This course is designed for doulas who wish to deepen their understanding of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) and ensure compliance in their practice. It covers the essentials of HIPAA, focusing […]
Pregnancy and childbirth are often difficult experiences for women who have experienced trauma. Exposure to interpersonal trauma is common in the United States and women experience high lifetime rates of child abuse, sexual assault, and […]
This short course is the orientation and onboarding of our new members that have joined Madriella by way of a live course (workshop, classroom or apprenticeship). In this course we will have a quick review […]
The birth industry is an optimistic one, filled with happy images of healthy babies, but in reality, many babies are born with a birth defect or genetic disorder. Some of these are abnormalities of structure, […]
Teenage parents face an array of challenges that are unique to their situation. This course is designed to prepare our Doulas to serve them during Birth and Postpartum by adapting the five facets of support […]
Welcome to the Madriella Doula Network membership renewal. The first part of this course is a very short “refresher” that covers the basics of being a Madriella Doula. The second part is in survey format, […]
This course is designed to offer a practical guide to applying the Madriella five facets of support to parents that have experienced miscarriage and stillbirth. There is also a brief section dealing with spousal loss. […]
The purpose of this course is to inform our Doulas, and through them, the mothers they serve, of the options they have for showing reverence and respect for the placenta, the marvelous organ that nourished […]
Madriella Breastfeeding Educators are professional breastfeeding specialists that teach new mothers how to feed their baby. This course will prepare you to help women experiencing common breastfeeding problems like difficulty latching, painful nursing, and low […]
The Madriella Childbirth educator program prepares our members to teach classes to families expecting babies. This course will help you to prepare women for childbirth and to better comprehend the physical and emotional changes of […]