The Best Start Resource Centre invites you to attend:
Breastfeeding Peer Support Training: A Train-the-Trainer Workshop

This workshop will be offered in five different locations.

1.      Comfort Inn Brockville, 7777 Kent Blvd.  Brockville
Tuesday, November 24, 12 - 4.30 pm (afternoon) and Wednesday, November 25, 9 am - 4.30 pm (full day)
2.      Holiday Inn & Suites Bowmanville, 37 Spicer Square, Bowmanville
Thursday, November 26, 12 - 4.30 pm (afternoon) and Friday, November 27, 9 am - 4.30 pm (full day)
3.      Quality Suites London, 1120 Dearness Drive, London
Tuesday, January 19th, 2016; 12 - 4.30 pm (afternoon) and Wednesday, January 20th, 2016; 9 am - 4.30 pm (full day)
4.      Courtyard Vaughan, 150 Interchange Way, Vaughan
Thursday, January 21, 2016; 12 - 4.30 pm (afternoon) and Friday, January 22, 2016; 9 am - 4.30 pm (full day)

5.      Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, 50 Brady Street, Sudbury
Thursday, February 25, 2016; 12 - 4.30 pm (afternoon) and Friday, February 26, 2016; 9 am - 4.30 pm (full day)
The cost of the full workshop is $50.00 and includes lunch on both days and refreshments during breaks as well as a copy of the peer support training toolkit. For more information and to register go to www.beststart.org<http://www.beststart.org>. Look for the workshops under Training and Events on the right side of the home page.


Audience:
This workshop is for potential facilitators who are planning or are responsible for existing breastfeeding peer support and wish to train their own peers.

Description:
This workshop will be presented over one and a half days to introduce participants to the Breastfeeding Peer Support Training Toolkit. Participants will acquire the knowledge and practice skills to take the toolkit back to their organizations and train breastfeeding peer support volunteers in their communities. Each participant will receive a Breastfeeding Peer Support Training Toolkit which will include module outlines and content, teaching activities, slides and speaker notes, evaluation templates and other forms and templates to support the development of a breastfeeding peer support program and the crucial component of training peers-to-be.

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