Sponsoring a Lecture or Workshop
Presented by Penny Simkin
Penny offers a variety of
lectures, workshops, and
trainings for maternity
caregivers, nurses, childbirth
educators, and doulas. She is
happy to work with you on
designing a workshop or
conference presentation that
will meet your needs.
Types of Workshops
Penny can adapt the
presentations depending on your
audience and time available.
Once you have selected the
topics, Penny usually works with
you to tailor the agenda to your
wishes and to help you select a
title for your workshop or
conference. We will send you
detailed outlines, objectives,
teaching methods, audio-visual
requirements, post-test
questions and answers, and
bibliographies—all the items
required to apply for continuing
education units. If you want
Penny to cover a topic that she
has not listed, she may be able
to create a new talk for you.
Please give Penny a call to
discuss the content of the
sample workshops. A typical
one-day workshop lasts from 8:00
or 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 or 5:00
p.m. and consists of 4-5 topics
of 1-2 hours each, plus a 1-1½
hour lunch break and two
additional 15-30 minute breaks.
Selected Lecture Topics
-
The Birth Plan: Is it a Vehicle
for Communication and Trust?
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Cesareans on the Rise Again
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Childbearing in Social Context:
How Our Culture and Society
Shape Our View of Women and
Childbearing
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Childhood Sexual Abuse and Its
Impact on the Woman’s Later
Childbearing
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The Doula: Newest Addition to
the Maternity Care Team
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Early Childhood Influences on a
Woman’s Later Childbearing
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Emotional Needs of Women in
Labor and How to Meet Those
Needs
-
Epidurals: What Is an Epidural
in the New Millenium? and Ways
to Minimize the Side Effects
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Factors that Influence Post
Partum Recovery
-
Making the Most of Your Birth
Experience (2 hour public
lecture)
-
Midwives and Doulas: A Natural
Alliance or a Redundancy in
Care?
-
Non-Pharmacologic Methods of
Pain Relief in Labor
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Physiologic Management of Labor:
Maintaining Normalcy in Birth
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Postpartum: The Neglected Phase
of Childbearing
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Reducing Cesareans for Dystocia:
The Nurses Role
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Role Play of Labor: A Unique and
Valuable Teaching Technique
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The Second Stage Labor:
Preparation, Support and
Management
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Sibling Classes
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The Seduction of Induction
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The Significance of Childbirth
to a Woman, a Family, and
Society—Yesterday and Today
-
The Super-Kegel Exercise for
Pelvic Floor Strengthening
-
The Three R's: Relaxation,
Rhythm, and Ritual—An Approach
to Childbirth Education
Workshops (One day and two day)
- When Survivors Give Birth:
Counseling Skills and Strategies
to Assist Pregnant Survivors of
Childhood Sexual Abuse in
Preparing for Birth” for
experienced counselors,
childbirth educators, or birth
professionals, including a
4-hour version and a two part
7-hour version
- Labor Support (Doula) Workshops,
including a one- or two-day
preparatory course for those
with little or no background in
childbirth; a basic two-day
doula training; and a version of
the two-day training in which
the first part is open to
childbirth professionals who
want to learn about the benefits
of a doula, while the second
part is only for doula trainees
- Doula Teacher Training Workshop
for those who are both
experienced doulas and
childbirth educators
- Advanced Doula Training
- Workshops for nurses and/or
childbirth educators, including
teacher enrichment workshops and
“Unsung Heroines: How Nurses Can
Contribute to Improved Outcomes”
If
there is any other information which
you need, please feel free to write,
call or email your questions to
info@pennysimkin.com
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The Birth Partner, 3rd Edition
A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and Other Labor
Companions
 The
definitive guide to helping a woman have a healthy and
emotionally fulfilling childbirth experience. The third
edition includes all the information that husbands, partners,
relatives, friends, and doulas have relied on for nearly two
decades and has been updated to include:
-Expanded information on "the 3Rs" (Relaxation, Rhythm, and
Ritual) for coping with the pain and unpredictability of labor;
-Non-drug techniques to relieve pain and
enhance the woman's sense of well-being;
-Up-to-date information on medications, tests,
technologies, and interventions, and how, when, and why they are
used;
-Information about the rapidly
increasing rate of both first and repeat cesarean deliveries;
-More about the growing popularity of
doulas, and the increasing presence of other partners and supporters
in the birth room. |
