Washington State WIC Nutrition Program Peer Counselor Training Resources

Peer counselor leads: The following is a list of resources peer counselors should have access to before, during, and after the Loving Support© peer counseling training, and when they are helping moms’ breastfeed. We recommend you put together a toolkit for each of your peer counselors. Books Description of Item Location Use peer counseling funds to purchase, if needed

The Answer Book  3rd revised edition Should have a copy in your clinic  Offers complete information for or Fulfillment Center by LLL International those who help mothers breastfeed  Easy-to-use format makes it practical for quick reference when a mother calls with a breastfeeding question

Breastfeeding: Keep It Simple  Answers the breastfeeding Fulfillment Center questions parents ask most often by Amy Spangler  Gives parents confidence in their ability to breastfeed  Offer to clients who like to read

Breastfeeding: A Parent’s Guide  Provides short, simple reading that Should have a copy in your can be done as homework after clinic by Amy Spangler each day of training.  The text provides details on passages that relate to each module.  Detailed drawings, clear instructions, and helpful advise

Breastfeeding Triage Tool  Helps staff identify, and offer Fulfillment Center solutions to, breastfeeding problems Available in English only  Helps determine when clients need to be seen

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Loving Support© Peer Counselor  Reference tool for peer counselors Instructional tools and support Training Handbook to use during training and as they materials- Training Resources begin to work with WIC clients 2/2 Peer Counseling for WIC  Agency can duplicate as needed Managers.

Books Description of Item Location

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding  Real-mom wisdom on Should have a copy in your by LLL International breastfeeding comfortably—from clinic or order online avoiding sore to simply enjoying the amazing bonding experience  Guidance on health issues, weight gain, day care, colic, postpartum depression, food allergies, and medications, nursing special-needs infants, preemies and multiples Videos Description of Item Location DVD or digital copy : “A Preemie  This DVD is a good training tool Should have a copy in your Needs his Mother, First Steps to for WIC staff and Peer Counselors clinic or order online. Breastfeeding Your Premature Baby  Part I is 35 minutes and focuses on the benefits of breastmilk for http://www.breastmilksolutions.co English and Spanish on one DVD preterm infants and pumping m/premie_needs.html

 There is additional footage in $125.00 for digital copy or English on hand expression and DVD. Available in English or hands-on pumping Spanish.  Part II is 21 minutes and focuses on transitioning to the breast and coming home

DVD: Better Breastfeeding  Great for breastfeeding classes Should have a copy in your (formerly 14 Steps to Better clinic Breastfeeding) and staff education from Injoy Videos  Contains both English and http://www.sivideo.com/parentin Spanish translations g/14steps.htm

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DVD: Baby Led Breastfeeding…  16 minute DVD shows babies Should have a copy in your The Mother-Baby Dance learning to and self-attaching clinic or order online. with mom’s help It’s available to download By Christina Smillie, MD.  Tool for staff training, https://www.geddesproduction.c breastfeeding classes and om/product/baby-led- educating hospital staff breastfeeding-the-mother-baby- dance/

Other Materials Description of Item Location

Belly Ball Display Set  Refer to the Belly Ball Use peer counseling funds to Information Sheet purchase, if needed.  Display of 3 different sized Marbles can be purchased at: marbles to illustrate the stomach www.rainbowturtle.com capacity of a newborn on Day 1, Day 3 and Day 10 To make your own you can use: Small marble 16mm (5/8”) Shooter marble 25 mm (1”) Larger marble 40 mm (1 5/8”) ( or) Ping Pong ball Breastmilk:  The images and text on this chart Childbirth Graphics: www.childbirthgraphics.com Baby’s Best Nutrition Chart provide information about the (poster) composition of breastmilk and illustrates the differences between

, hindmilk, and foremilk

Breastmilk Composition:  Featuring models of colostrum, Childbirth Graphics: hindmilk, and foremilk, this www.childbirthgraphics.com What’s In A Day? (display) display demonstrates how much a baby gets while breastfeeding in an average day  Accompanying tent card explains what each component of milk does 3 Updated June 2020

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 Includes carrying case

Childbirth Graphics: Cloth Breast Model  The peel-back "skin" layer of this www.childbirthgraphics.com breast model reveals a full-color (or) (or) rendering of the inner structure of Download and print color the breast that has been updated to picture from: Picture/Poster – Anatomy of the reflect recent breast anatomy http://www.medelabreastfeedingus.co Lactating Breast (A PDF copy of the research. m/for-professionals/- professional-information/106/breast- poster can be found here: anatomy-research. http://www.medelabreastfeedingus.com/att achment/download/340)

Other Materials Description of Item Location Childbirth Graphics: Breastfeeding Doll  This realistic model for www.childbirthgraphics.com demonstrating positions for breastfeeding, burping, and other newborn care techniques

Kay Hoover’s tear-off sheet:  Side one contains colored pictures Fulfillment Center Diaper Diary of the normal progression of breastfed baby diapers in the Limit: 1 pad per clinic English and Spanish newborn period  Side two contains a tracking tool Available in pads of 50 for wet and poopy diapers  A good teaching tool for clients and staff Kay Hoover’s tear-off sheet:  For staff education purposes only Fulfillment Center Sore Nipples  Graphic colored depictions of a variety of sore conditions Limit: 1 pad per clinic English and Spanish and their cause and treatment Available in pads of 50

Additional Resources Location

Breastfeeding Resources WA WIC website spreadsheet

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Washington State WIC Nutrition Program doesn’t discriminate.

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