tie, short frenulums and more. [BE] |
Alicia Rudin, IBCLC |
602 Of Mothers and Mothers-in-Law
Trouble with your mother-in-law? Or maybe YOU are the mother-in-law…
Tips to help ease hurt feelings and communicate better. [CS]
|
Anne Boyd |
603 Adventures in Gentle Discipline
A comprehensive look at loving guidance, what it means, what
works and what doesn't. |
Hilary Flower |
604 New Leader Forum: a Chat for
New Leaders
Chat informally with other new Leaders and Area Council representatives
to ask questions, voice concerns, talk about your expectations
and share in plenty of love and laughter. This session is geared
toward new Leaders, but all Leaders are welcome to attend. |
Florida TEAM
Area Council members |
605 Father-to-Father
Support [FO]
Come share and learn from one another’s experiences with
breastfeeding and parenting. Giving time to your children, your
wife and yourself. |
Fred Browning |
606 Parenting as Partners
Respecting each partner’s evolving role and keeping the
romance alive while caring for the changing needs of your children. |
Elaine & David Ziska |
607 When Will Daddy Be Home?
Parenting tips for mothers whose partners work long hours, travel
or must be away from home. Keeping fathers part of the family. |
Andrea Mass |
| CA6 Make Stick
Puppets |
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| Session
7: 1:45 to 3:00 pm |
Saturday |
701 Gizmos and Gadgets [CERP]
A hands-on look at breast pumps, nipple shields, supplementing
devices, Haberman feeders and other breastfeeding aids. Learn
when to use or not to use them to help the breastfeeding pair
succeed. [BE] |
Kelly Bonyata, IBCLC |
702 The Young and the Restless
Learn what to expect from a one- to three-year old. Identify
developmental stages and how to best meet a child's needs during
this time of intense brain development. |
Barbara Kelley |
703 Something More for Leaders
The benefits to Leaders of forming a Chapter. [OM] |
Delainey Casey |
704 Making Peace with your Birth
Experience
Overcoming and working through a less-than-perfect birth experience.
Options for better future births. |
Debbie Grant |
705 Father to Father
on Discipline [FO]
A general guide for fathers on age-appropriate behavior and
choosing effective plans for loving guidance based on this knowledge.
|
Rob Moses
Andrew Quinn, LMHC |
706 Pinching Pennies
Living frugally, whether by choice or by necessity. Ways of
saving and setting family priorities. |
Scott Boyd |
707 Motherhood Stress Relief
Discuss the challenges faced by mothers today and positive techniques
for meeting them. Stress reduction for breastfeeding mothers
and for those who counsel them. |
TBA |
| CA7 Make Maracas
and Music |
|
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|
| 3:15
to 3:45 pm |
Saturday |
| Closing Ceremonies |
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